Brickworks Roasthouse & Grill

Brickworks Roasthouse & Grill took over the former LA Food Show space in Manhattan Village. The dining room is flanked by the bar on one side and a counter facing the open kitchen on the other. Meanwhile, the patio features an outdoor bar with a fire pit. Chef/partner Scott Raczek utilizes a cherry wood-burning smoker, a mesquite wood-burning wheel grill, and an almond wood-burning oven for his...

Though the front is indeed brick, the space that houses this American grill specializing in all sorts of wood-fire cooked meats and seafood has never been a factory – instead, it sits in a stylish South Bay shopping center with lots of self-parking. There's an outdoor patio with a fire pit, and a gleaming interior dominated by a long glass-backed bar at which modern mixology is the dominant theme.