Pasta|Bar

Overheard at the 2025 California Michelin Guide Ceremony | Eater LA

"Representatives from Pasta Bar expressed both enjoyment of the ceremony and clear ambitions for further recognition. Margarita Kallas-Lee said, "This is the first year that I’m just enjoying it. I’m not nervous. I’m very excited. I think with Pasta Bar [in Encino], the team is amazing." Phillip Frankland Lee added a longer note about goals and investments: "We’re trying to get two stars with Pasta Bar. We’re trying to get a green star, trying to get all those things. A year ago, we planted a legit quarter-acre garden. If my brother [Lennon Silvers Lee of Silvers Omakase] gets a star, we’ll be the first brothers in America to both own separate starred restaurants, only the second time that’s happened in the world, and the only ones current. If the stars align…" - Matthew Kang

Los Angeles’s 2025 Michelin-Starred Restaurants, Mapped | Eater LA

"One star. Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee’s tasting menu restaurant in Encino serves a well-executed array of dishes with pasta as the main focus. Chef DJ Nelson oversees the day-to-day employing ingredients sourced from the restaurant’s urban farm. The multi-course set menu is priced at $245 per person." - Eater Staff

"A stylishly modern space hidden inside an unassuming strip mall, this hip concept's tasting menu is one for the books. Offered in a well-appointed front bar, drinks and a snack kick things off, and the staff is wonderfully engaging as they serve a host of delectable, hyper-local items. The eclectic cuisine travels beyond the borders of Italian tradition, offering up such creations as a raviolo filled with king crab, fermented pineapple, and macadamia nuts, or perfectly chewy cavatelli with Iberico pork, chile pasilla mixe, and earthy mole. Australian lamb loin features a merguez sausage made from its belly meat, matched with cherries, cipollini, and dusky rose-hued pasta filled with braised lamb neck. Desserts, like a bone marrow custard filled with blackberry granita and crisp meringue, are equally intriguing." - Michelin Inspector

Dine LA Restaurant Week has Over 30 MICHELIN Restaurants Participating

"A contemporary restaurant in Encino featuring intriguing cuisine like fresh pasta pockets with local ingredients." - Kevin Chau

Los Angeles’s 2024 Michelin-Starred Restaurants, Mapped | Eater LA

"One star. Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee’s tasting menu restaurant in Encino serves a well-executed array of dishes with pasta as the main focus. The multi-course set menu is priced at $225 per person." - Eater Staff