Diner Antonette

The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: July 14 | Eater LA

"The charming Santa Monica space occupies the former Ingo’s Tasty Diner and feels like a kind of Musso & Frank west, except it’s booming bebop jazz played on a hi-fi system rather than silence. The food is contemporary: "Chef Jordan Lynn takes delicate, even slices of melon with salty prosciutto, mache, and almond oil, which would feel appropriate in Italy right about now, except that he sprinkles on chile flakes for a Tajin-esque punch." The balanced assemblage makes for an appetizer that doesn’t fill you up before the mains; follow it with the crispy fried chicken with rowdy greens, whose "crust [is] tinted with turmeric and juicy to the bone," described as a stunning shareable entree. — Matthew Kang, lead editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Eater Staff