What to have at this Italian fine-dining restaurant? Jonathan Gold recommends the $22 spaghetti

At Scott Conant's the Ponte on Beverly Boulevard, pasta is the point. But you'll also want some of Ryan Wainwright's cocktails. Start with a Negroni.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2017
Is Scott Conant the chef of record at the Ponte? Then the pasta al pomodoro is the elephant in the room, a plate of spaghetti in tomato sauce with which the chef has always been identified. The spaghetti has been praised on television by Anthony...
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