Angler

From an over-the-top seafood temple to a great noodle joint, here are the city’s best new restaurants for every taste and occasion. Enjoying Angler requires a few mental leaps. You have to overlook the fact it’s in the Beverly Center. And that it

some exquisite seafood. »Inside tip: If using GPS, map to Angler, not the larger Beverly Center. Valet parking in front of the restaurant is free. Whatever you do, do not enter the mall. Angler, 8500 Beverly Blvd., Ste. 117, Beverly Grove | $$$$ You

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makes an excellent lunch. — B.A. 5359 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 571-4999, altaadams.com Fried chicken with collards and other side dishes. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Angler (51) Angler rates as one of the most bravura seafood

-4082, anglerrestaurants.com Caviar with banana pancake is assembled tableside at Angler. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Apey Kade (99) Lalith Rodrigo and his wife, chef Niza Hashim, are natives of Colombo, the port-city capital of Sri Lanka. Hashim

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short alley between two buildings near the corner where Palm Canyon Drive veers at a 45-degree angle. Marcel Ramirez, a native of Palm Springs, opened his creperie as a takeout window in 2020 after starting the business as a pop-up in 2018. He took his

; and the shaded patio overlooks the hotel’s enormous, angled pool (a scene unto itself). Breakfast and lunch hit their marks: omelets and scrambles, a breakfast burrito that crunches with tater tots, familiar Caesars and wedge and chopped salads, and a

“Love, Cecil” that takes a deep dive into his visual style is worth watching. Beaton’s photo hangs over the bar of the restaurant named for him. He’s captured with his wide-brimmed hat cocked at a rakish angle. I cheers to it — to him — with the first

A server in a fitted jacket stands at our table at Angler, a 3-month-old luxury seafood restaurant in the Beverly Center, leaning over a small wooden cart. His object of focus is a palm-sized banana pancake — flavored with ripe banana but also other

. Caviar with banana pancake is assembled tableside at Angler, a new luxury seafood restaurant in the Beverly Center. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Welcome to the domain of chef and restaurateur Joshua Skenes, Los Angeles edition. Skenes built his

province north of Shanghai. The fish, in this case, tilapia, is filleted so that each side remains attached to the tail. It’s scored, covering the entire surface in small, precise cuts, then battered and fried. The flesh puffs up and out at all angles and I

dough — protrudes at all angles. The version at Lotus Dim Sum Dumpling House in Santa Monica is excellent, with a crisp shell surrounding pale purple taro that’s starchy and sweet with a middle of minced pork and mushrooms. This dumpling restaurant from

, oysters, mussels and curved prawns, lobster tails, crabs legs that dangle over the sides, halved lemons, ramekins of cocktail sauce and mignonette and tiny forks that protrude at all angles. They are all lavish and enticing, but rarely does a platter make

dough that protrude at all angles. It’s Cousin It after sticking a wet finger in a socket. I used to patiently wait as the Lazy Susan made its way around the table, quickly sticking out an arm to stop the turntable when the golden puffs landed in front

from ever-expanding angles. At his Silver Lake and West Hollywood outposts, he sells an always-changing lineup of beans from some of the world’s finest roasters. Beyond espressos and filtered brews, the baristas approach coffee drinks as brainy, tightly