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Eat Here're the five biggest openings of the year -- feast on it!

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ink.: ink.'s a wide-open gastrobistro from Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio, sparsely decorated with wood-slatted window shades, Edison lightbulbs, and an art piece that looks like a smattering of cooking tools...more

Picca: Picca's a small-plates modern-Peruvian bistro from the Mo-Chica guy (who just won Food & Wine's Best New Chef), with a two-story interior that looks like someone broke into Pizzeria Mozza and redecorated it using stuff from a forest...more

Black Market: Black Market's a mid-sized Studio City gastrobistro that's merged the talents of a Top Chef All-Star, the dude from Harvard & Stone, and the former GM at Bardot, with a moody interior that looks like a bar Van Helsing might pre-game at before taking on the Count...more

Mezze: This upscale Middle Eastern eatery's got bites prepared by a former Robuchon/Craft guy, all in a skylight-lit courtyard-type space finished w/ tiles from Morocco and Lebanese wood...more

The Spice Table: Get hit with a King Hippo hook of flavor at this exposed brick-clad, date-friendly Vietnam-meets-Singapore cavern o' deliciousness from a former Mozza guy...more

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Here're the five biggest openings of the year -- feast on it!

Published: December 26, 2011 at 4:00am EST

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