Yes, and what is there to save $ for? Owning (residential) property in LA just isn’t happening for most, and they aren’t interested in cars (new ones of which are also way too expensive nowadays, too).
There’s nothing fun to spend $ on but electronics and food.
let’s not get ahead of ourselves there’s also clothes
Not a political statement the way you’re vegan.
Should have trusted my first instinct and waited for this place to settle in - FOMO got me.
I think it is going to be really good but right now, for me, it wasn’t great. Far from Angler 1.0
The aforementioned pacing is terrible - at these prices one shouldn’t have to be told “the kitchen likes you to place the whole order at once,” unless you can be assured they wont deluge the table with dishes, because “things come out of the kitchen when they are done.” We got deluged.
The elk was delicious, the pizza was tasty but not exceptional, both meats - lamb and steak - were both small and poorly seasoned, radicchio salad was just ok (again not memorable). The plain green salad was awesome -lots of herbs, nicely dressed. Drinks were awesome and the space was cool. No crab dish or prawn crudo.
Phil Rosenthal and his Philtourage (Phamily/Phriends) were ambling out when we sat.
Spidey senses paying off lol… I do wanna try this place, maybe in a month or two.
Despite living in the area, and Skenes’s desire to run a neighborhood restaurant ( I read that somewhere), I don’t see this as a place for a casual meal. I also like to BYOB and $50 is prohibitive. If they ran a Sunday style suppers or had special incentives, perhaps then, yes. I have a different definition of a “neighborhood place”. Will I go, probably, but it will be an occasion rather than a Tuesday night.
What were the meats/radicchio salad? neither on the menu when I went.
strip loin that roamed free with grilled radicchio, hot sauce & lemon
Hot sauce was nowhere to be seen (or tasted) on the striploin. Really, the only thing I liked with regards to the striploin was that the MP was “only” 60 bucks!
was sergio in the house?
?? who?
Yes he was
Paul B Chung (@pbkitchen) • Instagram photos and videos looked like he was running the show in the kitchen. I wasn’t 100% sure it was him, but William from Pizzeria Sei tagged him on his visit too.
we got the grilled fish, and it was excellent. I’m going back again tomorrow to try the meats. I thought our re-marinara was really good. good to see you last night!
Maybe the new rule is “wait till @PorkyBelly goes 3 times”? 
IMO, I think the pacing breaks down when you have over 2 in your party based on people’s experience… which is not great. When we went as a 2 top, it was actually pretty bang on. Although they hadn’t packed the restaurant (weren’t taking walk-ins at the bar) and were probably running overstaffed for that first week.
I didn’t have a huge problem with pacing but I almost never do. I eat fast and prefer to get in/get out vs. eat leisurely (I think that’s just my Korean mentality). I would say the one thing I craved in the dinner was like a side to have with the fish, something carby or roasted. Give me Angler potato or some roasted vege. Hopefully they’ll add that in the future.
I had no clue cool. Just texted Paul right now. He told me earlier in the year he was retiring from the culinary game for a bit.
I know another former Saison sous is there.
I’ll have to drop by sooner than later then.
yah - the quicker the better for me, I don’t see it as an issue 
I was just at Kasama in Chicago solo dining - they saw how fast I was eating and picked up the pace. Got me out of there under 90 minutes. Full NA pairing, 3 cocktails, whole tasting menu . I was ecstatic.
I had a 3 Michelin star meal in ten minutes once. Probably someone can guess the place.
That place got me out in under an hour.