Hermon’s: A Sophisticated Bistro Rises in Northeast L.A. After Plans for a Malibu Restaurant Go Up in Smoke

Key Highlights

• But fate had other ideas, and the historic former sheriff’s station on Pacific Coast Highway burned in the Palisades-Malibu fire in January.
• Now co-founders Holly Fox and Adam Weisblatt are paying tribute to that concept at their new restaurant Hermon’s, with the Ode to Chez cheeseburger, a decadent patty topped with soubise fondue and bordelaise onions on a sesame milk bun.
• It’s just one of the elevated but approachable dishes on the menu of the first serious restaurant ever to open in the tiny neighborhood of Hermon in Northeast Los Angeles.
• Where is Hermon?
• Tucked along the Arroyo Parkway between South Pasadena, Highland Park and Montecito Heights, it’s a mostly residential area that was crying out for a place to get a well-made cocktail and a plate of steak frites.