LA Receives Some Serious Love in Esquire’s Best New Restaurants 2014

Fantastic news for the Los Angeles restaurant scene. The somewhat recently appointed restaurant editor Josh Ozersky includes two LA restaurants, Chi Spacca and Faith & Flower, in Esquire's list of The Best New Restaurants in America, 2014.

Ozersky's carnivorous predilection is apparent in his selection of Chi Spacca, Chad Colby's meat-obsessed branch of the Mozza family of restaurants. The article makes notable mention of Chi Spacca's beef-and-marrow pie, "outrageous" salumi, and, of course, the four-week-old aged porterhouse.

The editor is also enthusiastic about what has become the newest star of the downtown dining scene, Faith & Flower. Ozersky praises chef Michael Hung's "impeccable technique" that shines in his rib steak with oyster jus and oxtail agnolotti dressed with marrow butter.

Not only does a special shout out go to Michael Lay's cocktail program that "just won't quit," but Faith & Flower's English Milk Punch gets top billing with Cocktail of the Year, for the libation of rum, cognac, and absinthe that utilizes a milk wash to create a clear cocktail with rich mouthfeel.