Animal Restaurant, Los Angeles, Hollywood, New American, 90036, Offal, Pig, Pig Ear, Wine, Food & Wine Best New Chef, Jon Shook, Vinny Dotolo, Where to eat in Los Angeles, Chef Recommendations, Insider Recommendations, Restaurants, Bars
West Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA
Their approach to cooking is straight forward and solid technique with a message behind them.
Great food and they always have something interesting going on.
Animal | Los Angeles
October 17, 2009
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WHAT THEY SAID
Farmers market, animal focused (with an emphasis on pig) menu changes daily. Bold flavors, interesting products, well-priced small producer oriented wine-list. Worth trying: pig ear with chili, lime and fried egg; smoked trout with avocado, poblano, corn, bacon, crema; sweet breads with hen of the woods mushrooms; bacon chocolate crunch bar with s&p anglaise. Chefs / owners Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo won Food & Wine Magazine’s 2009 Best New Chefs award.
Chef / Owners: Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo.
I like the principal of the place. I think there are some really outstanding dishes. They take a lot of chances and I think that’s awesome.
Chef Jamie Bissonnette of Toro and Coppa
I ate about 4,000 calories the last time I ate here. Ears, foie, more foie, kimchee, pickles, sunny side eggs, more pork, and lamb. It was super rad. I dream of the crispy ears with sunny egg.
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For their hamachi tostada. It’s really delicious. Chefs Jon and Vinny, even though they are not from LA, they really got LA right from the beginning.
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