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If you’ve ever wondered what happens when the world’s most famous restaurant drops into one of the most food-obsessed cities on earth, Los Angeles is about to find out.
René Redzepi’s legendary Copenhagen restaurant Noma is officially setting up a 16-week residency in Silver Lake from March 11 through June 26, 2026, bringing its famously obsessive approach to ingredients, fermentation and culinary experimentation to Southern California. And perhaps unsurprisingly, getting a seat will be harder than scoring Taylor Swift tickets and dinner will cost a cool $1,500 per person, all in.
The residency will unfold at a secret residential location revealed only to confirmed guests, with just 42 seats available per night, Tuesday through Friday. Reservations will open on Monday, January 26, at 9 am to Noma newsletter subscribers. If history is any guide, they’ll disappear in minutes.
For Redzepi, the move west has been a long time coming. “There are melting pots and then there is L.A.,” he said in a release. “It’s an epicenter of culture, art, and entertainment, with one of the most interesting and dynamic food scenes in the world.” The team has already spent months exploring the region, traveling from the Pacific coastline to desert outposts, and building a pantry that reflects Southern California’s wild diversity of flavors.
The menu, Redzepi promises, will feel like both classic Noma and something entirely new. “It will be our love letter to this region,” he said, adding that the team is exploring ingredients within a 300-mile radius of L.A. and building its test-kitchen pantry “completely from scratch with hundreds of flavors developed on the ground.”
The price tag is steep, but Noma has been open about why. Much of the cost goes toward relocating more than 130 staff members from Copenhagen, housing them in L.A. and, in some cases, covering their children's schooling, he told the Los Angeles Times. Profit, Redzepi has emphasized, isn’t the point.
Noma’s presence won’t be limited to a lucky few. Alongside the residency, the team will open a Noma Projects shop in Silver Lake, selling its popular sauces, garums and coffee, which will be the brand's first standalone retail space outside Denmark. MAD, Redzepi’s nonprofit food forum, will host talks and community gatherings across the city and collaborations with local chefs and creatives are also in the works. There will also be an industry table set aside nightly for hospitality professionals 25 and under to dine for free, plus partnerships with local nonprofits to offer mentorship and hands-on experience for students from underserved communities.
Most Angelenos won’t be eating at Noma this spring, but for five months, the city will get something almost as good: a front-row seat to one of the most influential culinary forces on the planet, cooking its way through L.A.