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The banana cream pie is really more just banana pudding served in a Mason jar with homemade vanilla wafers.
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Counter Intelligence: MessHall

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The banana cream pie is really more just banana pudding served in a Mason jar with homemade vanilla wafers.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

Grown-up cocktails include, from left, the Queen’s Park Swizzle, two Corpse Revivers and the Last Word.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

MessHall is on a Los Feliz Boulevard site formerly occupied by the Brown Derby and a Louise’s Trattoria.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

The “hog chop” is a center-cut pork chop with white cheddar grits, mustard greens and spicy butter.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

A fire pit on the patio is glassed in. Alas, no campfire s’mores.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

The bar at MessHall taps into the “camping is fun” feeling.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

An oyster bar serves freshly shucked kumamotos with a version of a house-made smoky ketchup and horseradish.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

Grilled artichoke hearts with nubs of romanesco and pine nut gremolata.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

MessHall

The Hallucinogenic Whimsies of the Banana Man cocktail.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Counter Intelligence: MessHall

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