The Dolce Group is a Los Angeles based restaurant and nightlife team that ranks among the leading hospitality groups in the country. With a slew of sophisticated restaurants and nightclubs in Hollywood and beyond, The Dolce Group has begun to expand their multi-million dollar restaurant empire across the country.
Longtime best friends and entrepreneurs Lonnie Moore & Mike Malin fulfilled a lifelong dream to open a bar in 2001 when they opened a small tapas lounge called Belly on Los Angeles' Santa Monica Boulevard. Belly was built on equal parts sweat and credit card debt, and soon became a popular industry hangout. Belly reigned as a top nightclub and well respected lounge before closing in 2004, with Malin and Moore looking to focus more specifically on the restaurant industry.
Following the success of Belly, Moore and Malin formed The Dolce Group in 2003 and opened their first restaurant, Dolce Enoteca e Ristorante, in West Hollywood.