A Silver Lake poke vacation spot is again after 5 years away. Ohana Superette, the informal, daytime-only poke store from husband-and-wife staff Eric and Miriam Park, not too long ago returned with its personal area and considerate, conventional poke.
“I always try to do my version but not mess with it too much,” chef and co-owner Eric Park mentioned, “and with the poke I just want to keep it super authentic.”
Spam and shiso musubi are made recent every day at Ohana Superette.
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Scoops of ginger-and-soy-marinated tuna, garlicky poached shrimp, macaroni salad and ponzu glass noodles relaxation on short-grain Koshihikari rice or seaweed salad. The musubi options Spam that’s slow-cooked in brown sugar for an virtually brûléed crust. Sides of kimchi are made recent all through the day to retain crunch. Every customizable bowl contains a rainbow of texture and taste.
Ohana Superette’s first iteration launched in 2015, impressed by the Parks’ frequent household visits to Hawaii, and the operation ran as half of a twin idea out of their former sandwich store, Black Hogg. They closed each eating places in 2020 when the pandemic started, and although they later opened widespread cafe Bodega Park within the area, Eric Park mentioned he all the time wished to reprise Ohana Superette in its personal type.
Ohana Superette and Bodega Park chef and co-owner Eric Park.
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“Almost every week there were people like, ‘When’s Ohana coming back?’” he mentioned. “And then one month Miriam’s like, ‘Let’s just open Ohana if a space opens up.’”
When the hair salon subsequent door closed and its area turned obtainable, the couple jumped on the alternative. It took two years to allow and flip the salon right into a restaurant, even with a pared-down kitchen that doesn’t permit for a lot cooking. They added wooden paneling and marble accents. This time round, Park mentioned, he streamlined the menu with fewer add-ons and toppings in an try to maintain issues extra conventional — although a couple of less-traditional specials may sneak in often. Ohana Superette is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
2850 W. Sundown Blvd., Los Angeles, ohanasuperette.la
Lasita’s weekend-only Kapé pop-up serves breakfast sandwiches corresponding to longanisa with egg, mojo aioli and American cheese.
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Lasita Kapé
Chinatown’s trendy Filipino restaurant is drawing much more crowds to Far East Plaza and filling the courtyard with a brand new weekend sequence, Kapé. Lasita homeowners Nico de Leon and Chase and Steff Valencia not too long ago launched a daytime-only Filipino cafe that riffs on meryenda tradition, or as Chase Valencia says, “the art of taking a snack break, social pause, recharge and gossip.”
Ensaymada meets mamon on this cake slice topped with gouda at Lasita’s Kapé
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At Kapé, they’re serving recent pastries corresponding to pandan olive oil loaf iced with coconut, mango royal reimagined as rolled cake, Gouda-topped slices of ensaymadas mixed with mamon, and the basic date-and-walnut “food for the gods” bars performed as an alternative as cookies.
Fluffy-egged breakfast sandwiches arrive with cheese and smoky eggplant, longanisa, tocino ham or corned beef on freshly baked pan de leche, whereas specialty espresso choices embody the likes of affogato with miso condensed-milk ice cream, cappuccino with jackfruit purée and espresso with ube milk. The Valencias and De Leon plan to run Kapé on weekends for the foreseeable future, although an growth of operations is feasible. Kapé is open Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
727 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, (213) 443-6163 , lasita-la.com
Black cod with soy, lemon, ginger, sake and cucumber at Sogo Roll Bar in Highland Park.
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Sogo Roll Bar Highland Park
Certainly one of L.A.’s finest hand-roll bars not too long ago expanded with a second location.
Temaki restaurant Sogo Roll Bar’s new location in Highland Park.
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Sogo Roll Bar debuted in 2020 on the fringe of East Hollywood and Los Feliz with a 14-seat sushi bar virtually solely devoted to the artwork of temaki.
Within the years since, the menu expanded with donburi and new appetizers. Now the collaborative enterprise between Sushi Word’s Kiminobu Saito and David Gibbs, and Bar Covell and L&E Oyster Bar’s Dustin Lancaster and Sarah Dietz, expanded with a second outpost, this time in Highland Park. Sogo Roll Bar’s latest outpost presents an equivalent meals menu to the unique, and in addition serves beer, wine and sake. It takes over the previous residence of Holcomb wine bar, additionally from Lancaster, and is open Sunday to Thursday from midday to 9 p.m., and Friday to Saturday from midday to 10 p.m.
5535 York Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 561-3100, sogorollbar.com
Clients sit across the new counter bar at Bread Head in Manhattan Seashore.
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Bread Head Manhattan Seashore
Final yr, L.A. Instances Meals critic Invoice Addison referred to as Bread Head “L.A.’s next great sandwich shop.” This summer time, it expanded with a location in Manhattan Seashore, bringing these recent focaccia sandwiches virtually to the sting of the pier.
A turkey pesto sandwich at Bread Head in Manhattan Seashore.
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Founders and longtime pals Jordan Snyder and Alex Williams — each alums of Trois Mec — started popping up via Los Angeles with stacked sandwiches on crusty-edged bread, then partnered with Joolies founder Greg Willsey and Michael Pasternak (previously of Evening + Market) to launch their first restaurant, in Santa Monica.
Their new location in Manhattan Seashore options indoor and out of doors seating, plus a seven-seat bar; that bar, possession informed The Instances, will hopefully serve beer and wine ultimately. Beachy artwork and popular culture — corresponding to an autographed nonetheless from “Point Break” — line the partitions in a nod to the brand new environment, whereas TVs imply a brand new place for the neighborhood to observe sports activities (a characteristic not discovered within the authentic Santa Monica restaurant). A bigger kitchen additionally means a possible expanded hot-foods menu, which may embody breakfast and a spread of scorching sandwiches. Bread Head is open in Manhattan Seashore Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
1129 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Seashore, (310) 209-8071, breadheadla.com
Marea in Beverly Hills is one in every of DineL.A.’s newer members in 2025.
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DineL.A.
L.A. County’s sprawling two-week occasion devoted to eating and particular menus returns as we speak, with almost 450 eating places taking part. This summer time‘s iteration of dineL.A. sees the largest number of restaurants offering special items and limited-run prix-fixe menus since the initiative launched in 2008, and 80 of them are entirely new to the program.
For the next 15 days find dineL.A.-exclusive meals at stalwarts such as Mélisse, Bar Amá and Wally’s, together with newer spots corresponding to Marea, Soban, Luke’s Lobster and Saijo.
discoverlosangeles.com/dinela
