Josiah Citrin's Long-Delayed Charcoal Still Seems a Ways Off in Venice

It looks like Josiah Citrin’s Charcoal will still require time before it opens in Venice. A tipster sends in a photo showing the exterior of the restaurant, where signage has gone up even though the rest of the place still seems boarded to the rafters.

There’s been little real news on the Charcoal front for most of this year, as Citrin’s plans have reached near-endless delays thanks to a prolonged escrow process. It’s a sore subject for the stellar fine dining chef (who also owns Mélisse in Santa Monica), as evidenced by this mini-profile in the LA Times from early September in which he groans at the mention of a possible timeline.

Still, the Westside dining world had hopes that Charcoal, which will involve live fire cooking and market-fresh ingredients in a casual setting, would be ready by the end of October. But as all that plywood indicates, it might be a while longer still.

Charcoal
425 Washington Blvd.
Venice, CA