Longtime Beverly Hills Italian Restaurant Il Buco Closes Today After 20 Years | Eater LA

"After two decades on the corner of Robertson and Wilshire, this family-run Beverly Hills Italian is closing because the landlord did not renew its 20-year lease, with its final service announced for today. Beloved for surprisingly reasonable prices, the menu highlighted handmade pastas, osso buco and a grilled bone-in veal chop, and the front patio was famously marked by a signature orange Vespa. The Drago family — long a constant in Los Angeles dining with spots such as Il Pastaio, Via Alloro, Piccolo Paradiso, Panzanella, Celestino and other Drago locations on Wilshire and Fairfax — weathered several changes here, including a 2012 conversion to A1 Cucina Italiana when new partners came on board and Giacomino briefly focused on his sushi project Yojisan; although the temporary A1 incarnation earned praise from Los Angeles Times critic Irene Virbila, the Dragos reverted the name just a month later citing “legal reasons.”" - Mona Holmes