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BAVEL
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Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Franzen
BAVEL
Bavel is now open in the infamous Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. The incredibly delicious Middle Eastern food is the creative work of Chefs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis. With family roots in Israel, Morocco, Turkey, and Egypt, Menashe and Gergis have always wanted to open a restaurant that showcases the cuisine from their family lineage.
Bavel brings together the flavors and dishes that Menashe and Gergis grew up with while adding a completely new perspective on the cuisine. The menu is meant to be a feast that everyone at the table partakes in.
The food utilizes slow cooking with aromatic woods, spices and pickling, a lot of smoke and herbs, and clean and fresh ingredients. There are different versions of flat breads and spreads, chef’s selection of cured Middle Eastern meats, cold and hot small plates with a highlight on salads and vegetables, and large format meat and fish dishes.
Gergis’s desserts take traditional flavors and ingredients found in the Middle East and builds upon their tradition with a touch of modernity. Pulling from regions all over the Middle East area, Bavel incorporates a complex and layered flavors with an authentic yet modern approach.
In addition to the spectacular cuisine, the restaurant’s design by Studio UNLTD and Genevieve Gergis, is equally magnificent. The restaurant embraces the influence of the regions from which the cuisine is derived, interpreting those ideas through the lens of its Arts District location. The worn brick warehouse, soaring sawtooth skylights, spacious patio and extensive raceway of planters give Bavel a wonderful ambience that is sure to captivate visitors.
Do not miss out on one of downtown’s hottest new spots and snag one of Bavel’s coveted reservations as soon as possible.
BAVEL
500 Mateo Street Los Angeles, CA 90013
www.baveldtla.com
