New Southern Restaurant Opens on Abbot Kinney

Willie Jane, a Southern-inspired restaurant, recently replaced Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing at 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

The restaurant, named after the owner Brad Johnson’s Southern grandmother, features such dishes as California quail with cornmeal dumplings and greens for $13 and sweet tea-brined pork chop with wilted greens and date mostarda for $23. 

Willie Jane also serves family-style dinners for four people on a first-come, first-served basis like whole curried oxtail with grilled plantains and charred curry leaves. 

The wine selection is mostly Californian with a few French and Spanish selections to accompany people’s meals. 

Willie Jane was redesigned by Rae Scarton, a Venice-based designer from Kentucky.

Have you been to Willie Jane yet? What do you think? Let us know in the comments.