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Osteria La Buca ready for its close-up

By Eating LA   Feb 19, 2008

While Osteria La Buca's remodel has been open off and on for several months, restaurant designer Kris Keith of the Spacecraft Group was finally ready last night to unveil the finished design. We liked the clever wine bottle chandeliers, the cozy upstairs fireplace and the vintage black and white photos on the walls, although we'll miss the tiny, charming original room. That room is now part of FULL REVIEW

Osteria La Buca - Melrose/Hollywood

By Dig Lounge   Dec 12, 2007

Osteria La Buca has finally opened its expanded dining area after years of cramming as many diners as they could into their tiny restaurant. I spent many nights frustrated, craving mamma’s homemade pasta, trying to get a table at the last minute. Well the restaurant now has additional seating, a decent sized bar area and [...] FULL REVIEW

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Osteria La Buca: Inside the new space

By The Knife   Oct 24, 2007

Osteria La Buca's expansion is almost complete. Actually, I think it's all but done -- but except for all the permits (of course). They say it will be another two weeks. Noted: Big windows facing Melrose Avenue; high ceilings; love the wine-bottle chandeliers (there's two); free of any Dodd Mitchellian touches (hurrah!). Also noted: Free corkage is now a thing of the past: La Buca has a license for wine, a list of same and corkage is $18.95. And: Donald... FULL REVIEW

Osteria La Buca is stuck in a wrinkle in time

By The Knife   Oct 05, 2007

Commenter MaxMillion asks: Any idea when La Buca's expansion will be completed? Every time you ask them it's, "In a few weeks." I called Osteria La Buca and they said (wait for it): "In three more weeks. We hope." In other words, I think it looks likely by early next year. It's like "A Wrinkle in Time," where time behaved differently in different environments. For musicians, you can take the given time, judge how late they'll be and add an... FULL REVIEW

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Osteria La Buca

By Potatomato   Nov 21, 2006

11 of us held a wrap party for a job that's been haunting us this past year at Osteria La buca. Someone regard this place as THE best Italian restaurant in LA. The space is very small (the walls are filled with Italian film stills and icons) so our party basically took up half of the restaurant. We share 3 pizzas: Caruso (picture above): tomato sauce, sausage, mushrooms, shaved parmesan cheese and mozzarella. Mastroianni: tomato sauce with 4 cheese. Cicciolina: mozzarella cheese, fresh tomatoes, pancetta and arugula. They're all very good! FULL REVIEW

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Cozy, Local, Flirty...Fleeting

By all kinds of yum   Oct 05, 2006

The thing is, I work well under pressure. I'm a bona fide procrastinator, and even with the very best of intentions, it sometimes takes a hard deadline to get me to do what I set out to do. I heard about La Buca several months ago, and every time I drive past it (which was pretty often this summer considering it's right on the Scoops path), I say to myself, Tannaz, you really need to go to that place. But then I didn't... I mean, what's the rush? It's not going anywhere. FULL REVIEW

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I (Mostly) Heart La Buca

By Ritz Bites   Jul 26, 2006

The dearth of decent Italian restaurants in Los Angeles doesn't need any more elaboration. Instead of complaining about the local situation with Italian and simple French bistros, I just shut up and cook Italian at home (less so French). And then save occasional dinners out for pizza at Angeli or lasagna bolognese at Angelini. FULL REVIEW

La Buca

By Eating LA   Oct 03, 2005

I've been meaning to get to La Buca for a while, but the last round of glowing Chowhound reviews finally pushed me over the edge. Plus, I still wasn't sure exactly how I felt about Aroma, so I thought it would be helpful to have another neighborhood Italian place to compare it to. I knew there were only a few tables, so I reserved for Saturday night. I'm glad I told the waiter right away that I wanted to try the burrata antipasto plate, because it was their last order of burrata. FULL REVIEW

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