Brothers Meatballs Is Redefining Italian Comfort Food in Hollywood

The totally plant-based concept is serving “mama’s taste” without the meat
Josh Lurie • Los Angeles Magazine • March 17, 2021
What does “meat” even mean anyway? Must protein come from animals, or can it be engineered from plants in a lab? Sardinia-born brothers Mauro and Sergio Corbia, who cofounded Mauro’s Cafe at Fred Segal on Melrose and co-own Fabiolus Cucina in...
The full article can be read on the Los Angeles Magazine website.

Related Articles

Restaurants serving plant-based meat

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • October 24, 2021
A decade ago, when you wanted a veggie burger for dinner, you could probably find a restaurant serving a patty made from mashed beans, rice and mushrooms. There were no menu items listing plant-based chicken or deli meat. Now, a growing number of...

Try these protein alternatives if you're eating less meat

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • January 13, 2022
If you’re wondering how you might upgrade your diet in 2022, know that an army of entrepreneurs hope they have your answer: alternative proteins. They’re using plants, cultured cells and fungi to create meat mimics that taste like beef, chicken,...

We tried more than 25 alternative proteins. These were the best (and worst)

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • October 24, 2021
There is an entire universe of alternative proteins that mimic beef, chicken, pork and fish. There’s even a hunk of mycelium (the fibers that make up nature’s fungal network) created to look, feel and taste like a chicken breast. What follows are...

We tried the 'vegan McDonald's'

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • March 16, 2022
There’s a new fast-food restaurant on La Brea Avenue, just south of Melrose. The facade is a familiar fire engine red. The name “Mr. Charlie’s” is written in bright yellow letters above a yellow frown. Squat yellow stools, the kind you’d likely...

Why one Iowa restaurant owner says 'No love, no tacos'

Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • October 24, 2020
This summer, Alfonso Medina installed a small yard sign in front of La Carreta Mexican Grill, the restaurant in Marshalltown, Iowa, that he opened in 2018. The “We believe” sign (whose origins journalist Chris Taylor traced recently to a group of...