Matthew Kang is a correspondent for Eater. Previously, he was the lead editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los ...

Monica Burton is the former deputy editor of Eater.com where she covered restaurants and food culture from 2017 to 2025. Angelenos have been waiting a long time for Bavel. Ori Menashe and Genevieve ...

It’s been nearly six years since Bestia opened in the Arts District, and pre-10pm seatings at the rustic-Italian mainstay are still booked out weeks in advance. Such is the culinary genius of ...

Claudia Bavel, a former porn star who is now a creator for OnlyFans and makes $21,000 per month, has lately revealed some shocking information on her relationship with Iker Casillas, a legendary ...

Bestia/Bavel owners Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis announced the planned return of their restaurants in a newsletter blast yesterday, saying: Both Bestia and Bavel will be offering takeout ...

The first thing anyone walking into white-hot LA dining destination Bavel will notice is the plants. Vines of pothos cascade from a hanging steel structure, an explosion of greenery that fills the ...

Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis are husband and wife, chef and pastry chef, and the visionaries behind two of L.A.’s most celebrated and successful restaurants: Bestia and Bavel. The culinary power ...

For most of Ori Menashe’s professional career, he’s been cooking Italian food. The L.A.-born chef who grew up in Israel cut his teeth at Nancy Silverton’s Pizzeria Mozza and Gino Angelini’s Osteria ...

There was no way we could not name Bavel our Restaurant of the Year. Rarely does a sophomore restaurant eclipse its predecessor in the way that Bavel has captured the stomachs and Instagram feeds of ...