{"id":86510,"date":"2025-12-08T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86510\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:39:06","slug":"chainsaw-cafe-evokes-paris-and-caracas-in-the-heart-of-east-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86510\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainsaw Cafe Evokes Paris and Caracas in the Heart of East Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">After years of <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2019\/8\/6\/20757184\/chainsaw-echo-park-dive-bar-food-coming-news-garage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">catering and successful pop-ups<\/a>, Karla Subero Pittol has <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/restaurant-openings\/295295\/chainsaw-cafe-opening-los-angeles-melrose-hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">finally opened her own pint-sized restaurant<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/923474\/chainsaw-cafe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chainsaw Cafe<\/a>, across the street from equally trendy LA Grocery &amp; Cafe and Little Fish Melrose Hill. Purple and yellow tilework; a patchwork yellow accent wall; and a mismatched collection of stools, chairs, and milk crates imbue the space with an intentionally eclectic feel. Throw in the lush assortment of produce that\u2019s suspended behind the bar and the tiny cafe feels reminiscent of the small, vibrant neighborhood hangouts found in many cities across Europe and Latin America. For now, Chainsaw serves a limited menu of savory dishes and caffeinated drinks that draws inspiration from the chef\u2019s Venezuelan heritage, as well the Here\u2019s Looking at You alum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/maps\/best-pies-los-angeles-sweets-desserts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cult-favorite passionfruit lime icebox pie<\/a>, both whole and by the slice, plus other seasonal sweets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Given the extremely limited space, come solo or with one other person, max.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">A quick afternoon snack or morning pick-me-up in East Hollywood. In the future, Subero Pittol plans to open a wine bar next door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of catering and successful pop-ups, Karla Subero Pittol has finally opened her own pint-sized restaurant, Chainsaw&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28829,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-86510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}