Photos: A-Frame in Culver City

The Fine Print cocktail is aged rum, hibiscus, falernum, lime and orange bitters.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Wings, Korean-style, with bleu cheese dressing and heirloom pickles. The owner, Roy Choi, gained fame with his Kogi Korean BBQ trucks.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Chef Roy Choi plans to move on from A-Frame, which is owned by restaurateur David Reiss, and cede the kitchen to his sous chef.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Heirloom pickles are house-cured and served with a creamy dip and extra virgin olive oil.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

An order of Cracklin’ Beer Can Chicken, Peruvian-style, with century egg, salsa roja and salsa verde, is big enough to share.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

With a no-reservation policy, you could wait for a table at the small bar or sit around the fire pit on the patio, wrapped in blankets handed out by the staff on cold evenings.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A favorite munchie is furikake kettle corn, which is buttered and dosed with seaweed and hot pepper.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

The ice cream sandwiches on the dessert menu can change each day. This one has cinnamon ice cream between two oatmeal cherry cookies.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)