Contemporary Restaurants
822 Washington Blvd., Venice, CA, 90292
Beechwood is as much a triumph of design and décor as it is of food and wine. It succeeds wildly at all of them. You can sit by the fire pit outside and enjoy...
8082 Adams Ave., Huntington Beach, CA, 92646
It’s got that chic feeling that’s oh so familiar: the edges are clean and sharp, the décor is modern but not sterile and the lighting is sexy-dim but not...
16334 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach, CA, 92683
There’s a new restaurant just off the 405 in Huntington Beach and it doesn’t have a drive-thru. Jaqu’s is a contemporary American restaurant in a...
2501 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90057
La Fonda restaurant, the home of the Grammy-winning mariachi band Los Camperos, closed last October. Earlier this month, it reopened under new ownership with a lighter,...
11324 National Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90064
3387 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90034
1320 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA, 90254
Though fittingly located just a block from the beach, the restaurant, bar and dance-club known as the Shore is in many ways an ode to the Sunset Strip, with the same cuisine,...

