"With pink walls and Italian orange wine, it’d be easy to assume Butchr Bar is just another cutesy wine bar. But this casual Aussie-owned spot in Echo Parktakes meat just as seriously as it does natural wine. That means charcuterie boards of lamb speck and boar salami cured in-house and grilled pork sausages that audibly pop when cut. But the centerpiece to any meal here needs to be the dry-aged NY striploin. This is one of the best petite-sized cuts in LA—and not just because it’s $52 for six ounces of Aussie wagyu. The steak is evenly charred with a buttery, medium-rare interior. Smear a little of the shallot marmalade on each bite for some sweet acidity." - sylvio martins, brant cox, arden shore