Jonathan Gold on Hatchet Hall

Chop steak, fried oysters, mustard frill and horseradish at Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

Red peanuts, olive oil, garlic, wood herbs and sea salt at Hatchet Hall.

Half duck, breast, confit leg, crackling, lemon at the Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

Brian Dunsmoor, chef, partner of Hatchet Hall restaurant, sits in the Old Man Bar within the restaurant in Culver City.

Cookie plate: bourbon chocolate chip, mint chip brownie, jammy cornmeal thumbprint, butter-pecan sandy, vanilla milk slushie, at the Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

Decoration and ambiance at the Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

Fried shrimp heads, calabrian chili, herb sauce, lemon aioli at Hatchet Hall.

Detail of decoration and ambiance at Hatchet Hall.

Interior view at Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

The Old Man Bar within Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

At the Old Man Bar within Hatchet Hall.

A Dutch oven in the wood-fire grill at Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.

Brian Dunsmoor, chef, partner of Hatchet Hall restaurant, feeds the wood-fire grill at the restaurant in Culver City.

A steak on the wood-fire grill at Hatchet Hall restaurant in Culver City.