Cube Cafe, Cheese Bar & Marketplace

Address: 615 N. La Brea Ave.

Cross Street: Melrose Ave.

Neighborhood: Miracle Mile & MidWilshire

Phone: (323) 939-1148

Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat 11am-11pm

Type: Italian

LA.COM: For the record, the Divine Pasta Co. is the manufacturer, and Cube the
restaurant and retail space. But once settled into one of just a few
tables—or onto a stool at the central booze-less bar—in the red room,
niggling details flicker away in the candlelight. To start: cheeses.
From Italy and the Netherlands, from goat and cow, from hard to
semi-soft to blue, the crumbly bites were presented by an affable,
well-versed server on small boards with each selection above its name
written in chalk. A nice touch, as are the complementing nibbles like
dried apricots and cashews. The charcuterie, pizzas and paninis were
tempting, but we instead sampled the divine Divine Pasta. The
spaghettini with checca (a bruschetta-y tomato concoction) was fresh
and light, the roasted-eggplant ravioli spicy and fulfilling.
Afterward, on the shelves bookending the room, easy-to-prepare lobster
ravioli, saffron sauce, four-cheese mac-and-cheese and pizzas imported
from Italy made us late enough we got a parking ticket. —Lonny Pugh

b.COLETTE's NOTE: Be sure to B.Y.O.B. (of wine/champagne) as the cafe does not serve alcohol. Everything I've tried is great & very fresh. They gather their veggies & herbs daily from the local farmers markets. Don't get too attached as most menu items change monthly.