Fans of chef René Redzepi and his groundbreaking Noma restaurant can start getting in line on Monday, Jan. 26 for the Los Angeles residency this spring. Well, not literally in line, since the Noma will pop-up at what is reportedly a historic venue in a Silver Lake residential neighborhood where the address won’t be revealed until reservations are made.

Aspiring diners can sign up for Noma’s newsletter by Jan. 23 to have a chance at reservations that will be released starting Jan. 26 — as long as they agree to a crew filming on the premises during service for a future documentary project. If a reservation is granted, the $1500 per person is due immediately — though it will include beverage pairing, tax and tip. Noma Los Angeles will accommodate 42 diners per night, four nights a week.



Founded in Copenhagen in 2003, Noma has been named the world’s No. 1 restaurant five times and its elaborate tasting menus emphasize foraging, fermentation and local ingredients in conversation with Redzepi’s Nordic roots.

Redzepi is going to great lengths to establish the L.A. outpost from March 11 to June 26. After previous residencies in cities including Tokyo, Kyoto and Tulum, Mexico, the L.A. location will be the first longer-term project in the U.S. outside of a four-day stint in Brooklyn in 2022. Also planned for somewhere in Silver Lake is a Noma Projects shop where housemade items such as vinegar, garum and coffee will be for sale. 

Redzepi explained in a statement how he chose the location. “It had to be Los Angeles,” he wrote. “I love this region. The vast Pacific. The farmers’ markets overflowing with produce in the middle of January. A place where you can have tacos for breakfast and a Thai tasting menu in an alleyway for dinner. Oaxacan mole from a strip mall. A great-grandmother’s kimchi soup served at 2 a.m. in Koreatown.



“L.A. is a city of wild contrasts — a place that makes you ask: how can these things go together?”

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