Brentwood-Westwood, Los Angeles ยท restaurant
Wilkes occupies a beautifully preserved 1954 Streamline Moderne space, complete with a Rossi marble bar, leather booths, and a fireplace that gives the room a sense of history newer restaurants spend years trying to manufacture. The Steakhouse Manhattan is bacon-infused, the chicken schnitzel comes wrapped in a latke crust, and the wine program spotlights a different winemaker each season. Start with the molasses bread and salted date butter, then take your time deciding the rest.