The Restaurant at the Getty
The Getty Center’s collection of art extends into the Restaurant’s dining room, where visitors will find what’s easily the best museum meal in town. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
A mural by artist Alexis Smith lends a whimsical air to the Restaurant at the Getty. [An earlier version of this caption misidentified the mural as being by Barbara Kruger.] (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
The eatery draws its share of tourists as well as locals. Sandra Chie, left, shares a toast during a festive group lunch. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
On the menu, the local green salad is a vibrant mix of wild arugula, radicchio and baby lettuce sparked with colorful Fuyu persimmons, dried cherries, apples and cucumbers -- all bathed in a slightly sweet vinaigrette. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
The restaurant shows its backbone with a gutsy appetizer of Pacific Northwest mussels and clams flecked with rounds of chewy, paprika-streaked chorizo. It’s accompanied by bread for sopping up the fragrant juices swirled with chipotle cream. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Pan-roasted striped bass teams with potatoes and asparagus, all in a lemon beurre blanc. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
A hearty dessert, beautifully presented, is the warm Guinness stout chocolate cake with caramel ice cream and macadamia nut brittle. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
French buttter cake is accented with rum-hazelnut crunch ice cream and a bittersweet chocolate sauce. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
