After years of success with their downtown duo of restaurants—Italian eatery Bestia and Middle Eastern mainstay Bavel—husband-and-wife chefs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis have expanded their “family” into East Hollywood with Saffy’s, named after their daughter, Saffron.
As at Bavel, the fare leans modern Middle Eastern revolving around a wood-burning hearth, but the menu is firmly rooted in homestyle cooking with classics like bright-green falafel, a fragrant tabbouleh salad, lamb and beef shawarma, a mix of meaty kebabs, and some seriously life-changing hummus.
