Crispy suckling pig from Maialino NYC/Photo by Ellen Silverman
A couple weeks ago Tuesday, I was lucky enough to score an early rez at the restaurant Animal, the much-hyped LA restaurant run by chefs Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook (Vinny's the bushy one, photo courtesy of Animal). A few weeks earlier, in town for a gig at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (bet you didn’t know I played the cello!), a friend took me to their second restaurant Son of a Gun. I told this friend I loved it and that it reminded me of The Greenhouse Tavern, because it did the same kind of food. (Only of course it didn’t really--Greenhouse doesn't sell alligator schnitzel!--so what did I mean? Fabulous dish, that schnitzel.)
It wasn’t till I ate at Animal with my friend the writer Dan Voll and our ...
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