Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Meaning 'sky' in Japanese, Sora is a rather fitting name for this conveyor-belt sushi spot 69 stories up. It's hard to decide what's more eye-catching:…
Must-see restaurants in Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
In a modernist pavilion beside the Broad is this fun, of-the-moment hot spot helmed by chef Timothy Hollingsworth. Prime ingredients conspire in…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
This it-kid inside the Hauser & Wirth arts complex boasts a woody warm, loftlike space and an oft-tweaked menu that beautifully fuses California meats,…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Hidden down a seemingly barren street is this stylish northern Italian restaurant, an expansive industrial space with rustic wooden accents. Stacked logs…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
In a once-abandoned Arts District corner, this loud, buzzing, industrial dining space is one of the most sought-after reservations in town; book at least…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Guisados' citywide fame is founded on its tacos de guisados: warm, thick, nixtamal tortillas made to order and topped with sultry, smoky, slow-cooked…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Tucked away on a still-ungentrified corner is this gem with a leafy heated patio and tremendous Italian slow-cooked food. Don't miss the polpettine di…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Despite retro design nods such as concrete blocks, macrame plant hangers and terracotta lampshades, Ray Garcia's sleek Downtown eatery is all about…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Designed by prolific architect John Parkinson and once home to an office occupied by Frank Lloyd Wright, LA's beaux arts market hall has been satisfying…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Come early to grab a table at this classic sushi spot, where bantering Japanese chefs carve thick slabs of melt-in-your-mouth salmon, buttery toro (tuna…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
You'll find the greatest shrimp taco of your life at no-frills Mariscos 4 Vientos. Order from the truck (if you're in a hurry) or grab a table inside the…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Sushi and sashimi hit dizzying highs at this omakase heavyweight, where bite-sized bliss comes from the likes of tender octopus braised in sake and brown…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
It's hard to overstate the phenomenon that is Howlin' Ray's. Customers gladly queue for two hours or more – check Twitter for current wait times – at this…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Progressive, well-executed Italo-Asian fusion rules the roost here. Grain bowls feature on the simpler lunch menu – choose your base (quinoa, barley,…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Chef Gavin Mills' perfectionism shows in Miro’s pan-Mediterranean, North African–influenced menu, a regularly changing selection of house-made charcuterie…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Chego is a casual, counter-service, brick-and-mortar outlet by chef Roy Choi, king of LA's food truck movement. While his Kogi truck brought the world…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
An atmospheric old basement tavern with vintage vinyl booths, original glass lighting and historic photos, Cole's is one of two restaurants in LA claiming…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
This tiny taco shack in the heart of DTLA has heaps of hipster cred: retro neon sign, Astroturf, picnic tables and Airstream trailer in the parking lot…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Hip-hop meets Taiwan in this counter-service shop in Chinatown. Chef Eddie Huang, who became famous for his memoir Fresh off the Boat (basis of the TV…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
San Gabriel Valley–born-and-bred chef Tin Vuong has broken the mold with this modern Singaporean-style, pan-Asian bistro. The ever-changing share-plate…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Divided into a patisserie, bar and dining room, this sprawling, loft-like space recalls the grand cafes of northern Italy: dapper barkeeps pour Aperol…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
One of several Downtown restaurants run by Josef Centeno, Bar Amá cooks up smashing, sophisticated Tex-Mex grub. Lick lips and fingers over queso (a…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Mouthwatering Thai street food is crafted from organic and free-range ingredients and quality oils in the fabulous Grand Central Market. Drool over…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
In the Grand Central Market, Valerie keeps the crowds purring with its salted-caramel bread pudding, jars of chocolate pudding and perfect petit fours…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Chef Micah Wexler's original back-to-basics deli doles out old-school Jewish classics such as house-smoked fish, pastrami, corned beef and turkey on an…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
A classic breakfast counter has been brought back to life by local foodie punks who, among other things, stuff house-made turkey sausage, eggs and mustard…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
This hectic stall peddles flawless falafel sandwiches. The flatbread is rolled and grilled fresh, then filled with pillowy falafel with just the right…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
If you're partial to Japanese noodles, follow your nose to this funky Little Tokyo diner. You can smell the scallions and bubbling broth from the sidewalk…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Named for the intersection of 5th and Main, termed ‘the Nickel’ by nearby Skid Row residents who used to come to this corner for their daily meds, this…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
We love it all: the hand-picked china, the cracked terrazzo floor, and the fact that the affable Brazilian owner-operator is still chefing it up. Her pork…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
If you care to step up from ramen to udon, slip into this special udon emporium, where the noodles are made fresh in the open kitchen. Appetizers include…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
In the Cooper Design Space building, Market peddles breakfast dishes, creative salads, sandwiches and burgers using mostly seasonal ingredients. Whether…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Yes, it's a very humble hot-pot joint with limited seating around a horseshoe bar illuminated with florescent lights, yet Shabu Shabu House is always…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
This upbeat kitchen churns out fresh and tasty Vietnamese food on the cheap. Start with the goi cuon (shrimp and pork spring rolls) and follow it with…
