The Best Italian Restaurants in Los Angeles | Eater LA

"Jackson Kalb’s follow-up to this neighborhood, El Segundo trattoria Jame, was a further development of his love affair with Italian food. Originally this space was his ode to Italian seafood called Jemma di Mare, but the chef realized most people weren’t ordering the seafood. So he swapped the name and menu to Ospi, his popular Venice restaurant with inventive California Italian pizza, pasta, and grilled mains. Think spicy rigatoni alla vodka, linguine with colatura, and lemon tagliolini. Thin, shareable pizzas infuse some creativity like the Hapa, with potentially eyebrow-raising pepperoni with pineapple and jalapeno. The space, somewhat corporate feeling but still a fun weeknight hangout, has a little more pep in its step after the switcheroo." - Matthew Kang