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This business was reported as PERMANENTLY CLOSED. Pacific by NoRu offers a fresh, balanced, coastal-inspired culinary experience that explores what local flavor truly is. Founded by residents who have lived and understand that what this area represents is an opportunity to share good nature, great people, and amazing food with its patrons. Please visit, dine, and enjoy Pacific’s balance of excellent food, a love for nature, and great people. Won "Best New Restaurant" in Ventura County voted on by VC Reporter for 2019/2020. See you soon at Pacific by NoRu.

Simon LA, located at the Sofitel Hotel, has been named one of best restaurants in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine. Simon LA focuses on modern American cuisine created by culinary star Kerry Simon. Dishes are one-of-a-kind, while incorporating the freshest seasonal ingredients. With a relaxed atmosphere and a décor featuring marble water walls, a fire pit, an outdoor patio, and an open exhibition kitchen, the menu is American-influenced with international flair. The menu provides options like pasta, salads, and wood-roasted pizzas, as well as fish, beef, and lamb. Chef Simon’s signature Yellow Tail Carpaccio and Bluefin Tuna Tartare are …

CLOSED! Located just off fashionable Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills, Chaya Brasserie has remained an enduring success for nearly thirty years, catering to an endless stream of discriminating diners and celebrities, as well as a loyal following that continues to return nightly. The lure is the distinctive East meets West cooking by Executive Chef Shigefumi Tachibe, who first introduced Los Angeles to Franco-Japonaise cooking at the legendary La Petit Chaya in the early 1980s. At Chaya Brasserie, Chef Tachibe blends exotic ingredients and time honored traditions from his native Japan to create an inspired menu. The use of local and …

CLOSED! For more than two decades, Chaya Venice has consistently entertained the Venice beach community with its famous Franco-Japanese Fusion cuisine. Located at the corner of Main Street and Navy, it has become the premier gathering spot for local artists, musicians, and movie industry moguls, making Chaya Venice a major landmark of the new Venice. It is no wonder, as not only is the food top notch, but Happy Hour is all night, every night. The sushi and bar menu available for Happy Hour is extensive, and offers guests signature cocktails, a cold sake flight, appetizers, and select sushi rolls. …

Homemade pasta and a flair for the less-familiar cuisine of Coastal Northern Italy are the hallmarks of this unassuming and friendly Trattoria located on a quiet, tree-lined street near Old Town Pasadena. Diners are treated to delicacies such as fresh fish, venison medallions, stewed tripe, and whipped salted cod as well as more traditional fare of assorted fresh pastas. The small restaurant (17 tables in all) has a comforting feel, with cozy banquettes, sound-absorbing carpeted floors, white walls, and white linens. With ample space between the tables, it doesn't feel cramped. Servers are knowledgeable and friendly.

Chef Andrew Pastore’s Pacific Rim menu is so elegant, exotic, and beautifully presented, it’s a shame dishes aren’t delivered to tables by elephant. Transcend Hollywood’s club scene into a Zen-like wonderland that calms the senses, enlivens the soul, and thrills the palate. Ritual is located on Cahuenga Blvd., just north of chaotic Hollywood Blvd. It is the pricier, hotter, more attractive cousin of its predecessor White Lotus. Ritual’s food and ambience will make you forget you’re in Hollywood, and its transformation into weekend Hollywood hotspot is a feat to make you forget about any other nightclub this side of La …

We closed our business, Le Petit Greek, on December 31st, 2023, after 35 years of operation. Thank you all for your support and patronage over the years!

Building on the success of casual Literati Café, Tony Kouba and wife Paty opened Literati II next door in March 2005. Chef Chris Kidder, a long-time believer in seasonal cooking, delivers the couple's vision for a market-inspired neighborhood restaurant. The literary-themed interior celebrates writers, with portraits of authors and hardcover books ingrained in the structure. Chef Kidder prints a new menu daily, based upon what he scores at the market, but always includes crisp-skinned rotisserie chicken, his signature pork chop, and burger. Chris’ wife, pastry chef Kim Sklar, contributes desserts like churros with bittersweet chocolate dipping sauce.

Santa Monica is home to one of the world’s premier raw food restaurants, Planet Raw. Executive Chef Juliano Brothman is no new comer to the raw food lifestyle; at the vanguard back in 1994, he has brought his years of expertise to Planet Raw. The restaurant does not utilize four, wheat, grain, sugar, canned, or boxed foods of any kind. What they do use to construct their raw dishes is fruits, vegetables, roots, leaves, nuts, and seeds. The menu includes a long list of house potions, elixirs & smart drinks, and smoothies, all with their own respective benefits dependent on …

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Cru is an earthy restaurant (formerly called Jade Café) where raw organic and health conscious food is their specialty. This restaurant isn’t just for vegans and vegetarians, but it is also for those who appreciate bold flavors and diverse meal creations. This vegetarian restaurant uses seasonal fruits, seeds, nuts, and whole grains, while incorporating a fusion of cuisines including Italian, Japanese, Tunisian, Thai, and Indian flavors. A dish to try is the Shiitake Mushroom Ravioli which is made of 7 cashew-cheese raviolis with a sweet miso cream sauce and rich shiitake mushrooms served with an arugula salad.