BY ERIC ROSEN >LA.COM

---

Remember that amazing summer you spent in Paris living it up bohemian style? And every so often your parents would say, “sure kid, use the credit card and buy yourself a good dinner.”

So you’d saunter down to the corner brasserie and order yourself a full gourmet meal of simple French classics like frisée salad with a poached egg and juicy lardons, then steak frites sprinkled with sea salt and rosemary, and a sinfully rich, perfectly cracked crème brulee.

Okay, maybe that was just my experience, but you can have it now too (with those very same dishes) at The Hall in the new Palihouse Holloway Hotel in West Hollywood.

Comprised of a charming café bar furnished with eclectic European eccentricity, an outdoor patio dining area whose tables and chairs allude to the Tuileries Gardens, and a cozy indoor bistro space, the newly opened Hall is meant to become a sort of upscale gathering place for guests of the hotel itself, as well as neighborhood residents (the hip ones, at least).

Chef Stephanie O’Mary (formerly of Dakota at the Roosevelt Hotel) serves up an authentic French menu—think pork rillettes, pissaladiere, and boudin noir with potato puree and apple—along with some Los Angeles updates like the seared scallops served over short rib hash, or the whole roasted loup de mer with endive and herbed tomato.

For sides, there are ratatouille, the now-ubiquitous truffle fries, and skinny haricots verts. Paired with a moderately priced wine menu featuring an excellent selection of both French and California vintages, the menu is sure to delight before you move on to desserts like a lemon cream tart that perfectly balances sweet and sour.

So stroll on in with your volume of Proust or Sartre, sit yourself down, and prepare to enjoy—breakfast, lunch, dinner, or all three.

--Eric Rosen

Photo retrieved from la.eater.com

---