Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: March 25 | Eater LA
"To avoid one of those tortuous drives post-meal, I stayed overnight in Long Beach to explore the menu at Michael’s on Naples, a 16-year-old restaurant a few blocks from busy Belmont Shore. The ground-floor dining room is classic and elegant while the top floor has a retractable roof for gazing at the stars; Chef Eric Samaniego’s eight years of working with local farmers and ethical ranchers shows especially in his tortelloni, which is executed beautifully with forest mushrooms, browned butter, crispy sage, and Fontina cheese. Naples-born general manager Massimo Aronne has decades of experience pairing wines and always shares the story behind each maker, making it the perfect type of restaurant to keep wine courses flowing while sharing and chatting about each dish." - Eater Staff
