Jonathan Gold reviews Valentino

Lamb tortelli, pecorino sardo, butter and sage.

Tartar di tonno con orange flavored burrata.

Poached pear al mascarpone with marsala and pistachio.

Duck sausage ravioli with sausage sauce and pecorino.

Cappellacci pasta with winter pumpkin, sheep ricotta and Reggiano cheese.

Rabbit loin in a bed of polenta modica chocolate sauce.

Affogato al caffe’ and biscotti.

Piero Selvaggio, owner of Valentino restaurant in Santa Monica, places a bottle of wine into a slot inside the wine cellar, which contains about 4,400 bottles.

Waiter Paul Sherman, second from right, pours a glass of Champagne for a patron seated at a table inside the wine cellar.

Piero Selvaggio, owner of Valentino in Santa Monica. is seen at the restaurant’s bar. Valentino is now 45 years old.

Customers make their way into Valentino restaurant on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica.