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Dinner and Music at Vibrato Jazz Grill

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Vibrato Jazz Grill

Vibrato Jazz Grill

Spearheaded by legendary jazz trumpeter and music producer Herb Alpert, Vibrato Jazz Grill is both a pleasure for the ears and the taste buds. Tucked away in a tiny shopping center at the top of Beverly Glen Boulevard, the 150-seat contemporary supper and jazz club provides a perfect setting where famous musicians and filet mignon merge.

Vibrato Jazz Grill

Vibrato Jazz Grill

The semi-circular restaurant resembles a small concert hall where the warm décor of blonde wood walls, corner fireplace and huge red and orange copper orbs hanging from the ceiling is crafted for ideal acoustics as well as aesthetics.   The state of the art sound system is housed amidst Alpert’s own abstract paintings, cozy booths, and intimate tables. The menu’s excellent steak and seafood entrees mix well with the stars onstage, providing one of the only upscale restaurants in Los Angeles that features live jazz.  I visited just after Valentine’s Day and here is what we tasted:

seafood appall

seafood appetizer

First came a medley of three of the seafood appetizers, the ahi tuna tartar with shallots, avocado, chives and tarragon, the crabcake and the shrimp cocktail.

Ahi tuna tartare

Ahi tuna tartare

crabcake

crabcake

shrimp

shrimp

We also sampled two salads, the roasted baby beet salad with goat cheese, orange, pistachios and beets in a roasted shallot vinaigrette and the butter lettuce salad with Honeycrisp apples, toasted walnuts blue cheese and a green goddess dressing.

beetgoatsalad

roasted beet salad

salad2

Bibb lettuce salad

Diners have a choice of ordering a main course and sides or opting for composed dishes that come with sides. Our main courses included a perfectly cooked ribeye and the composed dish of wild organic salmon with a honey-mustard Glaze, organic couscous, Beurre Blanc and crispy leeks.

ribeye

ribeye

wild salmon

wild salmon

We also sampled sides of lobster mac and cheese and creamed spinach.

lobmaccheese

lobster mac n cheese

spinach2

creamed spinach

Vibrato also offers a wide variety of desserts, we sampled the warm bittersweet chocolate truffle cake and the vanilla bean creme brulee with fresh berries. Both were excellent.

cremebrulee

creme brulee

choccalke

chocolate cake

Vibrato Jazz Grill is the perfect place for a romantic date, to celebrate a special event, or just to eat some good food and listen to exceptional jazz.  Located at 2930 Beverly Glen Circle in Bel Air, reservations at 310.474.9400.

 

 

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