Versatile New Beverly Hills Restaurant Ella Comes from Umbrella Group | Eater LA

"Arriving February 10 on the first floor of Jason Pomeranc’s Sixty Beverly Hills, the incoming Ella is designed by Austin Melrose and built by Umbrella Hospitality Group as a multi-part neighborhood spot with a daytime café, a Bottle Shop/wine program, a dinner menu, cocktails, and evening music. I like that it aims to feel both slightly Prohibition-era and super open — barn doors, multiple seating and lounge areas, and a bright, cozy interior with a front “middle garden” room, booth seating reminiscent of the former 101 Coffee Shop, and a back dining room to hold 120 diners. Chef Brian Min’s menu ranges from charred eggplant dip, focaccia with elderflower honey and black truffle butter, kumamoto oysters, and glazed duck wings to a section of fresh California produce, pastas like bucatini pomodoro and orecchiette with fennel sausage, broccoli rabe, tomato confit, and anchovy, plus entrees such as dry-aged grilled branzino, roasted half-chicken, tomahawk steak, and thin-crust pizzas from a custom oven. Cocktails by Zachary Patterson and Dorian De Tappan put contemporary spins on classics (kimchee Bloody Mary, Ella old-fashioned), the Bottle Shop focuses on natural wines and even waives corkage if you gift a glass to a stranger, and the coffee bar runs 7 a.m.–noon with dinner service starting at 5 p.m. — the space is pitched to everyone from laptop workers and caffeine seekers to people looking for power dinners or late-night entertainment. Ella, whose name means “goddess” in Hebrew, is intended to bring a bit of Los Angeles backyard energy into Beverly Hills." - Mona Holmes