LA’s Newest Restaurants: November’s Hottest Openings

A roundup of November's exciting restaurant openings in Los Angeles, featuring diverse cuisines from Singaporean xiao long bao to Venezuelan arepas and updated Korean dishes, plus new pizza spots.

Dana Slatkin, the founder and chef of Westwood bistro Violet, and Brian Rigsby, an alumnus of Pet and Boy of a Gun, opened up the Wilkes in a historic Brentwood building on November 3. The menu opens with molasses bread with salty date butter, steak tartare, and raw oysters, prior to relocating right into larger dishes like fish and chips and a latke-encrusted hen schnitzel. Desserts like a cinnamon apple crumble originated from Maude’s previous bread cook, Yesenia Cruz.

The Wilkes Opens in Brentwood

After years of anticipation, xiao long bao expert Heaven Dynastymade its Los Angeles debut on November 21. The Singapore-based chain opened at the Americana at Brand, in the previous Hullabaloo Tai Fung space, with its trademark 8 flavors of xiao lengthy bao filled with black truffle, kimchi, garlic, barbecue pulled pork, crab roe, and a lot more. Joining Paradise Dynasty at the Americana is Le Shrimp Noodle Bar, a sis dining establishment serving shrimp brew noodles with entire prawns, shellfish and hen wontons, and ebiko shellfish paste meatballs.

Paradise Dynasty Arrives in LA

Los Angeles is familiar with dining establishment openings, whether splashy openings in legendary structures helmed by big-name cooks, a simple community spot, or a pop-up jumping right into an irreversible room. Consider this regular monthly review a go-to guide for the most recent and boldest debuts across the Southland.

Chef Karla Subero Pittol has located an irreversible home for her prominent supper celebration pop-up Chainsaw in Melrose Hillside. On the menu at the pint-sized coffee shop, locate savory meals that attract from Subero Pittol’s Venezuelan heritage, like arepas, empanadas, and pabellón criollo, alongside Power saw’s famous passionfruit lime icebox pie and a double-crust fruit pie. The cafe is open for morning solution until 3 p.m., before reopening at 5 p.m. for dinner.

Chainsaw Finds a Permanent Home

Liz Gutierrez and chef Michael Fiorelli’s pizza pop-up Fiorelli Pizza, which originally debuted at Venice’s Cook’s Yard, has found a long-term home in Beverly Grove. With cook Curtis Park at the helm, the neighborhood restaurant offers upgraded takes on traditional, homey Oriental recipes combined with cocktails. Dana Slatkin, the creator and chef of Westwood restaurant Violet, and Brian Rigsby, a graduate of Animal and Son of a Gun, opened up the Wilkes in a historical Brentwood building on November 3.

Fiorelli Pizza’s New Beverly Grove Location

The Mulberry, a brand-new Oriental American bistro from proprietors Jennifer Chon and David Lee, opened up on November 12 in the former Plan Check Sawtelle Japantown space. With chef Curtis Park at the helm, the area restaurant serves updated takes on traditional, cozy Korean meals paired with cocktails. Park’s menu centers around recipes he matured eating, infused with California active ingredients like an Oriental aguachile snuggled in cold kimchi broth and spicy braised black cod in a stone dish.

The Mulberry Debuts Korean-American Flavors

Liz Gutierrez and chef Michael Fiorelli’s pizza pop-up Fiorelli Pizza, which originally debuted at Venice’s Chef’s Yard, has discovered a permanent home in Beverly Grove. Fiorelli Pizza opened up on November 5 in an area adjacent to Joan’s on 3rd with a menu of pepperoni and mushroom-topped pies, in addition to a vegan pie and a white pizza with fennel sausage. A chopped chicory Caesar, tinned fish, and meatballs fried in olive oil and tomato sauce complete the food selection.