The movie set for many of the Melrose Place restaurant episodes, this family operated Italian is only steps from the Hollywood studios and gets many of it`s patrons from the industry. Small tables and chairs emboss a black tile floor and a pink blush interior. Italian artwork and antique menus placard the periphery of the very simple, elegant, and smart setting. Seafood pasta, cartotcio (12 pound ...
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Choices from the extensive wine list feature a good variety of Italian and California reds, including Barberas, Barolos and cabernets, which are ideally suited to Marino's numerous meat dishes.
In Short While the majority of diners at this family-run Italian eatery are well-heeled industry types, casual is the accepted dress code. Kitschy paintings crowd the walls of the mauve-colored main dining room, which is bathed in a flattering soft lights. With an extensive menu and up to a dozen nightly specials, the choices are plenty, like baby artichoke appetizers with bubbling mozzarella ...
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Posted by Citysearch
on April 06, 2008, (Edited December 15, 2006)
I have been ordering the pizza with sausage & mushrooms for a couple of years. I order it from the take-out which is right next door to the restaurant. It is by far the best pizza in LA. I have tasted them all from Spago to Mozza and I rather have a Marino's pizza. The owners/staff are always very warm & friendly. When I read the comments from the reviewer who gave Marino's 1 star I just had ...
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We arrived at 7:30 on a Tuesday night, sans reservation. Only a few tables were occupied, and the owner seated us good-naturedly. Bread and butter were brought promptly. There were only two red wines on the list below $40. I asked our waiter about a wine listed as both Zin and rosé. Our waiter seemed as confused by that as I, so I asked to see the bottle. The owner heard rosé and appeared with one ...
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If our reservation was made for earlier than 9:30pm, our experience may have been better.
When we arrived, we were greeted and seated by Mr. Marino (Sr.), but would never be acknowledged again by him for the rest of our stay. Now normally, I wouldn't think twice about this sort of matter. What made his absence at our table strange is that he spent ample time chatting with the other three parties ...
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