LOS ANGELES — According to Westfield Corp., Jonathan Waxman’s NYCA Restaurant Group will be bring the chef’s cuisine back to Southern California with a restaurant to open in spring 2018.
Waxman first gained fame with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, and later worked at Michael’s in Santa Monica and Jams in New York City. Today, he is the chef and owner of Manhattan’s Barbuto restaurant, where he earned the 2016 James Beard Award as Best Chef – New York City.
Waxman and NYCA Restaurant Group have now made the decision to open their first restaurant in Los Angeles at Westfield Century City. The restaurant will be located alongside the property’s front façade on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Westfield Century Center is preparing for its grand opening in fall 2017. The redeveloped center will include more than 200 stores and restaurants including a new Nordstrom, new Macy’s, completely remodeled Bloomingdale’s and an Equinox fitness club.
In addition to the new restaurant (which has yet to be named), other new dining options at Century City will include the West Coast’s first Eataly, Din Tai Fung, Javier’s Finest Foods of Mexico, Petros Benekos (Petros fine Hellenic cuisine, The Kafe and Kafe Bugatsa), Tender Greens, MidiCi Neapolitan, Wexler’s Deli, Asian Box, Big Fish Little Fish, La Colombe Coffee Roaster, Minamoto Kitchoan, Randy’s Donuts and Compartes Chocolatier.
NYCA Restaurant Group is a division of Jason Giagrande and Jonathan Waxman’s new hospitality company.