{"id":95557,"date":"2025-07-10T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=95557"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:34:21","slug":"melt-away","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/destinations\/2025\/07\/10\/melt-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Melt Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marc-ange.com\/\">Marc Ange<\/a> creates a sensual backdrop that highlights the voluptuous pleasures of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musesantamonica.com\/\">Muse\u2019s<\/a> visionary approach to classic French cuisine<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-687x1024.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-95552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-687x1024.png 687w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-768x1145.png 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1.png 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\"><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20687%201024%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-95552 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20687%201024%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-687x1024.png 687w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-768x1145.png 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1.png 944w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse1-687x1024.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the restaurant\u2019s hostess stand, Marc Ange\u2019s Fantino wall sconce is paired with art by Joan Mir\u00f3. <br>Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/pabloenriquez.com\/\">Pablo Enriquez.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>West Channel road has long been the go-to for paparazzi hoping to catch a celebrity striding into Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi. Now there\u2019s a new spot for them to stake out. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musesantamonica.com\/\">Muse<\/a>, which started as a pop-up at U.S.C., has graduated, along with its founders, chef Fardad Khayami and his roommate David Gelland, to an elegant setting designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marc-ange.com\/\">Marc Ange Design Studio.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To carry out their vision\u2014innovative interpretations of classic French cuisine complemented by exquisite service and museum-quality art\u2014chef Khayami and bar director Gelland turned to Italian-born artist and designer Marc Ange to transform the intimate space, which offers seating for just 35 guests in the dining room and four at the marble-topped bar (there\u2019s also a private dining room that seats 12). Ange looked to chef Khayami\u2019s memories of growing up in London in a large Persian family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1024x679.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-95553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1536x1018.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-2048x1357.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1920x1272.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20679%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-95553 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20679%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1536x1018.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-2048x1357.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1920x1272.png 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse2-1024x679.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Fantino chandelier designed by Marc Ange dangles over the center of the intimate dining room. The Fantino wall sconces and the split-back velvet Fantino dining chairs were also designed by Marc Ange. Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/pabloenriquez.com\/\">Pablo Enriquez.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe began with his experiences of traveling\u2014from St-Tropez to Paris,\u201d he remembers. Ange then added his own memories: of a chic and wild childhood that vibrated between Paris and Rome and cultivated his love for the romanticism of early 20th-century European interiors and his fascination with the Surrealist movement. Finished with a whiff of California cool and a sprinkle of Hollywood glam, the result is a study in sensuality, washed in warm flesh tones and peppered, for its debut itineration, with a selection of artworks by renowned Catalan-Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Mir\u00f3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1024x680.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-95556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1536x1020.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-2048x1360.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1920x1275.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20680%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-95556 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20680%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1536x1020.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-2048x1360.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1920x1275.png 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muse3-1-1024x680.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marc Ange\u2019s Sfogliatella wall sconce illuminates the powder room. Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/pabloenriquez.com\/\">Pablo Enriquez.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Custom curved banquettes and substantial chairs upholstered in plush velvet, rich wood paneling, glowing sculptural bespoke sconces and fluted felt walls cocoon diners in comfort, heightening the voluptuous pleasures of a well-prepared and exquisitely presented meal. \u201cThere\u2019s a feeling of being suspended in time,\u201d Ange shares. \u201cThe idea was to create a world that allowed diners to lose themselves in the sensuality of their experience of beauty and texture, taste and conversation, where the outside world seems, for the moment, to disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3512,"featured_media":95555,"template":"","destination-region":[4827],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Melt Away | California Home+Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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