Venice, Los Angeles · restaurant
A restaurant where the menu pulls freely from Spanish, Japanese, and Italian traditions without apology - grilled squid with koji and sour mango sitting next to mackerel with yellow tomatoes and colatura, and a pasta section substantial enough to anchor the whole meal. The tasting format runs four or five courses at a fixed price, so the kitchen makes the decisions and you mostly just keep pace. Cocktails match the ambition: a banana old fashioned built on two whiskeys and toasted barley, and an open secret mixing mezcal with arava melon and oloroso sherry.