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    Zombie Restaurants Reanimated: RVR Venice Review

    Zombie Restaurants Reanimated: RVR Venice ReviewVenice's RVR, by Travis Lett, revives the spirit of MTN with vegetable-heavy izakaya fare, a cool bar, & natural wines. Expect chicken karaage, yakitori, & a unique atmosphere.

    Over the last couple years, zombie dining establishments have ruled– long-closed eating locations reanimated in the slightly various or very same kinds to the joy of restaurants who missed them. Venice’s RVR isn’t a clone of its former model, MTN– both from cook Travis Lett, of Gjelina popularity– but there are many resemblances in layout, physical room, acronymic name, and food selection that neighborhood locals who liked the former will value in the latter. The specifically prepared, vegetable-heavy izakaya fare, understated-cool listening bar environment, and outstanding all-natural red wines seal the offer.

    RVR: A Reanimated Dining Experience

    Nicole Adlmanis a mayors at Eater looking after editorial operations for city websites in the Southern California/Southwest and Texas regions. She gained a master’s degree in multidisciplinary creating at the College of Southern The Golden State.

    Must-Try Dishes at RVR

    Attempt the crunchy hen thigh karaage, fried in a feather-light batter and snuffed with a zesty chile-honey sauce. The sweet-and-spicy interaction seems like several of the fried poultry lusters you could discover in Koreatown. Any of the yakitori hit, as will certainly the roasted Japanese pleasant potato and maitake mushrooms bathed in anchovy-miso butter.

    Photo dark wood accents; plant creeping plants leaking from the ceiling; and a wraparound bar leading, like a serpentine path, to a wall surface of plastic that juts out from haphazardly drifting shelves. Your Gen Z web server may speak with you like your senior high school bane, yet you’ll approve the hot-and-cold treatment for an additional bite of glimmering duck tsukune.

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