Superba Food + Bread Review - Venice - Los Angeles - The Infatuation
"Let’s take a moment to consider Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit . It may have been a hasty follow-up to a very successful movie featuring singing and dancing nuns, with almost the exact same storyline, but somehow it was also better. It has Lauryn Hill before everyone realized she was a genius (and before things went a little off the rails), Jennifer Love Hewitt before she became insufferable, and even more Maggie Smith dancing than we could have hoped for. Basically, Superba Food + Bread is the Sister Act 2 of Venice restaurants. Originally billed as a more casual version of the restaurant you couldn’t get a table at in 2012, Superba Snack Bar, Food + Bread has now outlasted its big sister. Food + Bread does a lot of what the old Superba did well (pasta, brunch, those brussels sprouts), but has come into its own as one of those all-day spots Venice locals love to hang out at. The space - on a corner of Lincoln that’s quickly becoming a more relaxed alternative to Abbot Kinney - is big, open, and pretty dang beautiful. Prime position is on the side patio, but you’ll also be able to walk inside any time of day and get a seat almost immediately. Daytime is when all the action is, whether it’s coffee meetings that turn into lunch, or a boozed-up Sunday brunch. But Superba Food + Bread is also our evening secret weapon - nights are never that busy and the food is consistently good, even better and more interesting than it needs to be at this kind of spot. Probably best of all, in a part of town that is full of places (and people) that are trying pretty hard, Superba Food + Bread isn’t. These guys know what they do, and do it well, without trying to invent the wheel. See, we told you: the Sister Act 2 of restaurants." - Jess Basser Sanders
