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The Foundry on Melrose is a swanky, fun, food-driven restaurant right in the heart of world-famous Melrose Avenue. Featuring the cuisine of Executive Chef and owner Eric Greenspan, The Foundry on Melrose serves exciting, market driven and creative "fancy schmancy" food in a casually elegant atmosphere. Our Dinner Menu is available Tuesday through Saturday 6 -11pm in both our Garden Dining Room,...
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The Foundry on Melrose is a swanky, fun, food-driven restaurant right in the heart of world-famous Melrose Avenue. Featuring the cuisine of Executive Chef and owner Eric Greenspan, The Foundry on Melrose serves exciting, market driven and creative "fancy schmancy" food in a casually elegant atmosphere. Our Dinner Menu is available Tuesday through Saturday 6 -11pm in both our Garden Dining Room,...
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Famed chef extraordinaire Eric Greenspan of Patina and Meson G strives to create fine dining for the everyman with his trendy Melrose restaurant. Unique tasting menus allow adventurous diners to sample a little bit of everything, with selections from the extensive wine list complementing each course. Live jazz performers add to the lively bar scene.
Chef Eric Greenspan’s polished California fare is on display at this modern bistro and from the looks of the people flocking to it, it’s hitting all the right notes. More sophisticated than neighboring Melrose Bar & Grill or The Village Idiot, the vibe is upscale and elegant. Greenspan, who worked in the kitchen at the original Patina, describes it as “fine dining for the everyday man,” which...
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A weekly tasting menu--available Thursday through Sunday--offers four seasonal courses for $75, with wine pairings for $25. The dishes are also available a la carte as the evening's featured specials.
Street parking can be hard to come by--opt for the valet instead.
The restaurant has weekly events like Bluesey Tuesdays (live music, menu items under $10), Live Jazz Thursdays and Scotch & Songs Sundays.
Editorial Reviews from the web
In Short Housing a hybrid clientele of Melrose casuals and older couples, this art deco bistro defies L.A.'s fine dining criterion. Lofted, warmly lit ceilings open up the narrow space where foodies revel in the exposed kitchen and lounge crowds gather around the piano bar. A garden patio, framed by arching trees and a crackling fire, makes for the most intimate seat in the house....
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Posted by Alison Kramer
on April 13, 2009, (Edited September 16, 2007)
Eric Greenspan is by now well known to diners in Los Angeles from stints at Patina---the original location---and Meson G. But his cooking at The Foundry on Melrose may come as a revelation as he shows a whole new side. Having worked with Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adrià , Greenspan knows both classic and cutting edge cuisines, and he uses the à la carte dishes on his weekly menu to showcase the...
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Posted by gayot
on July 02, 2007
Other Reviews from the web
This place is terrible! Our reservation was at 9pm, we didn't leave till 12:45pm because the service was terrible. The waiters downright ignore you.
Too bad, the food is fantastic. This will be another chef that will lose out on good reviews because the place is the worst in LA.
We thought it was new and working out the kinks. Wrong, it's been open for a couple of years. I promise it will...
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Posted by Louise N
on September 28, 2009
My wife and I went recently for the second time and we have declared this is now our favorite L.A. restaurant. Eric Greenspan and his co-owner, (Blonde gentleman, forgot his name) make you feel like family. They are constantly checking in on you and really want you to have a great time. Greenspan is a riot by the way! We ate at the back patio which is lovely and then went up front after...
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Posted by thom1961
on September 15, 2009
Wanted great food and great blues and we got both. Loved the guy with the beard on assorted acoustic guitars playing absolutely authentic, down home, BLUES. The tasting menu was inexpensive and very "southern" and the combination made for a perfect evening. We will definitely be back.
Pros
+ Music and Food
Cons
- none
Posted by blondie4LA
on April 13, 2009, (Edited April 06, 2009)