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Gjelina
ITALIAN
11:30am-midnight Mon-Fri, from 9am Sat & Sun; )
Carve out a slip on the communal table between the hipsters and yuppies, or get your own
slab of wood on the elegant, tented stone terrace, and dine on imaginative small plates
(think raw yellowtail spiced with chili and mint and drenched in olive oil and blood or-
ange), and sensational thin crust, wood-fired pizza. It serves until midnight.
Tasting Kitchen
ITALIAN
mains $16-40; 10:30am-2pm Sat & Sun, 6pm-late daily)
From the salt-roasted branzino to the procini-crusted hangar steak to the burger and the
quail, it's all very good here. Especially the pastas (that bucatini is a gift from the gods),
and the cocktails, of course. Which is why it's almost always packed. Book ahead.
Scopa
ITALIAN
310-821-1100;
www.scopaitalianroots.com
; 2905 Washington Blvd; dishes $6-49;
5pm-2am)
Spacious and open with polished concrete floors and an expansive marble L-shaped bar.
The crudo bar serves scallops and steak tartare, four varieties of oysters, uni and mussels,
while mains include a whole roasted branzino and a 24oz T-bone.
