Blackhouse Hospitality will open a location of Little Sister in downtown L.A. and a steakhouse in Hermosa Beach next year

Blackhouse Hospitality to open Little Sister in DTLA and a steakhouse in Hermosa

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A Vietnamese crepe, ban xeo, at Little Sister in Manhattan Beach. The crepe is stuffed with pork belly, prawns and bean sprouts and served with greens and sauce. Little Sister opened in July 2013 and serves Asian food. The restaurant is co-owned by chef Tin Vuong. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Nem nuong, grilled pork spring rolls with red leaf lettuce, mint, carrots and cucumber. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Duck sate, with caramelized pear, walnuts and gingered tamarind dressing. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Eddie Kim, left, prepares an appetizer. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Lyrics from a song by the band Fugazi decorate a wall at Little Sister. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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The restaurant is a little dimly lighted, perhaps, but buzzy and cheerful, with candles in Mason jars. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Waitress Jessica Kinoshita, left, serves a table at Little Sister. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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A group raises their glasses for a toast. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

By Jenn HarrisColumnist

Dec. 3, 2014 2:25 PM PT

Jed Sanford and chef Tin Vuong of Blackhouse Hospitality, the folks behind Little Sister, Abigaile, Wildcraft and Dia de Campo, plan to open a second Little Sister in downtown L.A., as well as a steakhouse in Hermosa Beach next year.

The downtown outlet of Little Sister is slated to open late winter/early spring of 2015 at 523 W. 7th St.

Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold described the Manhattan Beach, Vietnamese-skewed pan-Asian restaurant as “a date-night restaurant with mayhem at its soul... each dish twisted not toward the comfortable trio of sugar, garlic and chiles, but toward the wilder palette of fermented flavors, dried fish and gooey texture most common on the other side of the Los Angeles river.”

Details are slim on the steakhouse concept, but we do know it will open next year at 117 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we receive more info.

523 W. 7th St., Los Angeles, www.blackhousehm.com/.

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