Los Angeles Times

"The best by-the-slice and delivery pizza you’re likely to get in L.A. It’s a cheerful, casual spot offering New York-style pie, founded by a New York transplant who saw a niche that needed filling."

"A summer-camp-themed restaurant, MessHall boasts important cocktails and glammed-up 1940s dinner party food."

"Pie in a jar is not pie, no matter how many homemade Nilla Wafers are arranged around the top, no matter how artisanal the Mason jar may appear in the light cast by dim fruit-crate chandeliers."

"The French fries are excellent, perfectly crisp and almost vanishingly airy."

"The inevitable pork belly, given the November treatment with squash and cranberries, shows careful cooking and an intuitive sense of balance."

"Laurel Hardware is a useful place, with strong drinks, Jidori chicken and all sorts of vegetables, plus a vibe that splits the difference between Santa Monica Boulevard and the Sunset Strip."