a very new york-like speakeasy feel in the back room here – you know, if you're feeling nostalgic for home. snag a table in one of the booths by the back wall and have them mix up your faves
A real party hotel. Stay on the third floor and be sure to eat dinner poolside. Fish tacos are yummy.
This place is a frat, they cleverly disguise it as a "Hotel", but it's really a frat
If you need a late meal, Animal is open until 2am on weekends. Food is great and they serve "PBR" in a can.-Michael Voltaggio, Top Chef
Every single menu item is delicious. If you can't decide, anything topped with jam will be a winner.
Michael Cimarusti, the extraordinary chef behind Providence in L.A., devised the menu for LA Mill owner Craig Min. More about its design and the science behind the beverages. Read more.
The hype continues to mount: Maybe it's the exquisite and (very) spicy street food, like pad thai, grilled fatty pig collar, and fried chicken wings, bathed in "rooster sauce." Read more.
Dedicated to Northern Thai cuisine consumed in a colorful 50-seat space. The chef has earned enough of a reputation for his flavor-packed plates to attract Angelenos from across the city. Read more.
The booze is also done tableside, with vintage PanAm drinks carts pedaling Kool Pops, a frozen Appletini or Sex on the Beach martini made cooler by the added flare of billowing liquid nitrogen. Read more.
The Sycamore Kitchen is the new breakfast-lunch project of Quinn and Karen Hatfield — it is the sandwich-shop offshoot of a restaurant with a Michelin star. Read more.
The uni toast is insane, the baguettes are absurd (Margarita is a pastry-chef), and the space has been reworked beautifully. Read more.
Casual nuevo-mexican food at it's finest. Tastiest tortas that have EVER met my lips. The pork loin torta and kobe beef torta are worthy to be tagged best sandwiches in LA.
Thanks to Mario Batali, Pizzeria Mozza serves the best pizza in town. Try the squash blossoms and the gorgonzola pie. Reservations are essential.
Roy Choi's Caribbean fusion brunch spot in Venice, with lots of jerk chicken and bottomless weekend mimosas.
Small dinner plates with a picnic feel from chef Roy Choi, with lots of cocktails and a perfect Beer Can Chicken.
Gastropub in Highland Park with plenty of tasty beers. Try the fried cauliflower and wings. Had a Caesar salad, it was enormous (though a little light on the shrimp). Great place to watch sports.
Locals love it. Super fresh, variety of fresh fish you pick raw and they cook. Hole in the wall with great food, superb view, vintage feel, painted picnic tables, get friend or Cajun. See ya here
Oh the drama! Definitely go the Villa for one of their Greek theater tragedy nights. Did I mention the architecture and gardens are to die for! Read more.
If you want to watch people dry F#** while watching the sunset...this is the place to do it.
Super fun! An extremely accessible but also provocative collection of modern and postmodern works and home of some of the coolest elevator and escalator rides in downtown Los Angeles. Enjoy.
Beef with noodles in broth is the main draw, and the fact that the restaurant sources its vegetables from their family farm makes it all the more trendy. Read more.
Pho has a rich, authentic broth despite the hipsters. The crispy egg rolls are good as a starter. Good service.
The fare is approachable, but polished, evincing Hollingsworth's vision for refined dining through a more casual lens. Read more.
Super well curated selection of industrial/minimal/cold/darkwave vinyl and tapes. Plenty of other genres too. Shop is kind of occult themed. Little pricey, but almost always worth it. Rare stuff.
Fantastic place w/ a great selection of rock, & soul records. Their grading system is always on point & I never have to worry about taking home a seemingly good record only to have it pop & skip.
You’ll think you’ve died and landed in the mid-20th century inside this Silver Lake boutique: ’60s school maps from Holland, Serge Gainsbourg LPs plus vintage hi-fis and sofas are regularly shipped.
Lives up to the hype. The foie gras ricotta is fcking amazing. Pork belly is a crispy chicharron x fatty goodness. Stuffed peppers, egg roe, and herb shaved ice are good. Skip the tapioca noodles.
