Best New Bars in Hollywood

BAR AVOJA

1545 Wilcox Ave.

Mother Wolf’s partners Giancarlo Pagani and Evan Funke have turned a rear room at their hit Hollywood restaurant into this upbeat, DJ-driven riff on a Roman villa. Drinks run the expected la dolce vita gamut, albeit centering on dialed-in spritzes. Funke, the James Beard-nominated chef who now feeds Vanity Fair ’s Oscar party, is concocting his singular takes on both Eternal City street food (arancini cacio e pepe) as well as Cal-Ital innovations (Wolfgang Puck’s salmon pizza).

1545 Wilcox Ave.

Mother Wolf’s partners Giancarlo Pagani and Evan Funke have turned a rear room at their hit Hollywood restaurant into this upbeat, DJ-driven riff on a Roman villa. Drinks run the expected la dolce vita gamut, albeit centering on dialed-in spritzes. Funke, the Jam