New York restaurant Bagatelle is heading to Los Angeles and is expected to be opening in the first week of December.

Chef Scott Quinn was recently hired to oversee the Los Angeles location’s kitchen by the brands new corporate chef, Romuald Jung. All of this is part of an effort to upgrade the cuisine and someday ditch what has been labeled the “boozy brunch” stereotype. Quinn is a native of Connecticut and is a young chef and Cordon Bleu graduate who made his developed his talent while working under Mark Hopper at Bouchon Las Vegas.

The L.A. location will be the first opening in a global expansion of the brand, as it attempts to reach the one-percenters in Sao Paolo, London, and Vegas in the coming years.

Source: Grub Street Los Angeles

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