Cecconi's

On our list of the best special-occasion restaurants in Los Angeles.

On the corner of Melrose Avenue and Robertson Boulevard, the Soho House group runs a West Hollywood branch of Cecconi's, named for its London original. Seating splits between a covered patio under palm trees and a dining room, and weekday lunch there is heavy on talent agents. The food is Venetian cicchetti like fried zucchini with lemon aioli or whipped ricotta with truffle honey, pizzas from a wood-burning oven, and pastas such as spaghetti with Maine lobster. Weekday afternoons bring a shorter aperitivo menu of snacks and small pizzas, and weekends a brunch.