Expensive Jane’s Opens within the Marina; Butcher’s Daughter Provides WeHo Location

For an ocean-hugging metropolis like Los Angeles, there are surprisingly few enjoyable, relaxed seafood-focused eating places. The latest Marina del Rey opening of Expensive Jane’s, the pescatarian counterpart of business favourite Expensive 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 and marketing 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of the marina, and it’s a midcentury authentic constructing from the Nineteen Sixties,” says Patti Röckenwagner of the outdated Chart Home house, noting that the realm has modified fairly a bit lately. “It’s not your father’s Marina anymore.”

Expensive 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 good friend), tableside shrimp Louie, trout amandine, linguine and clams, surf and turf, cioppino and entire Maine lobster. “It’s type of one of the best model of that factor you’ve had in a very stunning setting,” Patti Röckenwagner explains. One among her favorites is the home made fish sticks with caviar and seven-layer dip, which she says are “wildly fashionable.”
13950 Panay Approach, Marina del Rey

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 pretend 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 plenty of vegan and gluten-free picks.
8755 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles