1 week Ago
Rotisserie broken chicken, lamb, and roasted mushroom pitas from Miznon. | Good People Group Chef Eyal Shani’s celebrated Miznon will reside in the shuttered Sari Sari Grand Central Market, Downtown’s 107-year-old market and food hall, has a prominent new vendor opening this spring. Chef Eyal Shani will debut his Mediterranean street food chain Miznon toward the end of April, adding a 27th outpost to its worldwide roster of locations in New York’s Chelsea Market, Dallas, Las Vegas, Toronto, Paris, Singapore, London, and beyond.
It’s the first California location for the Tel Aviv-based chain and will set up shop in the nicely sized Sari Sari space that closed in December 2023. The name of the restaurant, Miznon, translates to “canteen” or “cafeteria” in Hebrew.Miznon Grand Central Market will showcase the chain’s signature pitas stuffed with inventive fillings like charred cauliflower swathed in tahini and crushed tomato, a Bolognese-style sauce, a folded cheeseburger, and scallion-roasted chicken liver; there’s even a dessert pita filled with chocolate and bananas.
In addition to the base menu, which often evolves, Los Angeles will have its own pita with regional ingredients and flavors. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miznon USA (@miznonusa)The Los Angeles expansion comes as part of a new partnership between Shani’s Good People Group and Mother Wolf Group managing partner Giancarlo Pagani, which oversees Mother Wolf and its attached cocktail bar, Mars. Pagani also partners with chef Wes Avila at MXO Mexican Steakhouse.
Shani’s career began in 1989 with his renowned fine dining Jerusalem restaurant, Ocean. He opened the first Miznon in Tel Aviv in 2011. Grand Central Market’s last vendor overhaul was in 2023 when Ghost Sando Shop and For the Win moved in.
In April 2024, Villas Tacos opened in the former Belcampo Meat stall. As a hub for many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurants, Los Angeles will have to wait only a little while longer to see how Miznon’s pitas compare to established pita gurus like Bavel or Ladyhawk. Sari Sari Store Grand Central Market’s Sari Sari in 2019.
.
