New & Notable

Cento Pasta Bar

WEST ADAMS

● Avner Levi’s thrilling pasta menu o ers surprising appetizers like cauliflower with Castelvetrano olives, Marcona almonds, Cara Cara oranges, and golden raisins, but Levi’s talents extend to hearty entrées like braised short ribs over creamy polenta.

4921 W. Adams Blvd., centopasta.com.

Angelini Ristorante

PACIFIC PALISADES

● Chef Gino Angelini has taken his Italian osteria to the Westside in partnership with Amici Brentwood’s Tancredi Deluca. The Maine lobster salad with pomegranate seeds and citrus dressing and the classic service (branzino filleted tableside, anyone?) recall the Beverly Blvd. location, only now with patio seating and an ocean breeze.

1038 N. Swarthmore Ave., angelinipalisades.com.

Pearl River Deli

CHINATOWN

● Chef Johnny Lee’s Cantonese comfort food moves to Chinatown’s Central Plaza, where his famous Hainan chicken rice joins rotating specials like the orange-chicken fried sandwich, nutty sesame dandan noodles, and char siu spare ribs.

935 Mei Ling Way, @prd_la.