A secret garden that feels like Italy, an indoor-outdoor bar that makes her feel young, and a classic bar where she takes all her meetings.
Less"Steak 48 is amazing. I love a good steakhouse. There's a luxurious personal service that usually comes with a steakhouse. I feel like there's like a pride in steakhouses that you don't find in like more modern restaurants, so Steak 48 is a really good experience... I'm a meat eater, and I'm very picky about my cut of meat. Anybody who has a Japanese Wagyu or the ribeye—because I like a fatty, marbled steak—I'm sold. Steak 48 has the highest grade Japanese Wagyu...It just melts in your mouth."
"This is my Cheers. I go there five times a week. Everybody knows my name. I discovered Wally's because I'm a big wine drinker and they just have the best wine selection. It's an award-winning wine list and it's curated by these buyers who can curate your home wine cave, and so that's what we usually do. We're like, 'Hey, we're a little low on French burgundies,' and they'll curate what they know my taste is. They will know the price range I wanna stay in. I love that they're just such experts."
"I discovered it because it's owned by all these celebrity Spaniards who are my friends. I want to say it's Pau Gasol and Enrique Iglesias. That's why I originally went to go check it out. But it's beautiful... I love experimenting with cocktails from Tatel. They have the La Sicaria featuring our Reposado. Their risotto is to die for, and they have croquetas and jamon. It's a fun, tapas kind of place. If you go with a big group, everybody can pick on everything. I like that kind of ambiance."
"Alma is one of the few places in LA that really celebrates authentic Mexican cuisine. The tacos are real tacos from Mexico. It's this two-story concept. On the ground floor, you have a walk-up taqueria and a marketplace that sells imported Mexican novelties. They do hand-pressed tortillas. And on the second floor, you can do super fine dining. They serve up more of a fusion, a Southern California twist on Mexican cuisine—kind of the equivalent of what Tex-Mex would be, but Californian."
"There's one downtown and one in West Hollywood. It's a gourmet restaurant. It has macarons and stuff like that, and I don't wanna say this in a bad way, but it's super Instagrammable. It's like a patisserie. A lot of these places are also gourmet markets. I like when you can go and shop for specialty foods that you can't find at Ralph's or Whole Foods. And Bottega Louie has a really fun cocktail menu too... Sometimes you gotta wait for a table."
"The Bungalow is fun and young. I go there and I feel alive. They have the best bar and the best bartenders. It's one of the most fun bars in LA. It's super retro in style and it's indoor-outdoor, so you can see the beach. If a tourist came to LA and went to The Bungalow, they would be like, 'Yeah, this is exactly what I imagined.' You get the beach, you get the surfers, you get the trendy people. If you're drinking, you have to order their Bungalow Margarita."
"Fia is like a secret garden. Michael Greco, who I've known forever, conceived it based on the Amalfi Coast. So it feels like the California and Italian coastlines blended into one. It's mostly known for the brunch menu in their lush, "secret" garden. It's whimsical, it's sexy, and again, very Instagrammable. And because it was founded by this hospitality trailblazer, their attention to service is second to none. That's what I really like about it. I love it."
"The Polo Bar at the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel—it's a place within a place within a place. This is probably even closer to [where I live] than Wally's, so I'm here daily, because I do all my meetings there. It's like the epicenter of the LA power dining. I'm talking about people who run the industry. The bar is the best part. It's this beautiful classic bar—it's tiny. I think it only has five bar seats."