WHY Bone-marrow flan with parsley salad, dry-aged prime rib-eye steak and possibly the best people-watching in Beverly Hills. WHAT With its sleek Richard Meier—designed interior and menu showcasing the finest beefsteaks and seafood from all over the world, Wolfgang Puck’s Cut has been a runaway success since its 2006 opening. If you’re on an expense [...]
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WHY NYC chef Laurent Tourondel understands the true meaning of the Holy Trinity: meat, potatoes and pastry. WHAT There are a lot of things to like about BLT: sauces that are actually worthy of the top-quality steaks (three-mustard, chimichurri); non-beef mains that are often even better than the excellent steaks; potatoes nine ways (the gratin [...]
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WHY You can’t underestimate the amusement factor of seeing emaciated, middle-aged Beverly Hills social X-rays being presented with massive, glistening porterhouses. WHAT Wolfgang Zwiener learned a lot of things in his decades as headwaiter at Peter Luger in New York, especially the importance of good service in an expensive steakhouse. So he has this handsome [...]
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WHY For the complimentary pâté and lavosh (why doesn’t every restaurant offer this?), the strong drinks (watch out!) and the clubby, comforting atmosphere. WHAT A Naples institution, Kelly’s is where politicians and business leaders kibitz over huge martinis at the bar while hungry folks with well-stocked wallets sit in cushy booths and eat steak, prime [...]
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WHY A crooner’s jukebox, a nostalgia-inducing menu and lighting dim enough to make you fall in love with the person across from you—and with this old-school steakhouse—all over again. WHAT Santa Monica’s oldest restaurant/bar has been a local treasure since it opened in 1934. Regulars love the martinis with mermaid toothpicks, along with the steaks, [...]
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WHY For delicious, expensive steaks, satisfying, expensive breakfasts, 1920s elegance and food served 24 hours a day. Great for serious business meetings and gleeful middle-of-the-night splurges. WHAT Dating to 1921, this added-upon former railroad dining car on the fringes of downtown is as beloved as Musso & Frank and even more—but the food’s a lot [...]
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WHY With its California-dream patio and organic, market food, Wilshire is bucking to be the Michael’s for the new millennium. It’s not that, but we appreciate the effort. WHAT Wilshire has a too-cool country-club vibe, complete with leather club chairs and a cover-charge scene at the bar after 9:30, but it’s not just the latest [...]
Type: Restaurant
Region: West of the 405
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Features: A Scene, Cocktails, Dinner, Essentially L.A., Lunch, Patio Dining, Private Room, Romantic, Sustainable
Price Range: $25-$33, $34-up
Cuisine Type: Modern American, Steakhouse
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WHY Servers who make you feel like Trump, special-occasion food (veal sweetbreads with kumquats, rabbit saddle with wild cherries) and a Wall Street atmosphere for those times when laid back L.A. just won’t do. WHAT Part of Tom Colicchio’s New York—based mini-empire, this elegant place has a design-your-own menu where everything is a la carte—at [...]
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WHY The Beverly Hills comedy writ large, with really good steaks to boot. WHAT It’s loud, it’s showy, the bar’s a scene, the prices are high, and everyone is having a blast at Mastro’s, which has held firm as one of Beverly Hills’s ‘it’ spots for several years now. What’s kept it so popular is [...]
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WHY Superb steaks and chops, succulent side dishes (duck fried rice, Japanese purple yams with crème fra’che) and comfort foods (pot roast, coq au vin). Oh, and a Sunday brunch that Los Angeles Magazine has twice declared the city’s best. WHAT This retro-contemporary (think Mad Men) chophouse run by star chef Suzanne Tracht delivers a [...]
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