Maré Seafood on a Rooftop
You can count on Chef/Owner Eric Greenspan to provide elevated comfort food, and you can find it at Mare.. In a secret entry at the back of his Greenspan's Grilled Cheese shop, you take a very involved path upstairs to the most charming rooftop patio setting imaginable.The ambiance really takes advantage of L.A.'s mild weather and beautiful people watching.
Upon being seeded, you are served a gorgeous serving of a seeded loaf of bread with accompaniments of lemon, garlic, olive oil, olives, dried apricots, pistachios, caper berries, dried figs and olive tapenade.
The simple, small menu offers a surprising amount of variety. There are a few appetizers, entrees and sides. The stars of the menu are the shellfish for which you can choose your own sauces. I chose clams as my shellfish with a spicy sausage romesco broth, topped with chili threads.
The shellfish comes with a steaming bowl of pasta tossed in butter and a poached egg that you can then use to mop up the remaining sauce.