The Walt Disney Concert Hall is not only home to the chef and restaurant mogul Joachim Splichal’s famed flagship, Patina, but his Patina Restaurant Group (www.patinagroup.com) also operates a cafe in the concert hall that bustles with musicians and concertgoers before the performances. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The Pacific Dining Car in downtown Los Angeles offers Victorian-era elegance and shuttles guests to the Staples Center, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Nokia Theatre. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
A Dungeness crab salad at Leatherby’s Café Rouge, a Patina Group restaurant. The company provides many services near SoCal cultural venues. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Dishes featured at Katsuya include the baked miso-marinated black cod. Try the happy hour specials for select food and cocktails. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A napoleon of ahi and marinated Asian pear at Patina at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
