At the long-awaited DTLA French restaurant Spring, Jonathan Gold tastes the essence of early summer

When I first visited Alain Ducasse's restaurant at Essex House in New York a decade and a half ago, a short-lived place that for a time served the most detailed
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • June 10, 2016
When I first visited Alain Ducasse’s restaurant at Essex House in New York a decade and a half ago, a short-lived place that for a time served the most detailed — and expensive — French cooking the United States has ever seen, I became obsessed...
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