Pasta|Bar
contemporary
16101 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Guests
2 Guests
Date
Sep 3
Time
All Times
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5:00 PM $245pp Tasting Menu 5:30 PM $245pp Tasting Menu 6:00 PM $245pp Tasting Menu 7:15 PM $245pp Tasting Menu 8:15 PM $245pp Tasting Menu 8:45 PM $245pp Tasting Menu Reservations Waitlist
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About Pasta|Bar Los Angeles
The Michelin Guide - "...this hip concept’s tasting menu is one for the books. Offered in a well-appointed front bar, drinks and a snack kick things off, and the staff is wonderfully engaging as they serve a host of delectable, hyper-local items. The eclectic cuisine travels beyond the borders of Italian tradition, offering up such creations as a raviolo filled with king crab, fermented pineapple, and macadamia nuts, or perfectly chewy cavatelli with Iberico pork, chile pasilla mixe, and earthy mole. Australian lamb loin features a merguez sausage made from its belly meat, matched with cherries, cipollini, and dusky rose-hued pasta filled with braised lamb neck. Desserts, like a bone marrow custard filled with blackberry granita and crisp meringue, are equally intriguing. "sourcing signal
Our mission has always been to create and prepare ’from scratch’ cooking, and nowhere is that better exemplified than in preparation inspired by the flavors of California and the culinary techniques of Italy and around the world. Join us, as we take you yet again on an exciting dinner adventure. This is Pasta|Bar.
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Pasta|Bar Los Angeles
16101 Ventura Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 91436
+1 818 208 1805
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Menu as captured Sep 3, 2026 · source ↗
Tied with 2 other venues on equal evidence.
We hold 301 venues in Los Angeles, CA and could score 189 of them. Positions are counted against those 189.
v1.7.4 11.3/100 = sourcing 1.8/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 1 distinct, attribute 1 distinct [class=breed-word x0.50], buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 9.5/18 (capped at 35% of the 1.8-point evidence base).
protein
Australian lamb
Named region“king crab, fermented pineapple, and macadamia nuts, or perfectly chewy cavatelli with Iberico pork, chile pasilla mixe, and earthy mole. Australian lamb loin features a merguez sausage made from its belly meat, matched with cherries, cipollini, and dusky rose-hued pasta”
on the menu · source ↗
sourcing
Iberico
Attribute“offering up such creations as a raviolo filled with king crab, fermented pineapple, and macadamia nuts, or perfectly chewy cavatelli with Iberico pork, chile pasilla mixe, and earthy mole. Australian lamb loin features a merguez sausage made from its belly meat, matched with”
on the menu · source ↗
Book on SevenRooms ↗link checked Aug 24, 2026
Authority & awards
- MICHELIN Guide 2026: One Star ↗
MICHELIN Guide
Award
Lifestyle coverage
- Inside Pasta Bar Encino: A Michelin-Starred Dining Experience Unlike Anything in LA ↗
Food Journal Magazine
Local lifestyle“Review/feature. 'Wagyu' hits are dish descriptors (wagyu/herbs/ponzu salad course), no specific producer named. NOTE: name-matching gate initially rejected 4 real results this cycle because the bare alias "Pasta Bar" (no pipe) was missing from NAME_ALIASES -- raw:kept ratio hit 21:1, fixed and re-run (see cycle-8 ledger).”
- Pasta Bar In Encino Review | Food Life Mag ↗
Food Life Mag
Local lifestyleLini Lidych
“Review; 'Wagyu' hit is a dish descriptor (salad course), no producer named.”
Coverage
- Eclectic Kim Review: Pasta Bar Los Angeles by Scratch Restaurants ↗
Eclectic Kim
PressKimberly Kirven · Feb 26, 2024
“Review; 'Ranch' hit is a wine name (Snowden Vineyards' 'The Ranch' Cabernet), not a food-sourcing claim. No producer named for food.”