A butcher and a baker but no candlestick maker.
A butcher and a baker but no candlestick maker.
Wipe the lasagna tre formaggi con ragu Bolognese off your chin. Leonardo DiCaprio is in the corner of this Italian gem, and he’s totally staring at you.
And you thought doing it behind the bleachers was lame.
Owner Joe Reynolds transformed a strip-mall Romanian restaurant into a cross between an old-school Hollywood haunt and a gussied-up basement rec room with a basic Italian menu and some sort of entertainment (comedy, dramedy, live music) six nights a week.
A little French fare in the courtyard sounds just right morning, noon, or night. Move into the lobby lounge if the moment (or the powerful Writer’s Block cocktail) strikes you.
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s Pizzeria Mozza. When the world seems to shine like you’ve had too much wine, that’s Osteria Mozza, featuring Nancy Silverton’s Mozzarella Bar; the first come, first served Amaro Bar; and a handsome room of the best tables in town.
If the walls of the storied hotel’s dining room could talk, they’d say come for the eternally tony ambience, the who’s-who people watching, and the Caesar salad. But they can’t. And they can’t take pictures either.
Photo: Nikolas Koenig / Courtesy of Chateau Marmont
It’s the most important meal of the day, so make it healthy (delicious): steel-cut oatmeal (with maple syrup and bourbon pecans) or poached eggs (with smoked Canadian bacon and baby spinach atop a roll with hollandaise).
One-stop wellness shop for supplements, smoothies, fruit and veg drinks, and a deli case of prepped raw and vegan sweets and savories to enjoy on the spot.
Rock ’n’ roll will never die. Neither will this joint. Consider a late-night pasta to soak up the stiff drinks.