Dante Beverly Hills Is the Rooftop Cocktail Destination of Summer 2023 | Eater LA

"Opening July 4 on the ninth floor of the Maybourne Beverly Hills, this outpost translates Dante’s century-old cocktail DNA into an airy, coastal Italian-meets-Mediterranean restaurant with sweeping views of the city and Hollywood Hills. The indoor dining room features plush blue rounded booths, white marble tables, a white Steinway, and a ceiling fresco by local artist Abel Macias that opens onto a balcony with cozy mint-green couches; Nathalie Hudson oversaw the design, which also includes a striking bar, pool-adjacent seating flanked by a wood-fired oven, and lush greenery. Known first as a cocktail destination, the drink program remains extensive—about 90 percent signature—offering classics and house specialties like the Garibaldi (Campari with “fluffy” orange juice), Negronis, spritzes, and martinis, plus LA-forward spirits and only-in-LA drinks such as a celery paloma, a fluffy margarita, and a tequila martini; there’s also a daily $10 martini hour from 3–5 p.m. The food leans on market-fresh ingredients, seafood, and bright coastal Italian flavors: blistered wood-fired pizzas with tomato, mozzarella, thinly sliced soppressata and a kiss of hot honey; squash blossoms with stracciatella and pesto Genovese; crudo with caper leaves, Calabrian chili and citrus; burrata with semi-dried tomatoes; fregola with calamari, mussels, clams, shrimp, parsley, saffron and fish fumet; and house-made gemelli with basil–pine nut pesto, with desserts like boozy affogatos and a tiramisu that’s a must-order. It marks Dante’s first standalone location outside New York—after pop-ups in places like Aspen and Madrid—and the owners, Linden Pride and Nathalie Hudson, say they were drawn to LA for its produce and outdoor lifestyle and partnered with the Maybourne to make it happen. " - Karen Palmer