Rossoblu tells the story of two places Chef Steve Samson considers home: Los Angeles and Bologna. This is an homage to Samson’s heritage, inspired by childhood memories. The menu features handmade pastas, market-fresh produce, and an extensive in-house butchery and salumi program. The wine list offers unique varietals with a focus on family-owned, grower wineries. Rossoblu is a true owner-operator restaurant with Steve’s wife Dina Samson helming marketing and finance, and long-time friend and partner, Hans Luttmann, leading operations and fostering a hospitality culture based on excellence and compassion.

Superfine Pizza uniquely combines the old world’s and new world’s finest pizza-making traditions. We’ve picked our favorite elements from each and bolstered them with the freshness of our local produce to create a blended trifecta of deliciousness. We think it’s much better than fine.

We strive to make delicious pizza: starting with raw material, fine-tuning the process, sweating the details, perfecting the craft. When it all comes together in a simple pie, we love how happy it makes us.

We have launched a new neighborhood California Osteria concept, Our first location is in Playa Vista, hence the name Superfine Playa.

Co-Founded by Dina Samson and eight other female restaurant owners, RE:Her is a charitable organization for women-owned restaurants in Los Angeles, created by women who own restaurants in Los Angeles, in response to how COVID-19 has impacted our businesses and our communities.

RE:Her is committed to advancing women in the restaurant industry and, long-term, aims to provide small business grants, mentorship, and resources to women in our industry, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

RE:Her is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fund so all donations are tax-deductible.

Co-Founded by Dina Samson and 9 other hospitality industry professional in April 2020, the Independent Hospitality Coalition (IHC) represents independent restaurants, bars, hotels, and clubs throughout greater Los Angeles.

The IHC provides a unified voice for the hospitality industry focusing on local and state government initiatives. We use our intimate knowledge of the industry to advocate for small business hospitality policy.

The IHC is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization.

FeedLoveLA is a collaboration of restaurant professionals committed to feeding our communities in moments of need. With a generous donation from the Aileen Getty Foundation, Dina and Steve Samson co-founded FEEDLoveLA with fellow restaurateurs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis of Bestia and Bavel, and Christian Page and Elia Aboumrad of Cassell’s.

We dedicate ourselves to providing nourishment, a sense of security, and empowering individuals and their families.

Through the sharing of food, we seek to inspire moments of optimism, caring action, and empathetic connection.

We work with donors and purveyor partnerships to collect and distribute supplies to those at the greatest risk of becoming food insecure.  

FEEDloveLA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fund so all donations are tax-deductible.