Searching for subtle New York consolation meals? Head to this Los Angeles restaurant

Subsequent time you are in Hollywood for a present, plan forward and ebook a pre-or post-dinner at Linden on Sundown Boulevard. Backed by a powerhouse staff of hospitality and leisure trade veterans, this intimate venue is Black-owned and operated.

The staff beforehand launched New York’s Chopped Cheese, an Angeleno homage to a Harlem bodega staple. Linden can be an homage to New York’s delicacies (Linden Boulevard stretches by way of a few of of Brooklyn and Queens’ most numerous neighborhoods), however gives subtle twists on Caribbean, African-American, Jewish and South Asian dishes.

Wallpaper* dines at Linden, Los Angeles

The temper: Outdated-school New York will get a facelift

Designed by Alahna Jade, the staff was impressed by basic New York joints which can be stuffed with knick-knacks collected through the years. To realize that look, Jade went on a scavenger hunt for décor that informed its personal story – from distressed mirrors to classic gold frames – to brighten the restaurant’s partitions. It options photographs of moments in Black historical past, nods to the Large Apple, and a specially-commissioned 3D map of New York.

Whereas the area is intimate, company can take pleasure in three totally different experiences and kinds of seating. The bar, positioned beneath white brick arches, is good for vesper martinis with house-pickled crudités, whereas the primary eating room is ideal for teams. A hidden again nook desk is ideal for a date evening.

The meals: Queens within the Metropolis of Angels

Chef Jonathan Harris’ brunch and dinner menus take company on a journey by way of milestones in his life – every dish telling a narrative. Rising up in Lengthy Island, New York, as a third-generation chef, his dishes pay homage to the locations, flavours and individuals who have formed him all through his profession. These embrace a wagyu pie (puff pastry filled with pulled wagyu oxtail and plantain chutney) which creatively replicates Jamaica’s independence from Britain in 1962.

A dish of prawns and polenta combines Southern-style shrimp and grits with the normal Italian staple, showcasing Harris’s expertise for fusion and love of consolation meals. The Southern fried rooster is completed with beet-pickled onions over smoked turkey collard inexperienced purée, impressed by his father’s ‘HotLanta’ recipe. In the meantime, a dish referred to as ‘breaking bread’ features a melting-pot of house-made cornbread, herbed focaccia and an every little thing bagel, served with fried rooster butter, schmaltz cream cheese and seasoned olive oil.

Even the drinks mirror a component of New York storytelling: the King Cole Outdated Long-established references the long-lasting St. Regis watering gap whereas that includes Uncle Nearest whiskey (a spirit that honours Nathan ‘Nearest’ Inexperienced, the previously enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel the best way to distill), whereas a potion referred to as the L.I.R.R. is a cheeky riff on Lengthy Island’s boozy iced tea and its commuter rail – proof that no matter you bask in at Linden, you are in for a enjoyable experience.