"Italian vacations are pricey, but for only slightly less money, you can have dinner at Stella. We’re joking (kind of), but you’ll easily drop several hundred dollars on dinner at this West Hollywood spot. At least the reward will be tremendous, regionally specific Italian dishes you don’t often see on LA menus: maccheroncini in a pork-chicken-veal ragú, braided squid ink lorighittas, grilled pork neck seasoned with porchetta spices, and cassata siciliana, a Sicilian ricotta cake with chocolate and pistachio. The place takes up two floors, but the basement is where you want to be. The dark, sexy space feels like floating on a yacht off the coast of Monaco, except with a pasta room, a chef’s table, and several familiar faces from the Bravo network. Get access to exclusive reservations at this spot with Chase Sapphire Reserve. New cardmembers get $300 in annual dining statement credits." - jess basser sanders, brant cox, sylvio martins, arden shore