Longtime friends and owners, Chase & Steff Valencia and Chef Nico de Leon first worked together at the Filipino-American fine dining restaurant, LASA. During the pandemic, the three came together to pivot the LASA space into a casual and lively Filipino rotisserie & natural wine bar called Lasita. Their primary focus—fun, food and wine! LA Times restaurant critic, Bill Addison, says the restaurant is “wonderfully Los Angeles because it’s a natural wine bar that meets an evolving moment of modern Filipino cooking.” The restaurant was listed as one of Bon Appetit Magazine’s 50 Best New Restaurants of 2022. Lasita is located in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza. Come hang and chill in the Philippine sunset inspired 32 seat dining room or in the easy breezy 25 seat patio. Drop by for a bite of Chicken Inasal or Lechon, and wash it down with a bottle of something natty.
