"We started getting more people in the restaurant. It was nice being cozy, but also nice getting the opportunity to get bigger and receive more people. According to co-owner Federico Laboureau, the team behind Fuegos simply needed the room to accommodate growing demand following the restaurant's increased visibility."
"Laboureau and his partner in work and life, Maximillian Pizzi (who is also a production designer), took over the adjacent space in November. The pair has a long career working on television and movie sets, including on Yara Shahidi's Day Off and the BET Hip-Hop Awards, and know from those experiences how to construct and complete a set within two days."
"During the 2023 writer and actor strikes, Laboureau and Pizzi found themselves in need of work. Fuegos is the duo's first entry into the food space. Their pop-up-to-permanent path began by selling empanadas out of their home kitchen in 2023, then evolved as demand increased."
Fuegos LA, a South Los Angeles Argentine restaurant co-owned by production designers Federico Laboureau and Maximillian Pizzi, expanded into an adjacent space in late February, tripling its indoor seating capacity to 60. The expansion capitalizes on momentum from the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show production work. Laboureau and Pizzi, who worked on television and film sets including Yara Shahidi's Day Off and the BET Hip-Hop Awards, launched Fuegos during the 2023 entertainment strikes. The restaurant began as a home-kitchen empanada operation in 2023, evolved to third-party delivery sales, and opened permanently on Western Avenue in 2024. The menu features traditional Argentine offerings including empanadas, milanesa sandwiches, choripán, and newly added entrañá ribeye steak with chimichurri and Argentine-style pizzas.
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