A Middle Easterntinged eatery from the Madcapra duo. Evan Funke's latest palace of pasta. An ecletic eatery from Umami Burger's creator ? with no burgers on the menu. An Indonesian small-plates restaurant. A kinda French kinda Californian mom-and-pop place in Venice. And many, many more. L.A. Weekly samples L.A.'s edible bounty year-round, and here are our favorite new spots from the first half of 2017.