Such a great restaurant. Sad to see them go. Their chicken liver toast was 🔥🔥🔥
by Celestron5
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JoeyJoJoeShabadooJr
That’s such a bummer. I’ll get shat on for this opinion – but Animal was a catalyst to LA becoming a world class dining city. We always had the rest of the country beat for ethnic food (by miles), but there was nothing in this city like the mid-tier chef’y dining options in cities like Chicago. That is, until Animal came along. (And I suppose Lazy Ox Canteen)
LAFoodieBen
Heard they had fallen off a bit recently but I def had some amazing meals there back in the day. Alas.
incominghottake
I liked Son of Gun and Jon & Vinny’s more
moddestmouse
Behind the scenes stuff must be interesting I feel like they came back online like a year after full service reopened.
going-dummi
Damn 😑😑😑
Renegadequasi
Never got to try this place but after seeing them totally miss the mark with the food at sofi im not big fans of them
gitdatchicken
na na na nana na
981flacht6
Definitely one of my favorite meals in a long slew of great restaurants I’ve been able to experience. But this isn’t surprising to me. They took forever to reopen and then slapped huge service charges on their meals and proclaimed that isn’t a tip. Well, they pissed off everyone.
Oh man they used to have this foie biscuit thing that was next level. Congrats to that whole team on a great run.
aquadovetwo
Nooooo… this place was so good😫
CapOnBrimBent
I went to Animal last year for the first time but always heard about it and remember it being one of the first internet/foodie publication covered spots. I think they were one of the first cool restaurants to be covered in the internet era of early 2010s. When I went last year, was kind of surprised at how empty it was and I think that just speaks to how many new restaurants have opened and how difficult it is to maintain that hype especially after ten years. Cheers to Animal
hhyyerr
Who else serves bone marrow now? Been craving it
feelin_jovani
Way back in the early days of things reopening post-covid we were at Jon & Vinny’s and I asked what was happening with Animal. I was told that they own the building so they weren’t in as much of a hurry to re-open and they were still selling groceries / etc out of the front….I’m curious if that’s still the case and if so, what they will do with the space now. Hopefully it will be something as exciting as Animal was back in the day! The neighborhood could **really** use a mid-tier foodie restaurant that’s not a showy mini-club.
Sadly I’ve fallen off going to their restaurants as much bc the 18% service charge is a load of crap. Those guys have a mini restaurant conglomerate in LA–they should be paying their staff living wages instead of sticking customers with an additional service charge on top of gratuity. Or here’s a novel idea: up your menu prices by a couple of dollars and run your business accordingly.
todd0x1
With Animal gone can we get Damiano’s Mr Pizza back?
boosoni
Fois gras toast there changed my life! And the burger! Ditto to all the sentiments… they helped changed the LA food landscape for the better. It was one of my first semi “nice” spots in LA that leveled up my palette and introduced me into more elevated unique dining. And orange wine. Sad to see it go
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That’s such a bummer. I’ll get shat on for this opinion – but Animal was a catalyst to LA becoming a world class dining city. We always had the rest of the country beat for ethnic food (by miles), but there was nothing in this city like the mid-tier chef’y dining options in cities like Chicago. That is, until Animal came along. (And I suppose Lazy Ox Canteen)
Heard they had fallen off a bit recently but I def had some amazing meals there back in the day. Alas.
I liked Son of Gun and Jon & Vinny’s more
Behind the scenes stuff must be interesting I feel like they came back online like a year after full service reopened.
Damn 😑😑😑
Never got to try this place but after seeing them totally miss the mark with the food at sofi im not big fans of them
na na na nana na
Definitely one of my favorite meals in a long slew of great restaurants I’ve been able to experience. But this isn’t surprising to me. They took forever to reopen and then slapped huge service charges on their meals and proclaimed that isn’t a tip. Well, they pissed off everyone.
And now..
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Oh man they used to have this foie biscuit thing that was next level. Congrats to that whole team on a great run.
Nooooo… this place was so good😫
I went to Animal last year for the first time but always heard about it and remember it being one of the first internet/foodie publication covered spots. I think they were one of the first cool restaurants to be covered in the internet era of early 2010s. When I went last year, was kind of surprised at how empty it was and I think that just speaks to how many new restaurants have opened and how difficult it is to maintain that hype especially after ten years. Cheers to Animal
Who else serves bone marrow now? Been craving it
Way back in the early days of things reopening post-covid we were at Jon & Vinny’s and I asked what was happening with Animal. I was told that they own the building so they weren’t in as much of a hurry to re-open and they were still selling groceries / etc out of the front….I’m curious if that’s still the case and if so, what they will do with the space now. Hopefully it will be something as exciting as Animal was back in the day! The neighborhood could **really** use a mid-tier foodie restaurant that’s not a showy mini-club.
Sadly I’ve fallen off going to their restaurants as much bc the 18% service charge is a load of crap. Those guys have a mini restaurant conglomerate in LA–they should be paying their staff living wages instead of sticking customers with an additional service charge on top of gratuity. Or here’s a novel idea: up your menu prices by a couple of dollars and run your business accordingly.
With Animal gone can we get Damiano’s Mr Pizza back?
Fois gras toast there changed my life! And the burger! Ditto to all the sentiments… they helped changed the LA food landscape for the better. It was one of my first semi “nice” spots in LA that leveled up my palette and introduced me into more elevated unique dining. And orange wine. Sad to see it go