"Cento’s indoor/outdoor space in West Adams is the textbook definition of a neighborhood wine and pasta bar. There’s a front patio filled with string-lit trees and a bright dining room with a communal table where groups drink more natural wine than they do water. Cento’s menu is well-stocked with dishes like tartare in a pool of salty tonnato and a banana pudding tiramisu that will live in your subconscious for weeks. But, at the end of the day, you’re here to eat great pasta: spicy pomodoro with basil, squid ink mafaldine, and the iconic beet spaghetti drenched in brown butter and whipped ricotta." - jess basser sanders, brant cox, sylvio martins, arden shore