Roasted beets and purple quinoa in a rustic pottery bowl, topped with herbs, crisply roasted pistachios, chunks of buttery Reed avocado and slightly unripe mashed berries. Rustic Canyon’s menu reaches higher under chef Jeremy Fox. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Seared scallops, served with white yam puree, nasturtium, vadouvan and pine nut-raisin relish. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Clam and mussel pozole verde, served with rancho gordo hominy, scallion, radish and tortilla. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Baby radishes served with parsnip hummus. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Shortbread cookie vanilla crème fraiche tart, with oatmeal cookie crust, candied kumquat and Bill’s Bees honey. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Rustic Canyon’s chef, Jeremy Fox, has turned the wine bar and restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard into the place of the moment. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Fox prepares McGrath Family Farm’s broccoli di cicco. Before coming to Rustic Canyon, Fox was attached to restaurants including Ubuntu in Napa Valley and Barnyard in Venice. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Fox plates his clam and mussel pozole verde dish. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Rustic Canyon’s improved wine list makes the wine bar even better. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Rustic Canyon’s façade along Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, can be seen from sister restaurant Huckleberry across the street. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
