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Citrus opens Friday
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Twenty years after opening the first, highly-regarded Citrus on Melrose Ave., Michel Richard opens Citrus 2.0 this Friday—this time, in Social Hollywood. It sounds like the interior is lemony-yellow, which seems to suit the name better than the Sunset Blvd. location. Menu is French bistro, helmed by Remi Lauvand, who boasts a illustrious resume himself, even serving under Daniel Boulud at Le Cirque.
Let's see whether fans of Richard's original restaurant will brave the trendy Boulevard3 crowd to sample Richard's food again. The partnership between Richard and Jeffrey Chodorow is another thing to watch, as this is Chodorow's first outing* with a celebrity chef since the public debacle that was Rocco DiSpirito, or even the more recent smackdown that he gave Frank Bruni from within the critic's own paper. Not to make any assumptions, but a Chodorow-sponsored ad in an L.A. publication? Now, that might be kinda awesome.
—Jiyeon Yoo
*Erratum: Apologies to Alain Ducasse who has had a "standing relationship" with Jeffrey Chodorow. I still would like to see a Chodorow-sponsored ad, however.Trackback URL: http://blogs-losangeles.metromix.com/vmix_hosted_apps/66/post/2226/trackback/