Conveniently in downtown L.A's burgeoning South Park district — the location for the Festival's main screening venue at the AT&T Center and its music series at The GRAMMY Museum — the critically acclaimed, stunningly architectural Rivera Restaurant is the perfect spot for casual pre-festival screening appetizers or post-screening late-night dinners. Festival Gold, Platinum and Black Pass Holders will have gourmet dinner prepared especially for them by Rivera's internationally renowned John Rivera Sedlar

Chef John Rivera Sedlar has always wanted to have a casual restaurant, and the Rivera is that restaurant. Sedlar, who literally wrote the book on Modern Southwest Cuisine, originally helped to define Los Angeles as a dining destination with his inspired cooking at Saint Estèphe, Bikini and Abiquiu. This time, he takes his expertise even further, by celebrating Latin food in all its diverse varieties. Rivera, which opened at the beginning of the year, in downtown Los Angeles, is located one block east of L.A. Live, Staples Center and The Nokia Theatre at the 200-foot frontage of the prestigious Met Lofts.

Rivera's menu reflects decades of Sedlar's passion for Latin culinary history and gives new relevance and relish to familiar foods from the sultriest of latitudes: tamales, mole, ceviche, feijoadas, fideos and jamones representing regional Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, the American Southwest, Spain and Portugal. "Latin food is deeply earthy. It's soulful, rustic, robust. We'll offer platos pequeños, our small plates, bursting with big, bold, hearty flavors, as well as platos fuertes, our main dishes, such as Prime Gaucho Steak and Crab Cartagena," comments the passionate Sedlar.

RIVERA is located at 1050 S Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
More information: www.RiveraRestaurant.com

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