"If you’ve ever seen Wolfgang Puck’s shiny grin on a café menu at LAX or a can of tomato bisque at the supermarket, you have Spago to thank. When it opened in 1982, the iconic restaurant (now located in Beverly Hills) changed how the entire country thought about food in LA and made Puck a superstar in the process. And though no longer as groundbreaking as it was during the years when putting goat cheese on angel hair pasta blew people's minds, Spago is still cruising well into middle age. The airy, modern space looks like a rich movie star’s estate in the Hollywood Hills and the food is like the best version of what you might get on an expensive luxury cruise to Antarctica (there will be some nice seasonal specials on the menu, but make sure to order the perennial tuna tartare cones and smoked salmon pizza)." - brant cox, nikko duren, garrett snyder, sylvio martins
