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By Alyssa Ramos
Nestled in the trendy small triangular nook that is the genuine-daily life Melrose Location, is an ornately decorated and heavily vodka-infused piece of Russia called Mari Vanna. The title comes from a Slavic legend of a fairytale grandmother who welcomed hungry travelers for a household-cooked meal, and the identical strategy goes for it’s shoppers in West Hollywood…except these travelers are the jet-setting, celebrity styles. Since it’s opening last summer season, it has by now attracted a plethora of A-checklist guests, and the usual who’s who of Hollywood.
What makes Mari Vanna so attractive? Properly, commencing with it’s prime spot on Melrose Place exactly where it joins the fashionable community of well known restaurants like Fig & Olive, STK, Bagatelle, and Nobu, it’s absolutely in a place the place persons go to see and be viewed. Next is the ambience, when I walked in by means of the hefty cast-iron gates, I discovered myself standing in the quaintest, chicest Russian tea backyard that I’ve ever viewed. As they describe it, it’s like a “garden-get together-meets-grandma’s home ambiance. There are plants, flowers, and birdhouses surrounding the cushioned wicker seating, like anything you’d see in a classier version of Alice in Wonderland.
Whilst I’ve never ever been to Russia, the interior of Mari Vanna gave me a very very good notion of what a conventional Russian restaurant would look like there, especially given that they have one particular in Moscow. There wasn’t one particular square inch that wasn’t heavily decorated with distinct floral patterned wallpaper, Russian paintings and dolls, wooden tchotchke-filled cupboards, and brass chandeliers. We had been warmly welcomed by the bartender who promptly poured us shots of a single of the lots of house-infused vodka’s that he really had created in their quite own vodka generating area beneath the restaurant that is only accessible through a trap down in the floor behind the bar.
The seaberry vodka shot was tasty, and enticed us to test some of the other flavors that ranged from authentic to peculiar flavors like pepper, and cucumber & dill. If vodka isn’t your option of poison, they will also quickly be giving property-infused tequilas which include red pepper, pineapple, and mixed berry.
To leading off the Russian knowledge, the Russian managers, and servers dressed in typical Russian attire will terrific you and be more than content to make clear the story behind Mari Vanna and everything on the menu. The menu features traditional Russian fare such as braised veal with homemade noodles, beef stroganoff, and delightful deserts like truffles and kislitsa.
If you’re fortunate sufficient to be a good friend of a person who functions there, you may even get welcomed into the family members and offered a crucial with a tiny Russian doll attached to it that grants you accessibility to any one of the Mari Vanna dining establishments on sure “members-only” nights where they retain the restaurant open previous hours and employ a DJ and give totally free cocktails.
Mari Vanna
8375 Melrose Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90069
323.655.1977
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