Pumpkin Ravioli? Where's your favorite served up at?

[kevin]

Thanks.

[susiequeue]

My daughter and my mother both loved the pumpkin ravioli at Campanile last week. Me, I'm not a fan of the The Great Pumpkin, but enjoyed talking with the very friendly Mark Peel about his Top Chef adventures. (And it was doubly exciting for the out-of-towner, small-town dweller at our table! They watch a lot of Bravo in those teeny towns that dot America!!)

[Juji]

Drago has a good pumpkin tortelloni. Very rich, but tasty.

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Drago Restaurant
2628 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403

[kevin]

Ok, it's settled, I'm going to hit up Giorgio Baldi for my pumpkin ravioli fix, as well as a classic of wine, and maybe a bresaolo with arugula appetizer and tiramisu and chocolate mousse for dessert.

And maybe Gio Cucina, which I just remembered, that no one ever seemes to mention.

Has anyone been to Gio Cucina Neapoletena in Encino recently for any of their dishes?
what do you guys think?

[Francesca]

Il Moro

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Il Moro Restaurant
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

[cjla]

A dear friend swears by the offering at Il Moro.

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Il Moro Restaurant
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

[Ciao Bob]

My 2 cents - I have never had anything at Il Moro worth going back for.

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Il Moro Restaurant
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

[neobite]

Kabocha stuffed at Cube for the grown up, restrained version. Pumpkin ravioli at Allora Cucina for the addictive, sweet w/ walnut cream version. (I wouldn't recommend much else there, frankly.)

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Cube
615 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Allora Cucina Italiana
8432 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048

[kevin]

How is the version at Cube? That's served up, that it is grown-up that you speak of?

thanks.

[neobite]

Simple, that's all - just served in a brown butter-sage sauce with a dry goat cheese grated lightly over the top. It's not super sweet, but the one at Allora is, and also has a ridiculously over the top walnut cream sauce on it.

[Ernie]

I like the ravioli di zucca at Colori Kitchen

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Colori Kitchen
429 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

[Michelly]

Fritto Misto in Santa Monica. Technically, what they have is butternut squash ravioli, but it's WONDERFUL! Make sure to have the Misto salad, too!

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Fritto Misto
601 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401

[maudies5]

Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills

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Il Pastaio Restaurant
400 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

[Ciao Bob]

Giorgio Baldi

[Clyde]

Angelini Osteria and Farfalla.

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Angelini Osteria
7313 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036

[kevin]

Have you tried the pumpkin ravioli after the passing of the eponymous Baldi?

[Ciao Bob]

Yes. As good, perhaps better, than ever.
Giorgio was a close friend of mine, I miss him every day. However, I do not miss his food because "his" food is better than ever at his restaurant as well as his son's place e. baldi. He was never the main chef – he was a good cook in his day, but he was neither the architect of the menu nor the pounder of the pasta -- that was always his wife Roberta and, later, his son Eduardo. They have introduced quite a few new dishes at GB's lately...particularly a truly amazing lobster salad.