South Bay Beaches
This sprawling seafood market has been doing its thing on the north end of the Redondo pier since 1953. Take your pick from dozens of fresh fish, oysters…
Must-see restaurants in Los Angeles
Santa Monica
The name refers to the temperature of this restaurant's wood-fired pizza oven. Your job: follow the line into the big, splashy, marble-floored environs…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Mexican street food goes freestyle at this colorful, counter-service eatery. Here, al pastor tacos might ditch pork for cauliflower and ceviche tostadas…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Reserve ahead for a window table at fine-dining 71 Above, perched 950ft above Downtown streets. While it's difficult to upstage the views, chef Vartan…
Los Angeles
Modern, timber-lined Father's Office spills onto an outdoor patio, where you can sip any of 36 craft beers, munch on smoked eel, spread roasted bone…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Multiple magazines have named Marston's as having the best breakfast in LA and California, likely for its 'famous French toast' (sourdough with cornflakes…
San Fernando Valley
A neighborhood institution dishing out chili around a U-shaped counter since 1946. It's most popular served over spaghetti, but it'll do chili dogs,…
Los Feliz & Griffith Park
A culinary ménage à trois involving a boulangerie, bistro and lounge, Figaro channels fin-de-siècle Paris with its heavy framed mirrors, sidewalk tables…
Westlake & Koreatown
Unlike many of its competitors, this good-value, all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ joint takes reservations (the upstairs can get frustratingly loud so request a…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Knead is one of our favorite stalls at Grand Central Market, its just-made pasta singing in dishes such as sultry butternut squash ravioli with chili,…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Lo-fi, counter-service Fat Dragon pumps out tweaked takes on old-school American Chinese to the sound of hip-hop and woks. Chow down hearty, flavor-packed…
Los Angeles
Once Michael Jackson's chef, Akasha Richmond helms her eponymous eatery, a lofty, timber-meets-concrete space where seasonal, sustainable produce meets…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Yes, it has traditional Mediterranean dishes covered, but Momed (short for Modern Mediterranean) also melts avocado into its hummus, crafts shawarma from…
San Fernando Valley
Among the multitudes of Thai restaurants in LA this small storefront stands out for its Thai fusion cuisine. What's that, you ask? Think satay quesadillas…
Hollywood
A transporting taste of southern Thailand, friendly Jitlada peddles palate-pleasing crab curry and fried som tum (fried papaya salad). Regulars rave about…
San Fernando Valley
Pies from fruit to meat star at this reclaimed-wood-built shop in the NoHo Arts District. It's got all the standard comfort-food pies and quiches and…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
A low-key, industrial hangout with chipped steel bench, butcher's paper place mats and old-school classroom chairs, Bäco Mercat is known for its warm…
Santa Monica
One of our favorite places on Main, it does a white pizza loaded with crispy kale, and another with prosciutto and egg on a bed of mozzarella and Gruyère…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Beemer-steering girlfriends, celebrities and the generically cool flock to this farm-to-table kitchen, complete with attached gourmet deli. Locally…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
Tucked away in the Pine Tree Circle complex, it make a gorgeous warm goat-cheese salad (the cheese is breaded with panko and baked), a popular yellowfin…
Los Angeles
The Carfachia family has been running this old-school Italian deli for over 40 years, and everyone from local matriarchs to laborers and hipsters hit the…
South Bay Beaches
Sit in the flowery courtyard, or amid the Asian-inspired atmosphere, at this sanctuary where meat is a no-no and organic, local produce is plentiful…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
An adorable, locally loved cafe set just a mile over the Colorado Bridge from Old Pasadena. There's a diverse menu, from the Goddess Salad, to banh mi…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
In a small, simple, modern space packed with convivial locals, chef Zach Pollack delivers contemporary takes on regional Italian cooking. The pasta – made…
San Fernando Valley
Once set in Laurel Canyon, this long-loved Italian cafe serves salads, bison burgers and Italian sausage sandwiches, as well as some terrific pizzas and…
San Fernando Valley
Hidden in the Encino sprawl, it’s easy to miss this tiny pastry shop, but if you enjoy sweet, light, nutty, syrupy, crunchy desserts, you shouldn’t. These…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
This former vaudeville theater is now a casual, industrial-style bar and eatery packed with skinny jeans and beards. Local produce dominates the vegan…
Santa Monica
This LA-born fast-casual mini-chain sources ingredients from local, sustainable producers and serves them in cheery, fuss-free fashion. Get proteins …
Hollywood
Colorful, affable La Carmencita peddles delicious, made-from-scratch Baja Californian grub. Go easy on the house-made blue-corn tortilla chips as you'll…
Long Beach & San Pedro
From clerks to cops to city-council members, everybody’s got a soft spot for this unassuming joint where breakfasts and sandwiches are served in belt…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Sharing the same owners as its bigger neighbor, South Beverly Grill, this smart, handsome bar serves smashing cocktails, sandwiches, burgers and sushi to…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
This intimate, casual sushi bar bustles with lunchtime office workers. Behind the counter, bantering sushi masters prepare silky sushi and sashimi using…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Popular, loft-like Sage dishes out organic vegan fare, from a spicy buffalo-cauliflower salad and tempeh-loaded burger, to tacos stuffed with jackfruit …
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Modern, woody, warm – this gastropub is a good standby if you're catching a film at the adjoining Landmark Theatres. The menu's focus is quality comfort…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Among the best diversions in the Japanese Village Plaza is this terrific donut-shop-turned-cafe serving blueberry mocha and green-tea roti (Malaysian…
Los Angeles
This new, central spot does Mexican standards and cooking with an island twist such as ancho-chile spiced shrimp served with avocado, greens, cucumber and…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Like its home, the Standard Hotel, Alma's a hub of millennial cool. Menus feature hipster standards during the day – think avocado toast, chicken club or…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
This brightly painted, artsy-adorable Japanese-fusion cafe (enter just south of Wilshire Blvd) serves sashimi salads, udon, rice bowls piled with miso…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
A back-alley marble, oak and leather steak house where Hollywood heavyweights – who flock here from nearby agencies – slug it out over lunch. While it's…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
In the basement food hall of City National Plaza, trendy Lemonade offers the Cafeteria 2.0 experience – counter slop ditched for super-fresh gourmet grub…
