Dominique Ansel to Open First Full-Service Restaurant at The Grove

DOMINIQUE ANSEL IN LOS ANGELES The New York pastry chef who has bakeries in London and Tokyo, and who was named No. 1 pastry chef in the world at this year’s World’s 50 Best presentation, will be opening his first restaurant, not just for desserts, in a Los Angeles complex in the fall. It awaits a name. The second-floor restaurant seating 150 will have an all-day menu. A cafe with seating indoors and out, and a retail bakery, will be on the ground floor: The Grove, 189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles, dominiqueanselLA.com.

By Florence Fabricant