Le Comptoir
Gary Menes cooks Long Beach-farm-to-Koreatown-counter cuisine at Le Comptoir.
Chef Gary Menes, left, sharpens knives before the start of service at Le Comptoir.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Customers are served while seated at the counter inside Le Comptoir.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Oeuf sur la plat with lettuce from the garden, garlic chives, reggiano and beurre noisette.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)“The Three Sisters,” featuring country gentlemen corn, butternut squash and christmas lima beans.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Summer squash, tomato fondue, purple basil and corsican olive oil.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Sweet potato veloute with toasted bread crumbs, greek yogurt and fennel fronds.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Apprentice Alejandro Guzman, left, serves sweet potato veloute to customer Mark Brubaker.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Pots de creme with blackberry compote, graham crumbs and chantilly cream is a dessert item at Le Comptoir.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Customers sit at the counter.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Chef Gary Menes poses with butternut squash from the garden.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)