The Best Splurge-Worthy Special Occasion Restaurants in Los Angeles | Eater LA
"Linden, an ultra-sleek Hollywood restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, is a snapshot of chef Jonathan Harris’s New York upbringing, where he had exposure to cultures and foodways that now inform his Los Angeles cooking. Dishes tell the story of how the Caribbean, Italian, and Jewish diasporas commingle in New York — a centerpiece wagyu pie brims with oxtails and gravy under a puffed “patty” pastry lid; prawns and polenta pool in a spicy arrabbiata cream sauce; a bread basket course features an oversized everything bagel with salty fried chicken butter. Drinks like the Lemon Ting and L.I.R.R. also wink to Linden’s East Coast reverence, but the vibe is 100 percent LA: The interior is lush (plants veritably drip from the ceiling), the well-dressed clientele almost famous. Cap the night at its chopped cheese sister restaurant next door, and you complete the full New York fantasy in the heart of Los Angeles. — Nicole Adlman, cities manager" - Eater Staff
