Bestia

Bestia (beast in Italian) is getting rave reviews pretty much everywhere so you don’t really need me to tell you how amazing it is.  But it is.  It’s pretty damn amazing.  

Bestia is the brainchild of husband and wife team Chef Ori Menashe of Angelini Osteria fame and Pastry Chef Genevieve Gergis.  It’s located a bit off the beaten path in the downtown arts district but it’s worth it.

The decor is pretty spot on for where the world is going and what people want to see and be a part of.  Part industrial warehouse.  Part steampunk revisionist.  Part twinkly lit French cafe.  I loved it.

The staff was perfect.  Our party was four people but someone made the reservation for two people.  Instead of telling me there was nothing they could do, they figured something out and within 10 minutes or so we had a table.  Love.

The food is delicious.  Pastas are tasty.  Pizza made me want to over-indulge.   The tomato and burrata salad made me want to smother myself in it.  I had to stop eating before I exploded.

I have only one gripe - it’s loud.  And I’m not so old that I think every restaurant should be silent so I can have a conversation.  This was LOUD.  I highly recommend eating on the terrace, outdoors where the decibel level is a bit lower.  The terrace is really where it’s at.  Trust me.  Or go with someone you don’t really like so you have a reason not to talk to them.  But that just seems wrong when the food is THIS good.

Heather’s Rating: Worth Going Back Over and Over (on the Terrace)

Bestia

2121 7th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90021

(213)514-5724

Open: Sun-Thur: 6:00p-11:00p, Fri & Sat: 6:00p-12:00a

Reservations

Knife Fight

If you wanted to see our next Eat+Drink Supper Club chef in action, check out this promo of the Esquire Network’s upcoming show Knife Fight.  David Feau does his THING!  

From Eater:

Here’s an exclusive and longer look at Knife Fight, the new hour-long television series from Ilan Hall, Top Chef season two winner and chef/owner ofThe Gorbals in Los Angeles. The show premieres on the newly-createdEsquire Network on April 23 at 9PM. It’s described as “an underground, after-hours cooking competition where talented chefs go head to head in front of a rowdy crowd of celebrities, critics, and die-hard foodies.”

Each episode has different contestants; in the first one are the LA chefs Kevin Meehan (Kali Dining), Felix G. Barron IV (KITCHN 105), Brendan Collins (Waterloo & City), and David Feau (most recently of The Royce at The Langham) face off in pairs at The Gorbals’ kitchen. If you watch the video closely you might notice past Top Chef contestants as well.