Gjelina

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310-450-1429
1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA
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Inside, it's quite the scene, very Venice chic. The glamorous and the scruffy are seated side by side at two tall communal tables, beneath a whimsical chandelier made out of an old oval pot rack twined with mismatched lightbulbs. In a reverse of the usual, the floors are brick, the ceiling wood planks, though that doesn't seem to make a difference in the pounding, festive noise level.

Still, what a smart environment for Travis Lett's exuberant California cooking. (He's the chef who put NineThirty, the restaurant at the W Hotel in Westwood, on the map when it opened in 2005.) At tables lined up under a charcoal plaster wall inscribed with graceful swirls, hungry folks are digging into platters of cured meats and cheeses, salads of burrata cheese with heirloom tomatoes and arugula, or beautiful thin-crusted pizzas smothered in fontina cheese, bitter greens and tomato confit. The wood-burning oven also turns out baby artichokes with Parmigiano and half a dozen other pizzas.

S. Irene Virbila, Times Restaurant Critic 8/25/08, to read more, click here.

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Reviews from yelp (3)

  • Posted by Melissa B. on Yelp_small
    3 stars

    I'm on a 3 star roll. I love JGelina's interior, I dig the Abbot Kinney vibe, and all of the attractive servers, but it's obvious, like a lot of...

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  • Posted by Heather M. on Yelp_small
    5 stars

    Went here for my birthday and had a great time! We ordered a bottle of wine at the bar (which isn't really a bar) and the manager served it to us....

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  • Posted by Sharon Y. on Yelp_small
    3 stars

    Like an absolutely beautiful, perfectly styled woman who you've heard only great things about in your social circle, only to come to find out on your first...

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