The inventive pastas, vacation-inspired Italian cuisine and lengthy wine list of New York City’s Cucina Alba have landed in West Hollywood. At Alba, one of the city’s splashiest new Italian restaurants, chef-partner Adam Leonti and restaurateurs Will Makris, Cobi Levy and Julian Black reimagined their East Coast hot spot, with much of the team relocating or returning to L.A. for what they hope will be the Alba flagship.

Even as they built the original New York City location, they planned for Los Angeles. They flipped a Melrose art gallery and a parking lot into a chic multilevel space: On the ground floor is an interior dining room, plus an almost terrace-like setting with dining tables, a bar and semiprivate cabanas all under a retractable roof. On the second floor is a private dining room for 36, as well as a private bar. Within the next year, the team hopes to unveil a rooftop garden, playing into Alba’s themes of a breezy Italian holiday.