Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Basic, compact, tile-floored Gigo's could really use a lick of paint. But you're here for the steamy, fragrant pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), sought after…
Must-see restaurants in Los Angeles
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
This new burger joint stacks them double, and the burgers top out at $10 – a nice surprise for Malibu. The CEO burger blends Wagyu and brisket burgers…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
This fantastic little concrete-floor pub has a stainless-steel bar and patio seating. It pours craftsman draft brews, hand cuts and sizzles its fries in…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
A Playa del Rey classic, with a knotted-wood bar, TVs strobing sports, and porthole windows inside, as well as a sunshine patio out back. But the crowds…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
The South Pas branch of this homey Mexican bakery serves classic south-of-the border rolls, breads and not-too-sweet sweets, plus cakes such as dulce de…
Los Feliz & Griffith Park
Channeling an American Gothic vibe, this brooding, pocket-sized pizza joint remains a hit with locals hankering for pie. Personally, we think there are…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
A dependably good, classic Italian kitchen in the heart of Cross Creek, with ample patio seating, good wines and pastas, and almost always a full house…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Cool your jets in the heart of Old Pasadena with some of LA's hippest purveyors of sweets and treats assembled under one roof. Amid the space's downtown…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Get your kicks at this original 1915 soda fountain right on Route 66. Slurp an old-fashioned ‘phosphate' (flavored syrup, soda water and ‘secret potion')…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
One of the most popular lunch spots in Brentwood, where Tuscan spinach salads are tossed with caramelized walnuts, and grilled portobello sandwiches are…
Los Angeles
Across from Avalon's golf course and en route to the botanic gardens, this snack bar is nothing fancy (omelets, burgers and such served outdoors), but the…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Consider the chicken mole plate, contemplate the tacos and tamales, then order an authentic torta smeared with black-bean paste and piled with avocado,…
Los Angeles
This family-owned vegetarian steam table serves chunky, cheap samosas, as well as more substantial dishes such as charcoal-smoked cauliflower daal, aloo…
Westlake & Koreatown
Sure it’s called the Tofu House, but it still serves ‘small intestine of cattle.' While not the best Korean in the neighborhood, it's a decent standby if…
Long Beach & San Pedro
Terrific, affordable seafood house. Step to the counter and order yellowtail, salmon, trout, mahi mahi or halibut glazed and grilled and served with two…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Even back when DTLA was more dodgy than hip, this cafe was bringing the goodness 24 hours a day. Snub the salads (huge but generally bland) for the…
Los Angeles
The menus are composition-book mock-ups and the food is gastro-pub deluxe. We're talking burgers, skirt-steak tacos, shrimp grits and a nice fried jidori…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Landmark doggeria (since 1939) with glacially moving lines thanks to the droves who descend for garlicky, all-beef frankfurters, painted with mustard,…
Hollywood
Spawned from the long-running, widely loved, farmers-market taco stand of the same name, this version offers a casual-smart ambience and a ceviche bar…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
The best eats on the boardwalk. Here you can munch shiitake omelets made with organic eggs, ginger noodles, or a pesto-brushed, arugula-dressed salmon…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
The coincidence is almost too perfect. The name of this from-Italy gelato place is surf-speak for a talented kid, and it specializes in all-natural ice…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
As funky and flavorful as Chinatown gets, this broke-down deli is deadly serious about its whole, quartered Peking duck and tangy spareribs, which are…
Los Angeles
Right on Green Pier is this classic waterside snack bar for burgers (including buffalo burgers), burritos, fish and chips and funnel cakes.
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Just off Mariachi Plaza, this upbeat, pocket-sized taco peddler is a hit for its al pastor and cinnamon-spiked chorizo tacos.
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
Stock up on natural and organic groceries, prepared and packaged foods and delectable baked goods from muffins to macarons.
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
There's nothing fancy about this throwback to a simpler time in the heart of Topanga Village, but the store sells pretty much all the necessities: craft…
