After 20 years of waiting to open his own restaurant, chef Alejandro Eusebio has finally made that dream a reality with Amiguita, a new home-style Afro-Caribbean restaurant and wine bar in Silver Lake. Eusebio described the opening as a longtime project and said people from across Los Angeles have already been making their way to the restaurant.
At Amiguita, you won’t find a set list of traditional dishes. Instead, Eusebio keeps things fresh by changing the menu often, bringing in what he called “new flavors, with traditional ingredients standing out alongside a personal, creative twist.”
Chef Eusebio told The LA Local his philosophy or experimentation as we ate one of Amiguita’s most popular dishes: plantain gnocchiwith winter butternut squash sauce, Nigerian coconut curry, oyster mushrooms and pepitas…