There’s Probably Something Specifically Northern Italian at Davio’s, But You Should Focus on the Steaks, Gnocchi and Service

Davio’s hand-rolled gnocchi with organic mushrooms, basil and, white truffle oil. Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, part of a chain of restaurants with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City, has opened in Irvine at the...

This is the fifth edition of this guide — a roadmap to Orange County’s wildly diverse dining scene. Narrowing this list to 75 recommendations gets harder each year. Yes, this list is highly personal and subjective but also painstakingly...

If you were going to design a restaurant representing the new Venice Beach, the one where postmodern mansions crowd next to crumbling apartment blocks, and the narrow alleys sometimes resemble the streets near the Rialto, you might well come up...

Los Angeles has never been rich in the sort of red-sauce Italian restaurants so common on the other coast, but it has always been notable for the other kind: restaurants in which Italian cooking and the idea of fine dining were not incompatible....

“Can I bring you a Tanqueray martini?” The waiter’s greeting catches me by surprise. It’s not a typical upsell. It’s not just another waiter suggesting a random drink to boost sales. Rather, the last time I dined at Davio’s, a new Italian...