Located in the heart of Brentwood, Bar Toscana is an intimate cocktail bar situated next door to storied Toscana, a longtime home for Hollywood’s elite and our favorite locals.
Bar Toscana’s Executive Chef Justino Quirino curated a simple yet elegant menu which includes small plates, or stuzzichini, as well as pinsa, pastas, meat and seafood entrees, and desserts.
Cocktails are hand-crafted and the wine list is largely Italian-focused. At once relaxed and stylish, this neighborhood lounge is ideally fashioned for unique cocktails, intimate dinners, and sparkling conversation.
JUSTINO QUIRINO
Executive Chef
It takes courage and a whole lot of conviction behind your dreams to leave home at the age of 18 and move to another country. That’s exactly what Bar Toscana’s Executive Chef Justino Quirino did when he broke it to his parents that he was leaving Oaxaca, Mexico and heading to Los Angeles. In the two decades since he’s been here, Justino has been a sponge, absorbing cooking techniques from his mentor, former Toscana Executive Chef Piero Toputto, Maurizio Mazzon of Il Fornaio, and our own Luca Crestanelli, partner, owner and Executive Chef at S.Y. Kitchen and Nella Kitchen & Bar. A lot has happened in his twenty years in the States. Justino went from being a dish washer at Toscana at the turn of the century, to now being the Executive Chef for Toscana’s sister restaurant, Bar Toscana. Along the way, he met and married his wife and had two children. Tradition is important to Justino, so is patience, dedication, and presentation. It is evident in every item on the menu. His creations are born of a love and respect for Italian cuisine, infused with a modern twist.