Cocina de las Americas

Chef Ford, executive chef and proprietor of Ford’s Filling Station in Culver City, CA, earned his kitchen stripes at distinguished Los Angeles-area institutions The Farm of Beverly Hills, Opus, and Campanile.  After opening, and later closing, the acclaimed Chadwick in Beverly Hills, he decided to return to his basics.  Ford’s Filling Station, a regional American gastropub, is based on the fundamentals of cooking, teaching, and foraging (Chef Ford, an urban forager, frequently finds his own ingredients in public areas surrounding the restaurant and his home).

Here, he utilizes the finest local ingredients to prove that truly good food doesn’t have to be overly complicated. Both Michelin and Zagat recommended, Ford’s Filling Station received two and one-half stars from the Los Angeles Times within one month of opening and, four years later, continues to receive praise from both print and online media.