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FORBES TRAVEL GUIDEInspired by Laurel Canyon’s bohemian bungalow culture in its ’60s and ’70s heyday, Estrella, decked out in macramé and vintage photography, opens mid-October on the iconic Sunset Strip. Former Top Chef contestant Dakota Weiss will head up the all-day restaurant’s menus, which includes brunch. You’ve-had-a-tough-week-and-you-deserve-a-splurge items include a bacon-wrapped avocado stuffed with poached egg, a truffle honey grilled cheese sandwich and cornmeal griddle cakes topped with cinnamon pecan praline. Now, that’s star quality.
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WHERE MAGAZINECalifornia fare from Executive Chef Dakota Weiss (Top Chef season 9) and fresh cocktails from mixologist Gia St. George collide on the Sunset Strip at Estrella. The new restaurant aims to channel Hollywood Hills bungalow culture of the ’60s and ’70s with a Laurel Canyon-esque layered restaurant, bar, patio and lounge space decked out with glistening pendants, vintage found pieces and lush plants. Dine for breakfast, lunch (grab-and-go style until January) and dinner on comforting dishes like chai-spiced French toast; sous vide hangar steak with orange-habanero chimichurri; truffle honey grilled cheese; roasted bone marrow with confit quail, kabocha squash spatzel and red wine-truffle jus; and honey fried....
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EATER LOS ANGELESEstrella is Dakota Weiss's brand new effort in the kitchen, and results are pretty darn glorious. Opened just last Friday for dinner, Estrella began breakfast service today, with grab-and-go lunch items available in between. Estrella is Dakota Weiss's brand new effort in the kitchen, and results are pretty darn glorious. Opened just last Friday for dinner, Estrella began breakfast service today, with grab-and-go lunch items available in between. West Hollywood's Sunset Strip can be an odd dining desert despite plenty of places to eat, and with reasonable prices, eventual all day service, and an inside-outside feel, it could be the versatile restaurant...
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LOS ANGELES TIMESIn the middle of the Sunset Strip, near the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Horner Avenue, there's a hippie oasis. This is Estrella, a new restaurant by partners Alan Nathan, Brett Nestadt and chef/partner Dakota Weiss. And stepping inside the front doors is like a visit to your grandmother's house circa 1971 — if she were glamorous, lived in Laurel Canyon and was besties with Joni Mitchell. Designed by the Santa Monica-based design boutique agency Studio Collective, it has macrame lampshades and sea shells, hand-painted Mexican tiles along the bar, leather bar stools handmade in Spain and A-frame ceilings that give the look and vibe of an old-school Hollywood Hills bungalow...
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EATER LOS ANGELESBehold the Bacon-Wrapped, Egg-Stuffed Avocado at Dakota Weiss's Estrella Video producer Food Steez managed to get into the kitchen for an early peek at Estrella, West Hollywood's upcoming eatery from Dakota Weiss and Alan Nathan. Though the place is still coming along (reports have it opening sometime very soon), you can now get a glimpse inside the kitchen at one of their sure-to-be signature dishes: the Rolling Stone. Just so everyone's on the same page, that's a bacon-wrapped avocado that houses a poached egg inside, and is served with slices of heirloom tomato. Oh man.
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Dakota Weiss, a Top Chef: Texas contestant who helped build a Santa Monica hit with Sweetfin Poké, is opening this ambitious restaurant on the Sunset Strip this September. Laurel Canyon’s “bohemian bungalow culture” from the 1960s and 1970s helped drive the aesthetic. The name Estrella refers to a character from Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon.” The indoor-outdoor space includes a private lounge and a50-seat screening room. 8800 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
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