"After 10+ years of operating, Gjelina is still one of the city’s best restaurants and our go-to when we want seasonal vegetables prepared in a million different ways. You’ll learn a lot about LA’s food scene after a meal here. Casual California cuisine, our city’s pizza renaissance, relentless kale salad clichés—they can all be traced back to this place. If you’d rather get something quick and casual than have a sit-down meal, go to GTA next door for a slice or a very good meatball sandwich served on a baguette." - nikko duren, brant cox, sylvio martins