Vespaio

Two of SRC’s clients make the list of LA’s sexiest new restaurants, says Zagat

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Vespaio is a headliner when it comes to design and its food! Zagat The restaurant made their list of the 13 Sexiest New Restaurants in LA. Vespaio is the newest location in chef and owner Ago Sciandri’s collection of restaurants. Located on Broadway, it’s just “a strand of tagliatelle's reach away from the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Music Center, MOCA, and the newly opened Broad Museum.” So if you’re making plans to head downtown to see an exhibit or hear some music, make plans to stop by and get a quick bite or meal. (225 S. Broadway Ave., 213-221-7244)

Red O Santa Monica also made that list with their newest location right on Ocean Avenue. Designed by Judy Van Wyck, this location has a cross-over beachy theme matched alongside Mediterranean touches. (1541 Ocean Ave., 310-458-1600)

Congrats to both of our long-time clients!

Beautiful food pics from Vespaio

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In case you've not yet eaten at Ago Sciandri's newest restaurant, check out these photos of dishes that will have your mouth watering in no time.  Remember that Ago officially opens after the 18th, with breakfast/brunch to start soon after.  Better make your reservations now! 

See the photos here on the Zagat website.   

Vespaio soft opens tomorrow in downtown LA →

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For the past year Shambra Restaurant Conuslting has partnered with Ago Sciandri, to bring to light his newest restaurant Vespaio ("wasp's nest"  in Italian). Tapped early in the process to provide design consulting and equipment purchasing, Sciandri selected SRC for our outstanding service and experience in commercial kitchen design, extending a relationship that also includes Toscanova (Century City and Calabasas), The Juicy Bird, Cafè Roma, and upgrades and service support to Ago and Sortino. 

Vespaio showcases some of the best and most extensive equipment and services provided by SRC. The restaurant will boast a three-meal service throughout the day, including bar service and pastries made in-house. Featured equipment includes a GrandFlame Rotisserie oven by Rotisol with stunning brass and emerald green enamel; a full-sized pizza oven by Morello Forni (which had to be lifted by crane!) through our great friends at Rosito Bisani; and beautiful pastry cases from Oscartek. In addition, SRC supplied the equipment and installation for cooking/heating, refrigeration, bar service and refrigeration, prep, dish room, and walk-ins as well as custom steel fabrication. 

We are very excited for our friends Ago Sciandri, his son Sandro Sciandri, and all of the Ago team. Thank you for your continued support and we will be by soon for incredible pastas, wood crisped pizza, and rotisserie fired chicken and other sure-to-surprise items from the rotisserie! 

Salute e buona fortuna! Ci vediamo presto! 

Read the Eater LA story here, and be sure to see the new photos we posted in our photo gallery!

Vespaio in downtown LA soon to open, SRC provides design and equipment

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Ago Sciandri's newest restaurant, Vespaio,is soon to open in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles.  Shambra Restaurant Consulting and chef Ago Sciandri worked closely on the design and equipment selection for this new build-out located in the Emerson luxury apartment building.

Together they designed and selected equipment for the nearly 6,000 SF space, including a full cook line and back of house prep area, a rotisserie, a wood-fired pizza oven, a full-service bar area, and a café with pastry and charcuterie display.

See a few pictures of the build-out, including the new pizza oven, here.