Chef Daniel Rose debuts Café Basque in Downtown Los Angeles tonight on the ground floor of the Hoxton hotel. The Illinois-born, French-trained chef is best known for the Michelin-starred Le Coucou restaurant in New York City and La Bourse et La Vie in Paris. Café Basque serves French-style Basque cuisine. The menu starts with a sampling of pintxos, including traditional Basque corn cakes (talo) and raw oysters with an Espelette gelée. Larger entrees, like braised chicken with peppers and tomatoes or grilled duck breast with cherry preserves, follow. “The Pays Basque is one of the few places in France where they actively cook with corn and chile peppers and tomatoes in a way that resembles all the products that came from the Americas to Spain,” says Rose. Tap the link in bio to read the opening feature by Eater LA senior reporter/editor @gastronomyblog 📸: @wonhophoto