Fooding: Uovo, Churros y platanos, and Sunday Gravy

Fooding

Uovo, churros, and Sunday Gravy

Love the view of the ktichen from the bar.

Chicanti Superiore, Castel Trebbio, 2020. Quite good for what's basically the house wine.

Yellowtail (hamachi) crudo was quite good. Just a hint of jalapeno was a nice compliment.

More full view of the kitchen.

Broccolini was quite good. Garlic and salt, quite simple.

Ragu, when throughly mixed with the fresh pasta, was quite acceptable.

Close-up of the ragu atop the fresh pasta.

Churros y platanos and their churro dispensing machine.

Deep frying.

The very short menu.

On the corner under the big sign for Ross.

Slow night, only one other customer while I was there.

Fresh churros, nom.

Second day in a row of rain.

The rear seating area at Sunday Gravy.

Ordered the 2019 Scala Negro Amaro Appassimento... only it never showed up.

Reverse, looking toward the register and the front seating area.

Italian salad. Quite meaty.

Ragu was okay. Beef shortrib isn't quite my idea of a meat with it, and the pasta wasn't fresh made like Uovo.

Making some long-overdue stops on my list. Uovo's Santa Monica location lives up to their reputation for very fresh pasta, and if you love watching the kitchen work then definitely take one of the (many) bar seats. Ragu was very good once mixed up to get the flavors from the oil/grease as they suggested, and both the hamachi crudo and the broccolini were excellent. The chicanti (Chicanti Superiore, Castel Trebbio, 2020) was a great value for the price as well. I think the main hangup here is that they don't take reservations and don't seem to have many tables, so they're not convenient for groups.

Churros y platanos is a relatively new food stand and they do a pretty bang-up job with (see a theme?) fresh made churros. That said even the smallest order is six pieces, which is probably about five more pieces than I should be eating...

Dinner the next day crossed off one more pasta place off the list, Sunday Gravy. They have a much more local feel than Uovo (despite both being run by "locals"), with a pretty good if back to basics italian salad. The ragu with beef shortrib was definitely premade pasta, not fresh, but it did the job, even if I find shortrib to be kind of a weird texture to mix with pasta. Finally-- did not notice til I was halfway through my pasta-- my wine never showed up. Debated asking for it to be removed off the check, but at that point it was easier to just pack up and leave given I'd already closed out the bill.