LA Chapter

Located in the ACE Hotel, this spot has great cocktails and small plates. The mussels were delicious!!

We started with an order of the gougeres and salted guava butter: a pile of warm pastry tucked inside a folded napkin with a generous side of butter. We were concerned they would be too rich, but they were light and fluffy. Entrées were the licorice rubbed duck and the roasted kabocha squash agnolotti. The duck was was cooked perfectly and the flavors were unique: salty with a little bit of sweet and dark licorice-spice. The pasta dish was beautifully plated and tasted as amazing as it looked. Soft pillows of pasta swimming in a broth-like sauce of mushrooms and squas. We ended our meal with the maple custard which we thought was the perfect balance of rich and sweet.

Service was top-notch, the atmosphere was fun and we had a great experience.