Though the name sounds Southwestern, Desert Rose – a much-anticipated all-day eatery at a busy Eastside intersection – will offer a mix of Mediterranean and Californian cuisine when it opens in mid-July (1700 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz).
Expect traditional American cooking, in a space just south of Griffith Park and adjacent to the Golden State Freeway, when Home opens up later this summer (2500 Riverside Dr., Silver Lake).
That rarest of culinary birds in Southern California, a German restaurant, is due this fall when Schmidt's Brauhaus opens in a sprawling space complete with a beer garden and a menu featuring the best of the wurst – did we mention lots of beer? (330 W. Olympic Blvd., Downtown).
Hot Tamale Susan Feniger (Ciudad) plans to open Street – a restaurant inspired by the street food she's tasted on her round-the-world gallivants – by the end of the year in a space just a block north of Pizzeria Mozza (742 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood).
Following in the footsteps of the recently opened Southeast Asian RockSugar comes Take a Bao, an upscale dumpling house opening midsummer that intends to offer dim sum and more to the shopaholics of Century City (Westfield Century City Shopping Center, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Century City).