Early on a Sunday evening in July, a long line of smartly dressed guests wraps around the outside of Josiah Citrin’s California-French fine-dining restaurants Mélisse and Citrin in Santa Monica.

La Grenouille, the epitome of fine French dining, has been transformed into a delicious Chinese restaurant — but it still looks the same By . Steve Cuozzo. Published June 5, ...

San Bruno has a new French-Japanese fine dining restaurant Hapa Bistro offers two four-course seatings per night, with lunch service on the way.