We’ve got to admit it: L.A. is currently one of the most exciting cities in America to eat. In addition to endlessly incredible Thai, Mexican, Taiwanese, and Persian scenes, there is so much fresh experimentation going on at places like Gjusta and Sqirl that it’s hard not to succumb to the whole lifestyle envy thing.
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The Hit List
Los Angeles
Freedman's
The Silver Lake Jewish deli that successfully straddles old-school and new-wave
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Hotel Covell
A very ‘grammable boutique hotel in Los Feliz, with the coziest wine bar
Lodge Bread
All of the carbs in Culver City
Now Serving
Chinatown’s darling cookbook (and ceramics!) shop
Santa Monica Farmers Market
The farmers market that will ruin you for all other farmers markets
Everson Royce Bar
Wind down with chefs at this Arts District bar
Botanica
Spend the whole day in Silver Lake at this breezy, vegetable-laden all-day spot
Park’s BBQ
A Korean barbecue king in Koreatown
Philippe the Original
Dip to your heart’s content at this legendary Downtown L.A. sandwich shop
Felix
Pasta paradise in Venice
Marugame Monzo
Perfectly chewy, handmade udon in Little Tokyo
Destroyer
LA essentials—from avocado toast to grain bowls—like you’ve never seen (or tasted) before
Kismet
Mediterranean family-style feasting from morning to night
P.Y.T.
Pretty young turnips…and every other veg that Southern California can grow
Shibumi
Kappo-style Japanese takes Downtown L.A.
RiceBar
Everything’s coming up rice bowls in downtown L.A.
Winsome
L.A. plays itself at this whimsical Echo Park café
Trois Familia
Where Silver Lake goes for French-Mexican-Californian brunch
Moruno
A slice of Seville in The Original Farmers’ Market
Son of a Gun
The seaside homage from L.A.’s most dynamic chef duo (and home to a great chicken sandwich)
Cassia
A little spice makes bistro food nice at this Santa Monica showstopper
Chateau Marmont
The Hollywood experience
The Restaurant at Chateau Marmont
Instant glamour
Surfas
The one-stop shop for all your kitchenware and gourmet food dreams
Formerly Yes
The perfectly edited collection of home and table goods
Tortoise General Store
Venice Beach's answer to cool Japanese design
Ace Hotel DTLA
A hipster wonderland with a juice bar in the lobby and acoustic guitars in the rooms
Cognoscenti
Super-seasonal coffee beans with a laser focus on flavor
G&B
Downtown’s best coffee bar just happens to be surrounded by great food
Go Get Em Tiger
Four-shot espresso milkshakes and addictive nut milk pack ’em in
Tiki-Ti
Everything you love about dive bars—plus paper umbrellas—in Los Feliz
The Walker Inn
For when you want something quiet, cool, and intimate in Koreatown
Grand Central Market
L.A.’s best bites under one downtown roof
Providence
L.A.’s most upscale restaurant serves, hands-down, the best seafood in town
Langer's
L.A.’s unbeatable pastrami sandwich (sorry Katz's)
Osteria Mozza
Dress up, eat cheese: It’s the place that revolutionized Italian in L.A.
Guisados
The best tacos in taco town—don't miss the cochinita pibil
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