Osteria Mamma — Italian restaurant on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles

The Osteria Mamma plaque in copper lettering, centred above the restaurant's wine wall.

Cucina Veneta  ·  Melrose

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Delivery & pickup  ·  Open daily from 11:30 AM

I — Melrose Avenue

A red door, and the smell of Sunday.

Osteria Mamma has cooked the Veneto on this corner since March 2010 — pasta rolled in the kitchen, San Marzano tomatoes, Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, and a wall of wine that runs from the counter to the ceiling.

Everything travels. Order it to your table, or to your door.

The dining room at Osteria Mamma, tables set beneath the arches in warm lamplight.
The room Mamma's family opened in March 2010.

III — Our story

It begins with Mamma Loredana.

Mamma believed you should never underestimate the power of a home-cooked Italian meal. After many years of work in her kitchen in Italy, she brought her original recipes to Southern California, and in March 2010 — with the help of her family — opened a traditional osteria on Melrose.

Mamma Loredana is no longer with us. Her traditions, and her recipes, are still what leaves the kitchen: the true taste of the Veneto, cooked the way she cooked it.

From the moment you walk in, you're part of our family.
The wine wall at Osteria Mamma — bottles racked from the counter to the ceiling behind the bar.

IV — The wall

Every bottle is chosen by hand.

The wall behind the bar is the room's centre of gravity — and it is not decoration. It is a working list, kept by a certified sommelier, and it has been recognised by Wine Spectator seven years running.

  • Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, 7 years and counting
  • Certified Sommelier Filippo Cortivo
  • Featured in LA Times  ·  LA Eater  ·  Buzzfeed Food

V — The room

Walk in from Melrose and keep going.

The open entrance at Osteria Mamma with the 5732 mosaic tile set into the threshold.
The threshold, 5732.
Looking down the length of the dining room toward the wine bar.
Toward the bar.
Tables, chairs and arched openings across the Osteria Mamma dining room.
Tables set for the evening.

Arched openings, dark timber, white cloth, and the wall of bottles glowing at the far end. It is a small room, and that is the point — you eat close to other people, the way you would at home.

VII — Visit

5732 Melrose Avenue.

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Address
5732 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Phone
(323) 284-7060
Dining room
Monday – Saturday
11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Sunday
11:30 AM – 9:45 PM

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Osteria
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Mamma's recipes, cooked on Melrose since 2010. Come and sit down, or let us send it over.

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