Studio City loves the place, ordering up scores of innovative small plates that span global flavors. Oh, and the sleek, but approachable dining room surely helps the experience. Read more.
The to-go extension of Gjelina, this too-cool-for-school pizzeria and sandwich spot makes some very good pizzas, albeit at an eye-poppingly expensive price. Read more.
A Taiwanese outpost in the heart of Silver Lake, Vivian Ku's bright, beautiful restaurant continues to draw crowds craving noodles, dumplings, and other familiar comfort fare along Sunset Blvd. Read more.
Ray Garcia's innovative take on Mexican cuisine. While the tacos are near perfection, the rest of the menu offers the ideal complements to the tortilla-based fare. Read more.
It’s all about decadence at Culver City’s The Cannibal. The grilled s’mores French toast offered at brunch is topped with chocolate, graham, and whipped crème fraiche. Read more.
There's loud tunes, a well-dressed crowd, and boozy cereal milk. It's all you need after a night out on the boulevard. Hours currently run 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday to Saturday. Read more.
Hollywood's favorite doughnut shop tops their fried dough treats with chocolate, toasted marshmallow, and graham cracker pieces. Read more.
Possibly the most pleasant place to have breakfast in LA, the glorious light in the mornings is hard to beat. Throw in pitch perfect pastries and favorites like croque madame and wild mushroom toast. Read more.
Opens every morning at 6:30 a.m. with just coffee and pastries, then ventures on to classics like ricotta toast and sorrel pesto rice at 8 a.m. Don't miss that crispy rice salad, either. Read more.
The offerings aren't very wide here, but what they do have will be both substantial and nutritious. Have a thick house-baked slice of toast slathered with nut butter and date-molasses syrup. Read more.
This expansive bakeshop brings great daily breakfast like malted milk pancakes, fried egg sandwich with Old Bay remoulade, and chilaquiles. Don't forget to try some of the baked goods along the way. Read more.
Continually packed, this focused seafood endeavor in Manhattan Beach has everything from pristine shellfish to imaginative composed dishes that span world flavors. Read more.
Possibly the best daily breakfast in the city, if you can endure the general lack of seating and crowds, the menu includes breakfast sandwiches, cured fish, steak & eggs, and multi-grain porridge. Read more.
While things like breakfast pizza show up on the menu, find their version of avocado toast, granola, and other various Italian-American-slanted sweets on the morning bill of fare. Read more.
Pro tip: try the #54, a blend of both the pastrami and corned beef in one sandwich. And don't skip the rest of the classic Jewish deli menu - it's all very well executed. Read more.
This bright, airy spot does a fantastic breakfast with wood-fired asparagus with sunny-side up eggs, breakfast pizza with house sausage and potatoes, or a baked eggs skillet with pepperonata. Read more.
With a cadre of excellent Thai dishes in a fun, convivial atmosphere, Night + Market Song is the place to be any night of the week. Just remember that things might be a little spicier than you expect. Read more.
Petit Trois has already become the most talked about French restaurant in the city. Try the omelette, steak frites, escargot; pretty much everything on the tight menu is worth ordering. Read more.
Nancy Silverton's authentic ingredients, day-to-day consistency, and innovative crust, made Pizzeria Mozza the crux upon which all pizzadom currently stands in Los Angeles. Read more.
Though the prices aren't necessarily what one might call "everyday," the attention to detail and the flavors are worthy of a two-Michelin starred chef. Come with a crew to lesson the cost. Read more.
The fare is approachable, but polished, evincing Hollingsworth's vision for refined dining through a more casual lens. Read more.
Though breakfast hours commence at 9 a.m., the offerings are fantastic from the get go. Try the blueberry pancakes or chicken milanese slathered with maggi ranch. Read more.
You can get fried eggs over bacon and crispy rice if you’d like, or stick with a fried chicken sandwich that comes wrapped in a scallion bun. Read more.
Instead of relying on powders and mixes, Schwartz and his team will be crafting true soft serve from scratch, and making the ingredients in house as well. Read more.
Step inside and you’ll find what has become the expanding restaurant franchise’s signature look of brushed metals and lots of red and white. It’s a nod to the brand’s original as a NYC street cart. Read more.
This modern, airy space captures the zeitgeist of fast-casual cooking with moderate prices in a flexible space. Come for a well-grilled burger or tuna melt, and stay for the excellent house-made pies. Read more.
Bring friends to share dishes like the majestic pot au feu that ripples with pho spices; lamb breast tingling from Sichuan peppercorn, cumin, and sambal; and laksa & the Malaysian seafood noodle soup Read more.
Bustling every morning for breakfast, which could include Verve coffee with house-baked pastries, or something more substantial like the epic breakfast sandwich with thick slabs of pork belly. Read more.
Brian Dunsmoor's ode to Southern cooking continues to produce some of the city's finest American cuisine, with a bent toward using fresh produce and deep flavors. Read more.
This all-ramen restaurant from the popular izakaya just across the street serves a completely different bowl here, using thick noodles and a dense, porky broth that's chock full of garlic. Read more.
With just 25 seats in the diminutive restaurant, Stone takes one ingredient per month and makes an entire nine-course tasting menu based on that seasonal ingredient. Read more.
The pizzas are top notch, the wine program is next level, and the cocktails are worth boasting about. But the pastas and plates are really what brings people back every day and every week. Read more.
A meat den through and through, Salt's Cure serves a killer weekend breakfast along with what may be the city’s single best weeknight pork chop — best enjoyed with a glass of wine, of course. Read more.
The Original Pantry never closes — and never loses a step. Stop in any time (ideally late at night when the tourists have disappeared) for some steak and eggs and a good time. Read more.
With creative takes on Mexican-American cuisine, plus a killer evening ambiance, Broken Spanish is the grown up restaurant Downtown LA desperately needed. Read more.