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Daniel Patterson and Sarah Lewitinn’s Jacaranda Plays to Its Own Beat
At the 30-seat restaurant, Patterson and Lewitinn rework tasting-menu culture with a more social, intimate format.
Daniel Patterson and Sarah Lewitinn want their new Los Angeles restaurant to be a fine-dining destination with dinner-party vibes. So at Jacaranda, which will open in the Hancock Park area on Wednesday, May 6, the married couple has a six-seat communal table for guests who are inclined to make new friends.
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Patterson wants to rethink tasting-menu culture at the 30-seat restaurant. And one thing that Lewitinn noticed at Jaca Social Club, the precursor to Jacaranda that she and Patterson ran at their Hancock Park home, was demand from solo diners.
Jacaranda is, at its core, a love story. And like all love stories, it’s about new beginnings. Patterson earned two Michelin stars at San Francisco’s Coi before moving to Los Angeles and focusing on social enterprise at LocoL and Alta. Lewitinn, aka Ultragrrrl, was an influential New York City music tastemaker and DJ who helped shape the scene as bands like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Interpol took over.
Lewitinn met Patterson at the beginning of 2021. She asked him out on a date and later proposed to him. They got married in 2022. Patterson asked her to take a different kind of huge leap and create a restaurant together.
At Jacaranda, Patterson, chef Andrew Miller and pastry chef Matt Tinder are cooking with the same level of precision, technique........