Botanica
If it’s your first time at Botanica, avoid the weekend brunch and pretend you’re a regular: go for a weekday breakfast or an ‘apéro’. Sit on the patio, and you’ll be at the epicenter of the Silverlake trend: millennial pink...
Brunch
The Exchange
The Exchange, aka the restaurant at the bottom of the very-very-cool Freehand Hotel, could have been a simple lobby restaurant serving club sandwiches all day and club sodas all night. But when the Sino-Mexican chef Alex Chang meets the Israeli...
Otium
Otium is the stunning cube of wood and steel right by the Broad on Brand Avenue, aka LA’s very own museum row. At the helm of this giant art piece (filled with natural light, Damien Hirst paintings and an olive...
Destroyer
“At Destroyer, the food are so beautiful you don’t even want to eat it!” Is that a good or a bad thing though? Would you say that a song is so good that you don’t want to listen to it?...
The Butcher’s Daughter
As the name does not suggest, The Butcher’s Daughter is a vegan canteen. From their first shop in Nolita, they kept the most popular dishes: spicy kale Caesar, black bean burger and the famous smashed avocado toast — there’s even...
Kismet
While the Israeli trend is already feeding hungry souls in New York City, Philadelphia and New Orleans (with Zahav, Dizengoff, Shaya…), Los Angeles is ready to compete: Bestia’s Ori Menashe promises to open an Israeli restaurant in the Arts District,...
The Sycamore Kitchen
On La Brea, a small brick patio hides an excellent pastry shop, just like Tartine Bakery a few blocks North. Don’t be fooled by all the young ladies flocking to The Sycamore Kitchen for a Stumptown Cappuccino after their yoga...
Jon & Vinny’s
We don’t know why we always come back to Jon & Vinny’s. For the pretty faces of their staff, where any killer smile almost makes us choke on a meatball? For their meatballs just as big as a fist and...
Connie & Ted’s
If you’ve never set foot at Connie & Ted’s, cancel your Saturday plans immediately, and pick up your phone to book a table for brunch. You’ll be on the patio, sipping a $5 Bloody Mary while Michael Cimarusti of Providence...
Huckleberry
Some love the smell of napalm in the morning, we’re much more into croissants. And God knows a good croissant is hard to find in LA. Rustic Canyon pastry chef Zoe Nathan, trained at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, masters...