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"Los Angeles can’t seem to get enough of this wood-fired restaurant in Glassell Park from chef Brian Dunsmoor, which channels food history in each dish. On nearly every night open, the candlelit room is abuzz with groups around long tables or tucked into two-tops, sipping Miller High Lifes or glasses of wine. My latest visit was motivated by an immediate need for the massive rib-eye, cooked medium-rare and served with salty, rich marrow; the 32-ounce cut has a dark, well-seasoned crust and meat so tender you barely need a knife. Although the rib-eye is rightly the star, the risotto-esque Carolina gold rice and the soul-warming pork and green chile stew, served with chewy, blistered flour tortillas, are must-orders, too. If reservations for the main dining room are full, head around the corner to the walk-in-only wine bar for an abbreviated menu." - Eater Staff