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Sage Vegan Bistro Echo Park Los Angeles

Sage Vegan Bistro

The original Sage Vegan Bistro location in Echo Park is an Eastside fixture and a staple in the vegan food scene. But don’t get vegan confused with über-healthy or dainty; Sage serves some of the heartiest and most wickedly satisfying...
Bulgarini Gelato Pasadena Los Angeles

Bulgarini Gelato

Ever since the Chef’s Table episode featuring Corrado Assenza was released, we’ve been having restless dreams about Sicilian pistachio gelato and large bowls of almond granita. After a bit of searching, and a lot of tasting, we found the best...
Salt & Straw Larchmont Los Angeles

Salt & Straw

L.A. no longer needs to envy Portland, the hipster-foodie capital of the West Coast: we now have Stumptown, Blue Star Donuts, and Salt & Straw. However when they moved to California, Salt & Straw came with the 20-minute regulatory line in...
Side Chick Arcadia Los Angeles

Side Chick

In the outdoor section of Westfield’s food court, there’s a chicken connoisseur: Johnny Lee, barely 30, cooks some of the best Hainan chicken in Los Angeles. There are other Chinese and Singaporean specialties, but we come here for the chicken...
Osawa Pasadena Los Angeles

Osawa

The best Japanese restaurants in Los Angeles are hard to find, and Osawa is no exception: hidden away in Pasadena, like Katsu-ya in the Valley and Sushi Gen in Little Tokyo’s maze. The menu is quite simple: izakaya appetizers (called...
Union Pasadena Los Angeles

Union

One must deserve a dinner Union, mainly by booking it days in advance. These squid-ink garganelli with lobster, fennel, Meyer lemon and truffle butter may play hard-to-get on a Saturday night, just like the beautiful spaghetti alla chitarra. You could...
Superba Food + Bread Venice Los Angeles

Superba Food + Bread

Superba is a large restaurant open all day, but you’ll want to go there around pastry time. The patio and large wooden tables welcome all the freelancers in Venice, they usually come with their iMacs and their desire to launch...
Carmela West Hollywood Los Angeles

Carmela

Two words for you (well, three): ice cream sandwich. A scoop of Carmela ice cream between two cookies, a delicious ménage à trois. The Carmela founders had anticipated the artisan ice cream trend, starting their food truck at the Hollywood...