Orris Morphs into Spaghetti House, Brings Japanese Pasta to Sawtelle
There is something happening on Sawtelle these days. Empty spaces are being filled, tons of coming soon signs are going up, and for the first time in awhile Little Osaka doesn’t feel like a tired, second rate alternative to the South Bay (third rate if you include Little Tokyo.) There’s still a long way to go, but signs are pointing in the right direction. With the opening of Tusjita, West L.A. can legitimately lay claim to serving the best ramen and tsukemen in L.A., and Ramen Jinya is also on the way (presumably to capitalize on the lunchtime overflow and give people a dinner time ramen option?) Plan Check is opening Feb. 22nd. Blockheads Shavery is now open on Mississippi, for all those people looking to try the hot-right-now Taiwanese shaved snow phenomenom. And coffee snobs now have Balconi and Cafe Tomo. Gr/eats, which closed on Monday, is supposedly going to become another tsukemen place. And the empty space next to Tsujita is going to be a new Vietnamese cafe called Nong L.A. Even food trucks are getting in on the action. Signage recently went up for a brick and mortar location of the Slice Truck. (Huzzah?)
And if you like Japanese pasta we were excited to find last week courtesy of Lunch’er Dylan that Orris, the French/Japanese restaurant owned by Chef Shiro (of Restaurant Shiro in Pasadena), has become Spaghetti House.
Posted at 11:08 am, February 15th, 2012 under Italian, Japanese, Spaghetti House by Orris, West L.A..
