Son of A Gun: Man Overboard In LA

At face value, Son of A Gun in Los Angeles serves as the antithesis to its sister restaurant, the highly regarded though disappointing to me Animal.  Animal is simply dressed, whereas Son of A Gun is festooned with knickknacks.  Animal focuses on things of land, whereas Son of A Gun is a showcase for seafood. …

Animal Restaurant: LA’s Meatiest Endeavor

Nearly everything chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo touch these days turns into critical gold.  In the case of Animal, their first restaurant, Shook and Dotolo have ingratiated themselves to Los Angeles’s food scene as fast as anyone that I’m familiar with, and that’s no small feat.  That being what it is, lest we forget …