Jonathan Gold restaurant review: Bucato in Culver City
A pasta dish with orecchiette, sausage, sugo, sprouting broccoli, chiles and Ragusano at Bucato, an Italian restaurant in the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A pasta dish with corzetti in a walnut pesto sauce. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Whet your appetite with fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with ricotta and mint. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Chef-owner Evan Funke works his magic in the kitchen. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Flatbreads with lardo: Toasted tigelle paired with lardo pestata, rosemary and Parmigiano-Reggiano. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Zeppoli dusted with powdered sugar at Bucato. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Grab a table near the open kitchen and watch the action at Bucato. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Bucato is a beacon for seasonal Italian food in Culver City’s Helms complex. The old neon sign, left over from a laundry that was in this space before it was colonized by a fusion restaurant, still shines overhead. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
The back patio dining area. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Bâtarde with goat’s milk butter, ash and salt. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
