Review: Pasjoli marks a return to grand French dining in L.A.

Bill Addison reviews the haute French cooking at Dave Beran's Pasjoli in Santa Monica
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • December 12, 2019
French restaurants have made a sweeping return in the United States over the last five years, and by that I mean explicitly French restaurants. France as the synonym for culinary excellence began fading in the 1990s, as chefs of many heritages...
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