Rumormongering

Just a bit more on Jonathan Waxman's potential future contribution(s) to LA dining. Last we heard Waxman was speaking with management from the Roosevelt Hotel, do note that their new restaurant Public Kitchen & Bar, which replaces Dakota, has still not opened. Anyway, the idea here was for Waxman to actually team up with the chef/partner Tim Goodell to launch some type of joint venture, but that would be in addition to a second outpost of his famed West Village Italian huant, Barbuto. So, yes, he wants to open Barbuto in LA. [EaterWire]