Lalibela
Lalibela has the most charming terrace on Little Ethiopia, with three mosaic tables, small trees and a few string lights. Choose the ‘veggie utopia’ to share (a mix of lentils, potatoes, and some greens…) and meat dishes to add on...
Open on Mondays
Chi Spacca
Could one of the best Italian restaurants not have a single pasta or pizza dish on the menu? Meet Chi Spacca. If you’ve had the chance of visiting Dario Cecchini’s Antica Macelleria, this is the closest you’ll come to carnivore’s...
Sweet Rose Creamery
Ranking #2 after the Smurf flavor (which can be found in the best gelaterias in Rome), the mint flavor is probably the most hazardous choice one can make when ordering an ice cream cone. An After Eight taste which anaesthetizes...
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?...
Guelaguetza
Very fun fact: the URL of Guelaguetza’s website is “i love mole dot com “. Before even setting foot in this Mexican temple of Koreatown, we’re already conquered. Here’s another reason to love Guelaguetza: Jonathan Gold has nicknamed it “the...
71Above
It would be understandable to fear that a restaurant with stunning views might be a tourist trap. 71Above, the highest restaurant west of the Mississippi, is quite the opposite. The chef imagined two or three-coursed menus which almost distract you...
Everson Royce Bar
You never came to a bar to eat — but that was before Everson Royce Bar. Yes, their cocktails are irreproachable but crowds flock here for a dripping burger, melt-in-your-mouth roasted pork belly or hamachi tostadas when midnight has already...
Bestia
Slow and steady may win the race, but at Bestia you must run fast to snap a table. More like trying to book three months in advance for a table of four on a Saturday night… A few lucky ones...
Badmaash
Badmaash is nothing like your typical Indian restaurant — quite the opposite. Bollywood films projected on its walls, an gigantic Andy Warhol-style painting of Gandhi wearing Wayfarers… you feel more in Brick Lane than Downtown LA! The menu’s funky too:...
Matsuhisa
Welcome to the mothership. The first restaurant of Nobu Matsuhisa, whose first name has since become an empire. Matsuhisa influenced hundreds of restaurants around the world: whenever you see sashimi with jalapeño on a menu, that’s him. Same goes for...