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    Jonathan Gold Reviews Mari Vanna

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times, and this week he talks about one of the more unusual restaurants to open this year, Mari Vanna , a new Russian restaurant on Melrose Place.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times, and this week he talks about one of the more unusual restaurants to open this year, Mari Vanna,a new Russian restaurant on Melrose Place. He recommends the herring plate, salo plate, chicken holodetz, blini with house cured salmon, "herring under a fur coat," veal kotletki and the olivier salad.

    Mari Vanna

    8475 Melrose Pl

    West Hollywood, CA 90069

    323-655-1977

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