Brunch

Highly Likely West Adams Los Angeles

Highly Likely

Highly Likely comes from the mind of Cary Mosier, formerly at Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre: she kept the vibe and added a bit of animal protein. Expect creole recipes in homage to the West Adams neighborhood, Japanese inspirations and...
Hail Mary Pizza Atwater Village Los Angeles

Hail Mary Pizza

Hail Mary is very religious about pizzas. The dough is fermented and given enough time to rise, using wild yeasts and organic gains. Each pizza has a crisp crust with puffy edges, and covered with fresh ingredients from the Santa...
Adams Coffee Shop West Adams Los Angeles

Adams Coffee Shop

Adams Coffee Shop is an homage to the coffee shop’s role in American culture as an approachable meeting place that’s open to all. Adjacent to sister restaurant Alta Adams, it is also helmed by DC Patterson and LocoL alum Keith...
Orsa & Winston Downtown Los Angeles

Orsa & Winston

Orsa & Winston (named after the chef’s dogs) is a mix of Italian and Japanese influences, with creative pasta, seafood stews, donabe and breakfast omakase. It is the more formal spot from Josef Centeno, who reigns over Downtown LA with...
The Old Place Malibu Los Angeles

The Old Place

The Old Place feels like a frontier saloon, with the bustling noise of patrons ordering beer and a live music band outside — which comes in handy when you have to wait, although everyone here needs a reservation to get...
Great White Venice Los Angeles

Great White

Blue algae smoothies? Check. On-tap kombucha? Check. Kale salads and grain bowls? Check. Turmeric Latte? Avo toast? Fish tacos? Check, check, check. This Aussie all-day café seems to be ticking all the boxes, and it does it well. Come early...
Jewel Silverlake Los Angeles

Jewel

Jewel is a hidden gem. A few minutes from Sqirl, where people wait up to an hour for brunch, you’ll find some of the best food in the neighborhood: best because it tastes good, but it also makes you feel...
Friends and Family East Hollywood Los Angeles

Friends & Family

Los Angeles has waited and waited for chef Daniel Mattern and baker Roxana Jullapat (formerly at Campanile, A.O.C., and Cooks County) to open their restaurant. But Friends & Family is a hybrid space, somewhere between a shop and place to...
Taco Maria Costa Mesa Los Angeles

Taco Maria

What if the best restaurant in Los Angeles restaurant was not actually in Los Angeles? It’s not really our style to play favorites, but the hour drive that separates L.A. from Costa Mesa almost (we said almost) becomes a pleasure...
Lodge Bread Co Culver City Los Angeles

Lodge Bread Co

“NO BAD VIBES!” says proudly (and loudly) the slate on Lodge Bread Co’s main wall. Only good vibrations for these Culver City Beach Boys who decided to make their bread with a sixteen-hour fermentation using a wild yeast. Alan Craig,...