Chef Jason Neroni is a Southern California native who has worked at Spago and, in New York, at Tabla, Blue Hill, Alain Ducasse’s Essex House and 10 Downing Food & Wine. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
The restaurant retains a low-key street profile. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
The classic pizza at Osteria la Buca. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Lindsay Hiebert, left, and Elizabeth Wiliams enjoy dinner with her parents, John and Carol Ann Williams, right, at Osteria la Buca. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
