For an ocean-hugging metropolis like Los Angeles, there are surprisingly few enjoyable, relaxed seafood-focused restaurants. The current Marina del Rey opening of Dear Jane’s, the pescatarian counterpart of trade favourite Pricey John’s in Culver Metropolis, has vastly improved the state of affairs. From Jamie Lee Curtis’ voice on the answering machine to regulars like Jodie Foster and Sharon Stone, it’s clear this spot from cooks Josiah Citrin and Hans Röckenwagner, together with Patti Röckenwagner, former advertising exec at STX and Paramount, will draw the identical in-crowd as its beefier brother. “It has a sweeping view of the marina, and it’s a midcentury unique constructing from the Sixties,” says Patti Röckenwagner of the previous Chart Home area, noting that the realm has modified fairly a bit lately. “It’s not your father’s Marina anymore.”
Pricey Jane’s menu is stocked with old-school choices and simply sufficient updates to maintain issues attention-grabbing. There’s the spectacular JLC’s seafood tower (a nod to the “Halloween” actor, who’s a pal), tableside shrimp Louie, trout amandine, linguine and clams, surf and turf, cioppino and complete Maine lobster. “It’s form of the most effective model of that factor you’ve had in a very lovely setting,” Patti Röckenwagner explains. One among her favorites is the selfmade fish sticks with caviar and seven-layer dip, which she says are “wildly fashionable.”
13950 Panay Method, Marina del Rey
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The Butchers Daughter: And Then There Have been 5
The Butcher’s Daughter, the fashionable plant-based all-day restaurant that began in New York after which jumped into Venice, has opened a fifth location in West Hollywood. With a menu that doesn’t depend on faux meats and lets the produce shine — surprisingly uncommon in vegetarian eating places — the ethereal indoor-
out of doors spot calls itself “a vegetable slaughterhouse.” Vividly hued blue butterfly risotto with pea flowers, cauliflower strip steak and corn ribs are among the many imaginative dishes on the menu, which additionally consists of pizza, pasta, cocktails and lots of vegan and gluten-free alternatives.
8755 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
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