Cafe Stella expands, a little

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor

July 2, 2008 9:59 AM PT

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There’s fresh paint on the walls in the dining room at Cafe Stella in Silver Lake, because the dining room just got a little bigger.

The bistro’s courtyard is always charmingly alluring — it’s outdoors but covered (and lined with potted olive trees), tucked away from traffic along Sunset Boulevard. In the evening, the candlelit patio seems to warmly glow as locals and various expats sip aperitifs. As long as you’re not sitting directly under a speaker blasting out Edith Piaf, it’s quite lovely.

The tables on the patio are highly coveted, but there’s spillover room in the two small rooms that house the quaint bar and a separate dining room, which now fits a few more tables.

— Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.