Amy ScattergoodNeed a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold visits Mantee Café in Studio City (“Mantee isn't where you come for a falafel plate or roasted chicken; it's where you go to watch a stunningly beautiful waitress set a plate of sausage aflame”). Click through for Anne Fishbein's spectacular photos and read more in Gold's Counter Intelligence, “Far From the Lebanese Crowd: Mantee, via Beirut, on Ventura Boulevard.”
muhammara at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
flaming soujouk at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
from left to right, Gaston Gallo (line cook), Rego Fernandez (assistant chef), Jonathan Darakjian (chef/owner) at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
za'atar for dipping at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
hummus with pine nuts at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
fatoush at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
cheese bourek at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
chicken kabob at Mantee Café; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Mantee Café's patio; Credit: Anne Fishbein
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