Dining Information: Minestraio Trattoria and All’ Angelo Trattoria

Minestraio Trattoria * LOCATION 8384 W. 3rd St. (at Orlando), Los Angeles; (323) 782-8384; www.AMBIENCE The former high-end Italian La Terza remade into a more affordable trattoria with warmer colors, tall communal tables in the bar, and a menu that focuses more on pasta.PRICE Dinner appetizers, $5 to $12.50; pasta, $8 to $14.50; main courses, $14 to $19.50; desserts, $6; three-course chef’s choice menu at lunch, $12.99BEST DISHES Italian cold cuts, eggplant parmigiana, meatballs in tomato sauce, pappardelle with mixed mushrooms, homemade lasagna, grilled sausage with roasted potatoes, pork chop alla Milanese, pollo al mattone.DETAILS Open for breakfast 7 to 10:45 a.m. daily, for lunch and dinner 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Full menu served throughout the afternoon. Full bar. Valet parking, $7.All’ Angelo Trattoria * 1/2 LOCATION 7166 Melrose Ave. (at La Brea), Los Angeles, (323) 933-9540, www.allangelo.AMBIENCE Small, cozy Italian ristorante turned more casual trattoria.PRICE Grilled pizza, $8; salumi plates, $10 to $13; primi (pasta and risotto), $15; main courses, $20.BEST DISHES Grilled pizzette, salumi plates, calamari in busara, lamb lasagne, bigoli with pulled duck sauce, tagliolini gratinati with peas and prosciutto, rigatoni alla Norma, breaded pork cutlet, roasted poussin with ginger and saffron.Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality. ****: Outstanding on every level. ***: Excellent. **: Very good. *: Good. No star: Poor to satisfactory.