How to book Mother Wolf

Mother Wolf is chef Evan Funke's tribute to Rome and its traditional cooking, set in Hollywood. The restaurant's own site says the kitchen builds that Roman approach on seasonal produce from a close network of California family farms¹. A 2021 Sunset report announcing the project said Funke was opening it with Ten Five Hospitality inside the Citizen News Building, a two-story Art Deco building from 1931 that was made a landmark in 2019³. The Infatuation gives 2022 as the opening year⁶.

The menu is Roman and is organized around bread, pasta and pizza. Time Out LA called it "hyper-regional Roman cuisine"⁴. Resy points diners to the Roman pastas, the thin-crust pizzas and the scottadito, which are lamb rib chops served with salsa verde². The dining room is very large. Time Out describes red banquettes, mirrored columns and chandeliers⁴, and The Infatuation compares the room to a ballroom⁶. Private dining rooms take parties of up to 350 guests, and for those events the executive chef and wine director plan the menu themselves¹.

Mother Wolf was a Hollywood power scene from the start. In 2022 KCRW reported that during Bill Addison's visit for his Los Angeles Times review, Michelle Obama and Beyonce were dining in a private room. KCRW also described sommeliers working the floor and an amaro cart that comes out with dessert⁵. Resy releases tables 14 days ahead at 9am Pacific. Seating is indoors only, the restaurant does not take cash, and kitchen substitutions are politely declined².