Eater La really went wild today with not one, but TWO posts on Superba and Jason Neroni.  :)

Paul Hibler and Jason Neroni of Superba Snack Bar

When Paul Hibler (Pitfire Pizza) teamed up with chef Jason Neroni (Osteria La Buca), together the duo decided they wanted to open a neighborhood-friendly restaurant. The entire concept and name were practically conceived on the fly, and Superba Snack Bar is the result of those early interactions. Now, after about a year of serving Venice’s Rose Avenue enclave, the pair have their sights set on transforming the area’s perception of quality food and drink. Hibler and Neroni sit down with Eater to talk about Superba’s first year and what’s going to develop in the coming months at Superba Food & Bread.

How did you guys meet? Jason: At the Paramount backlot. I was doing an event there, The Taste, and I was serving elote corn with jalapeño butter. Paul eventually came by Osteria La Buca, where I was chef at the time, and we hit it off.  READ MORE

I can’t hide it - I love Superba.  I love Jason Neroni.  I love his pasta.  I even love Rose Ave.  Soon, there will be even more Superba to love!!!

Superba Food & Bread

After chatting with Paul Hibler and chef Jason Neroni earlier and learning more about their forthcoming Superba Food & Bread, Eater decided to hit up the restaurant’s proposed locale, a former auto body shop on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice. A very cool and creative site for a restaurant. Cal Asia has signed up to managing the building’s construction/renovation, and Design, Bitches, who colored Superba Snack Bar (and won an AIA award for their vision) is onboard here again for design. On their website they have a bunch of renderings which depict Superba Food & Bread as a promising social hub with an exposed ceiling and open layout. It looks like they’ll retain some of the auto shop’s original bones, while updating the space with an overall industrial vintage aesthetic. The goal is to open by the end of this year.  READ MORE

Free S’Mores at Superba

To celebrate their one year anniversary, Superba is giving away a free S’More to each table all weekend starting tonight (Thursday).  Yippee!!

From LA Weekly: Jason Neroni’s Superba Snack Bar is turning a year-old on Friday, July 19, and in celebration the chef-owner will be giving complimentary s’mores tomorrow through Sunday during brunch, lunch and dinner. A diner favorite, the campfire classic has been reinterpreted as a dessert in a jar. Chocolate pudding is sprinkled with crushed graham crackers then topped with smoked marshmallow. Each table will be given one order to share.

Superba Snack Bar was named an Essential Restaurant by the Weekly earlier this year. In her review of the Venice restaurant last September, our critic Besha Rodell found that “while Superba’s charm is all about atmosphere on first look, there’s some damn good food waiting to back up that atmospheric promise.”