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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 7, 2017: The Soft Fried Black Beans at Verlaine.
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Jonathan Gold reviews Verlaine in West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 7, 2017: The Soft Fried Black Beans at Verlaine.

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Diego Hernandez’s upscale Mexican restaurant Verlaine includes a cactus salad with lime, queso fresco, chicharron and corn tostadas.

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Scallop aguachile at West Hollywood’s Verlaine comes with avocado, red onion, cucumber and chile serrano.

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The smoked-chicken enchilada features escabeche, black chichilo, queso fresco and chicharron.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Whole baby beetroots with garlic puree, hibiscus powder and dried cheese at Verlaine.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Verlaine’s corn cake includes corn anglaise, butter crumble and fennel meringue.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The half chicken at Verlaine includes burnt eggplant, grilled carrot, pickled radish, salsa madre and kale.

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Homemade flour and corn tortillas at Verlaine.

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Chef Diego Hernandez brings his Baja Med style of cuisine to West Hollywood with Verlaine.

 (Alejandro Alarcon)

Verlaine sous chef Esteban Lluis.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Verlaine takes the place of the former Rat Pack hangout Dominick’s in West Hollywood.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Cocktails at Verlaine include the Golden Boy, with tequila, honey, lemon, pomegranate and Indian-spiced tonic.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Verlaine in West Hollywood takes its name from the French symbolist poet.

 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Jonathan Gold reviews Verlaine in West Hollywood

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