QUICK BITES
’60s vibes
> Eagle Rock red-sauce joint the Capri has been reimagined as Capri Club, a new Italian aperitivo bar and restaurant from a trio of industry vets. Owner Robert Fleming (Bar Covell) renovated the space to harken back to its 1960s founding, installing red leather booths, woodpaneled walls and a stylish circular bar for beverage director and operating partner Nic Vascocu ( Bavel, Austin’s Uchi and Uchiko, New York City’s Acme). Vascocu oversees a program focused on independent, small-batch and unique Italian and American amari as well as house cocktails, Negroni variants, spritzes, frozen cocktails and no-ABV drinks. The menu, from consulting chef Francesco Allegro (Rossoblu), includes Italian bar bites such as cured meats, meatballs and fried pasta. Capri Club is open from 4 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday; and 4 to 11 p.m. on Sunday, with extended hours to follow. 4604 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles, capri clublosangeles.com
A sushi rollout
> Woodland Hills’ Brothers Sushi has expanded to Santa Monica. Opening with a limited menu of chef Mark Okuda’s Japanese cuisine, the new location seats eight at the sushi bar, currently serving omakase only, with table seating for a la carte sushi and sashimi and sake throughout. The sushi menu echoes the Valley’s but as the Santa Monica location’s menu and hours expand, other dishes that were in more of a tapas format in Woodland Hills will be for large-format dining. Open noon to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, and 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. 1008 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, (424) 330-0270, thebrotherssushi.com
Pie’s the limit
> Daniele Uditi’s Neapolitan-meets-Californian pizzas are headed to Silver Lake this fall. Pizzana is expanding beyond its Brentwood, West Hollywood and Sherman Oaks outposts with a 30-seat location offering seasonal pies made with 48-hour-fermented dough, plus salads and small plates. In the former Vive Le Tarte space, it also will serve cocktails, beer and wine, frozen pizzas to go and rotating sandwich specials and host Uditi’s popular pasta nights. 3515 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, pizzana.com
A barnanza
> Santa Barbara brewery Figueroa Mountain Brewing is transforming four L.A. bars after acquiring them from local beverage hospitality group Artisanal Brewers Collective. The Stalking Horse Brewery and Freehouse in West L.A. will become Mexican restaurant and bar Agua Santa Cervecería. Sherman Oaks’ former Bluebird Brasserie is set to reopen as the lager-forward Figueroa Mountain Lagerhaus. Broxton Brewery & Public House in Westwood Village will transition into a taproom for experimental beers. Echo Park’s Mohawk Bend will be unchanged beyond its new management. Figmtnbrew.com — Stephanie Breijo