2014 U.S. TOP 100 RESTAURANTS
59
INK.
RESTAURANT ADDRESS
8360 Melrose
West Hollywood, CA
323-651-3886
www.mvink.com
RESTAURANT STAFF
Chef/Owner: Michael Voltaggio
Chef de Cuisine: Cole Dickinson
Pastry Chef:
Sommelier: Michael Ploetz
GM: Michael Ploetz
OAD HISTORY
First appearance in Top 100.
RESTAURANT REVIEW
After winning Season Six of Top chef (he edged out his brother Bryan, (whose Volt restaurant placed 72 on out Top 100 list) and then being the executive chef at Saam at the Bazaar, (number 14 on our Top 100 list) and the now defunct Dining Room at the Langham, Michael Voltaggio opened this decidedly more casual restaurant in the space that used to house Hamasake. But despite the cocktail lounge vibe, Volatggio is still dishing out the same delicious Modernist food which includes dishes like scallops with tofu, cocoa, black vinaigrette and a rice cracker, ocean trout with chicken dashi, chicken skin, cedar leaf and daikon radish and veal cheek, red curry, coconut rice and Nante carrots baked in salt
Spaghetti made of giant squid and squash, with hazelnut-ink pesto, piment d’espelette
Photo Courtesy of: The Delicious Life curyan