Jason Neroni

Superba Snack Bar: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Where The Chefs Eat: Animal's Jon Shook

Where the Chefs Eat is an ongoing series in which we ask a local chef to give us his or her favorite dining options. This week, Animal and Son of a Gun chef Jon Shook tells us his favorite spots to eat these days. Like most of us, Jon Shook is looking for two things when he's eating out: good food ... More >>

Cochon 555 Returns to L.A. in 2013 for 5th Anniversary

The country's roving pig-themed culinary festival, Cochon 555, is returning to Los Angeles for another year on May 5, bringing with its its celebration of nose-to-tail cooking and sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs.

The Chef's Library: Jason Neroni Cooking by Hand by Paul Bertolli

The Chef's Library is a series in which we ask chefs around town to tell us about their favorite cookbooks. Today, we talk to Jason Neroni, chef at Superba Snack Bar. Jason Neroni has a lot of beloved cookbooks, but his "favorite of all time" is Paul Bertolli's Cooking By Hand. "His salumi recipes ... More >>

Top 10 Los Angeles Chefs to Follow on Instagram

Sure, you can see the beautiful dishes that your favorite chefs spend hours making in real life. When, perhaps you go to their restaurants and actually eat their food. But since we often spend more time looking at pretty pictures of dinner than we do consuming it, the tech gods have given us Instagr ... More >>

Where the Chefs Eat: Superba Snack Bar's Jason Neroni

Where the Chefs Eat is an ongoing series in which we ask a local chef to give us his or her favorite dining options. This week, Jason Neroni, chef at Superba Snack Bar, tells us his favorite spots to eat these days. Favorite mall food: "I live in Culver City but I was born in Orange County. When I ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Superba Snack Bar

Here again, at Superba Snack Bar, we find a kitchen obviously in love with meat in all its permutations. And yet, chef Jason Neroni and crew also have an affinity for vegetables and, unlike many of Neroni's contemporaries, he avoids putting meat in his vegetable options. That means the entire "from ... More >>

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Jason Neroni's new Venice restaurant, is, yes, superb

Food News Roundup: 11 Things You Didn't Know About Wheaties, Paul Ryan's Vegan Speechwriter Homemade French Fries

Smithsonian: The 11 Things You Didn't Know About Wheaties. LA Observed: Paul Ryan's new speechwriter is, among other things, a vegan. Bon Appetit: How to make the best homemade french fries ever. Grub Street LA: Jon Shook and Michael Voltaggio head to Baja. The Huffington Post: Nancy Pelosi's ob ... More >>

The Oinkster Goes to Hollywood: Andre Guerrero to Open a Second Oinkster

Even the most experienced restaurateurs still listen to friends' advice. Such is the case with Andre Guerrero and his plans to expand The Oinkster brand to a second location, which will occupy the former Sushi Hiroba on Vine Street between Melrose and Santa Monica Blvd. "A friend of mine pointed i ... More >>

Jason Neroni Details Menu for Venice's Superba Snack Bar

Fresh off his two-night menu sneak peek at Pitfire Pizza on Fairfax, Jason Neroni has revealed some more tasty tidbits on his newest collaboration with Pitfire founder Paul Hibler, Venice's Superba Snack Bar, which is slated to open in July. The space will be a modern take on what they call a "p ... More >>

Cochon 555: "Porkapalooza" Hits the House of Blues

If the air seemed a bit heavier with the scent of bacon along the Sunset Strip last night, it was due to the pork-centric carnival that rolled through the House of Blues on Sunday: the second annual L.A. stopover in the nationwide Cochon 555 tour, an event combining five chefs, five whole heritage-b ... More >>

"Porkapalooza" Cochon 555 Returns

Just when you'd managed to expunge -- via marathons and wheatgrass-and-spinach elixirs -- the last traces of Wilbur from your tract, the Cochon 555 roadshow is back for another round. This time, five local chefs, five heritage hogs, and five winemakers will tangle at the House of Blues on Sunday, M ... More >>

Quick Peek: Osteria La Buca Reopens Tonight After Revamp [Photo Gallery]

After a nine-day closure so it could revamp its menu (courtesy of chef Jason Neroni) and its interior (courtesy of designer Brendan Ravenhill), Osteria La Buca reopens tonight to the general public. (They held a friends-and-family preview last night.) Beginning tomorrow, La Buca will also reope ... More >>

Osteria La Buca Gets New Chef, New Menu

​In addition to a streamlined new look, Melrose-and-Western neighborhood favorite Osteria La Buca is getting a streamlined menu courtesy of new executive chef Jason Neroni, an Orange County native known for his cooking at Brooklyn's Porchetta and Manhattan's 10 Downing Food & Wine. (He's also ... More >>

James Beard Foundation LA Chef Invitational At The Foundry: Eat, Drink, Repeat

A fairly high percentage of L.A.'s finer dining restaurants are closed on Mondays. Next Monday that's probably a good thing, as not a few of them will be at The Foundry on Melrose. Eric Greenspan, chef-owner of The Foundry, will be hosting The James Beard Foundation L.A. Chef Invitational, a 5-cours ... More >>