Campanile wins with location, lack of pretense: restaurant boasts a gorgeous space and Hollywood history.(CUISINE)(Restaurant review)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: March 17, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

WHEN the topic of discussion turns to restaurants in Los Angeles, Campanile seems to make nearly everyone s Top 10. This place seems to have all the elements for success--the quasi-celebrity chef with several cookbooks to his name, seasonal ingredients listed according to origin on the menu, and a gorgeous space with some serious Hollywood history.

Campanile--Italian for bell tower--occupies a space on La Brea once home to the offices of Charlie Chaplin and is a stone's throw from Hollywood's Media District and Mid-Wilshire making it a go-to for lunch meetings.

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