Family celebration - Super nice place recommendations

[robert]

Oh, maybe:

Dear Johns on Culver

This used to be a rat-pack hangout I believe (or at least Sinatra claimed it as a watering hole). The building is going to be torn down in a couple years, so Josiah Citrin and Hans Rockenwagner decided to make a go of it as a temporary steak joint. They just opened last night and it was big fun. A lot of appropriate and interesting “found” art on the walls. A dark room, with no windows, small and intimate with an old school feel and old school menu of steaks, lobster thermidor, Oysters Roc…

Dear John's - Fantastic Evening

Had dinner at Dear John’s last week. It was my fourth visit and each time it has been wonderful. This time it got off to an alarming start. I was hosting a group of four. Actually, paying off an overdue Super Bowl bet - fuckin Rams!. Anyway, I think I must have messed up the reservation date because it wasn’t in their system and I could not find my confirmation. The hostess (Tanya) could not have been better or more gracious. Although they were fully packed and booked for the night, ther…