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    Where to Eat This Weekend in Los Angeles: Riva Bella

    Jonathan Gold describes the menu at chef Gino Angellini’s Riva Bella as a collection of the greatest hits from Italy. The restaurant is located in the enormous former Hamburger Hamlet space on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.

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    By Gillian Ferguson • May 17, 2013 • 1 min read

    Lunchtime at RivaBella. Photo: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times / April 29, 2013

    Jonathan Gold describes the menu at chef Gino Angellini’s Riva Bella as a collection of the greatest hits from Italy. The restaurant is located in the enormous former Hamburger Hamlet space on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. He recommends the seared swordfish carpaccio, vitello tonnato, eggplant parmigiana, spinach pappardelle with lamb ragu, linguini with sea urchin, sauteed scallops, the branzino and the veal chop.

    Riva Bella

    9201 West Sunset Blvd

    West Hollywood

    310.278.2060

    Listen to his conversation with Evan Kleiman below:

    All of Jonathan Gold’s restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map.

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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