B.L. PIZZA

Artful placement of Mozzarella


800 degree oven quick fire


Getting ready for the table


Photos by: Eric Richardson

DOMAINE CHANDON WINE TASTING

Tasting Chandon’s new Pinot Meunier with Winemaker James Kress


Vice President Sam Marvin and Director of Gourmet Market Nicole Elliott enjoy a taste

38 DEGREE MANHATTAN

Mixologist Barry crafts the perfect Manhattan


1 more degree...


Garnish with Kirsch Brandied Cherries and pour

CITYSEARCH EDITORIAL REVIEW

“It might seem slightly premature to proclaim that Downtown L.A.'s restaurant revival has finally found its pièce de résistance with this expansive Italian commissary and gourmet market, but we're willing to take that chance. Taking up the entire corner block of Seventh Street and Grand Avenue, this sprawling space of glassed-in gorgeousness awash in white is both a restaurant and a market, a bakery and a bar, a worthy dining destination and a welcoming escape from the outside grit and grime. Open all day (starting at 6:30am), the gourmet shop and bakery is where you can get a fresh cup of Lamill coffee along with homemade macaroons and other to-go delicacies. The gold table at the center of the room near the enormous exhibition kitchen is where you'll be greeted before being seated at one of the countless booths or tables that look out onto the city or the rear pizza kitchen. (Again, open for all to see.) There, you'll peruse the long menu that ranges from pastas, pizzas and salads to entrees like pork chops with apple sauce, halibut steamed in parchment paper and sides like the must-try portobello fries. It's all quite something to behold (especially at night) and exciting to know that even though you'll feels worlds away, you're actually in the middle of Downtown L.A.”

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LA TIMES REVIEW 4/29/09

“Who wouldn't gawk, though, at the sight of so many people eating so much food, arms waving, trying to shout above the fray? Or the expanse of stainless steel kitchen where eight, nine, 10 -- count 'em -- cooks are working furiously, sending out stacked sheaves of romaine (the Caesar salad), butter lettuce freckled with balsamico and stacked and strewn with candied walnuts (the Modena salad), slabs of meaty lasagna and he-man portions of osso buco?

Bottega Louie takes abbondanza to heart with an all-Italian menu served in generous portions at moderate prices -- with plenty of service.”

Read the rest of the April LA Times review here