Zach Pollack turns Italian food upside down at Alimento

Counter Intelligence: Jonathan Gold reviews Alimento in Silver Lake. Chef Zach Pollack gets witty without being pretentious, with a menu that is modest but clever.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • October 10, 2014
If you’ve been to a party in Silver Lake lately, gulped sulfite-free Grenache on a back porch lighted year-round with votive candles and strings of Christmas lights, you know certain things to be true. The neighborhood is not on the Eastside, no...
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