$$$$ • Americana contemporánea • Studio City
Your Chef-Driven Experience, Elevated. Black Market Liquor Bar is the Studio City room where dinner and drinks stopped being separate plans a long time ago. Chef Antonia Lofaso, trained at the French Culinary Institute and sharpened through six years at Spago, built a small plates menu that works alongside a cocktail program.The bar matches the kitchen beat for beat. Cocktails lean amaro-forward and technique-driven, built by operators who understand that the drink next to the plate should make the plate better. Ordering "dealer's choice" is common here, and the bartenders read your tempo before making the call. Founded by Mario Guddemi and Salvatore Aurora, Black Market sits on the same operating backbone as Scopa Italian Roots, The Chestnut Club, and Old Lightning. Studio City dining built to keep you in one seat all night. That is the point, and Black Market has been proving it since 2011.
