|
Featured Listings
Ocean and Vine
Experience our new restaurant and lounge located at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. With its beachfront setting, sleek furnishings, and fire-pit bar area, it promises to become "the hottest place on the beach."
> Click here for info!
|
||
|
With a job history including Valentino and Il Grano, All' Angelo owner and wine manager Stefano Ongaro brought high expectations when he opened All' Angelo with chef Mirko Padermo. Those expectations were exceeded. Read on for Ongaro's take on LA's dining scene. After all, he would know. —Lonny Pugh 
2.
Angelini Osteria"Going here is like going to eat at my mother's house. I don't even know what they have on the menu. I just say, 'Gino, feed me!'"
3.
Grace"Another great chef. But I don't go here in the same way I go to Angelini. I have a more traditional experience from the menu."
4.
Providence"I recently met with my partner here. To me it's one of the best restaurants in town, if not the best, in terms of service, in terms of the food, everything."
5.
Il Grano"[Since working here] I've been back a couple times for lunch. Sal is a good friend and personally I think he is one of the talented chefs of the city. He's always had the passion. When we worked together he was getting up at 4am to go to the fish market."
8.
Valentino"What I've learned, I learned here. It was a pleasure to have worked here for so long."
9.
Enoteca Drago Ristorante"The one I opened for [owner Celestino Drago] was a bit too casual for me. It was a different environment. But the quality of food was okay."
10.
All' Angelo"We offer old recipes in a contemporary way…There are dishes on the menu that would blow up the eyes of Mirko and I: 'Remember when we'd eat this?! And this?!'"
 
 |
 "Everyone is paying attention to what the trend is. I need warmth. I need a comfortable place to be in."
|
|