He would also appreciate that the busy Stark Bar, early on Thursday evening, was filled mostly with young women.
At 9 30, C. J. Jacobson of Girasol and Kris Morningstar of Ray's & Stark Bar tackle white truffles, kohlrabi and ridgeback shrimp, with Lou Amdur of Los Angeles magazine and Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion weighing in.
The Patina group also runs chef Joachim Splichal's restaurant Patina at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as well as Mr. Valenti's latest venture, Ray's and Stark Bar, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Anyway, "swearsies," Mr. Stark would have found much to love in Ray's restaurant and the Stark Bar, an eccentric but devilishly clever food and drink complex opened in his honor by the Patina Restaurant Group in February on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
For after-work cocktails in hip, mid-century modern surroundings check out the new Renzo Piano-designed open-air Stark Bar at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Boulevard just west of downtown. .
Strollers wander among the lights or gather in front of them or have a drink at Stark Bar, which, along with Ray's restaurant (both named for producer Ray Stark), opened this year in the BP Pavilion, adjacent to Urban Light.
