Rossoblu celebrates chef Steve Samson’s two home cities, Los Angeles and Bologna, Italy. The menu features house made salumi, soulful pastas, market produce, and wood grilled fish and meats. Located in downtown’s City Market South, the site of Los Angeles’s original produce market, Rossoblu’s vaulted dining room and open kitchen create a festive dining environment. The restaurant’s private outdoor piazza allows al fresco diners to feel far removed from the nearby city bustle. An intimate basement wine cellar can be reserved for private parties.

dineL.A. Burger Trek

For brunch at their Bologna-inspired Italian restaurant in the DTLA Fashion District, chef Steve Samson and wife Dina feature a Bolo burger featuring a house-ground 6-ounce patty crafted with Prime chuck, brisket, and dry-aged beef fat blanketed in ragu Bolognese made with ground pork shoulder, more brisket and chuck, prosciutto, mortadella, and dry-aged beef fat. Each burger’s cooked on a wood-fired grill to medium rare and served with crunchy cabbage slaw, Béchamel and Fontina fonduta on a house-baked, poppy seeded milk bun.