Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Essentials

May be the world's cheapest grocery store, just don't expect anything organic. But who cares when it's 10 avocados for $1?!
34 locals recommend
Superior Grocers
133 W Ave 45
34 locals recommend
May be the world's cheapest grocery store, just don't expect anything organic. But who cares when it's 10 avocados for $1?!
Best $1000 I ever spent on spirulina. Seriously, the nicest WF in the country. Innumerable food options and even a wine bar.
306 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
465 S Arroyo Pkwy
306 locals recommend
Best $1000 I ever spent on spirulina. Seriously, the nicest WF in the country. Innumerable food options and even a wine bar.
Emporium of rare sodas and candies with a deli and a great beer selection. A California's Gold/Huell Howser favorite. Go here and you'll find a goldmine of inexpensive gifts to take back home.
38 locals recommend
Galco's Old World Grocery
5702 York Blvd
38 locals recommend
Emporium of rare sodas and candies with a deli and a great beer selection. A California's Gold/Huell Howser favorite. Go here and you'll find a goldmine of inexpensive gifts to take back home.
Feel-good grocery shopping with lots of local and organic options.
55 locals recommend
Fresco Community Market
5914 Monterey Rd
55 locals recommend
Feel-good grocery shopping with lots of local and organic options.
Intelligentsia coffee, deli, smoothies, organic produce, beer and wine, all kinds of goodies. Amazing scratch breakfast burritos to fuel your adventures.
35 locals recommend
La Tropicana Market
5200 Monte Vista St
35 locals recommend
Intelligentsia coffee, deli, smoothies, organic produce, beer and wine, all kinds of goodies. Amazing scratch breakfast burritos to fuel your adventures.
One here and one in Eagle Rock.
202 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
345 S Lake Ave
202 locals recommend
One here and one in Eagle Rock.
Every craft beer under the moon. The Indian family that owns this is almost too stereotypical. They're great people.
Happy's Liquor & Market
807 N Avenue 50
Every craft beer under the moon. The Indian family that owns this is almost too stereotypical. They're great people.

Food Scene

Good coffee and food, nice place to eat outside on the York Blvd/hipster heaven strip.
76 locals recommend
The Highland Cafe
5010 York Blvd
76 locals recommend
Good coffee and food, nice place to eat outside on the York Blvd/hipster heaven strip.
Third wave coffee landmark in this area. Home of the horchata latte. Try it, you'll like it.
167 locals recommend
Cafe de Leche
5000 York Blvd
167 locals recommend
Third wave coffee landmark in this area. Home of the horchata latte. Try it, you'll like it.
Fidel is a neighborhood legend. Solid pie, nothing fancy.
Fidel's Pizza
307 N Avenue 50
Fidel is a neighborhood legend. Solid pie, nothing fancy.
Ex pro skater Salman Agah serves primo pies.
57 locals recommend
Pizzanista!
2019 E 7th St
57 locals recommend
Ex pro skater Salman Agah serves primo pies.
Pretty good wifi... But there are better coffees elsewhere.
35 locals recommend
Antigua
3400 N Figueroa St
35 locals recommend
Pretty good wifi... But there are better coffees elsewhere.
Excellent and inexpensive French meals and crepes, casual spot, bring a bottle of wine and you will not be disappointed.
13 locals recommend
Chez Antoine
5511 North Figueroa Street
13 locals recommend
Excellent and inexpensive French meals and crepes, casual spot, bring a bottle of wine and you will not be disappointed.
Fresh Vietnamese and pungent garlic fries.
73 locals recommend
Good Girl Dinette
110 North Avenue 56
73 locals recommend
Fresh Vietnamese and pungent garlic fries.
Big NYC chef opens small French restaurant. Kinda fancy for the neighborhood... I guess the hood is getting fancier. Impress your date.
34 locals recommend
Ba
5100 York Boulevard
34 locals recommend
Big NYC chef opens small French restaurant. Kinda fancy for the neighborhood... I guess the hood is getting fancier. Impress your date.
If you're scared of gluten, so are they. Mole pizza is their fame.
103 locals recommend
TOWN Pizza
5101 York Blvd
103 locals recommend
If you're scared of gluten, so are they. Mole pizza is their fame.
Always great, excellent everything. Go here if you can get a table. Even the brunch on the patio is spectacular.
101 locals recommend
Maximiliano
5930 York Blvd
101 locals recommend
Always great, excellent everything. Go here if you can get a table. Even the brunch on the patio is spectacular.
Charcuterie and cheese and sandwiches and goodies.
34 locals recommend
Milkfarm
2106 Colorado Blvd
34 locals recommend
Charcuterie and cheese and sandwiches and goodies.
High quality fast foods. I swear the Food Network is here every other day.
80 locals recommend
The Oinkster
2005 Colorado Blvd
80 locals recommend
High quality fast foods. I swear the Food Network is here every other day.
Organic, local, pho.
10 locals recommend
Blue Hen Vietnamese Kitchen
1743 Colorado Boulevard
10 locals recommend
Organic, local, pho.
Very highly rated restaurant. Anniversary kind of spot. Haute cuisine. Go to happy hour if you're looking to save coin.
102 locals recommend
Little Beast Restaurant
1496 Colorado Blvd
102 locals recommend
Very highly rated restaurant. Anniversary kind of spot. Haute cuisine. Go to happy hour if you're looking to save coin.
Legendary taco truck.
Mariscos Sinaloa
5633 York Blvd
Legendary taco truck.
A substantial Mexican breakfast.
17 locals recommend
La Abeja Restaurant
3700 North Figueroa Street
17 locals recommend
A substantial Mexican breakfast.
Fresh bread and baked goods, great coffee, best sandwiches in LA.
171 locals recommend
Proof Bakery
3156 Glendale Blvd
171 locals recommend
Fresh bread and baked goods, great coffee, best sandwiches in LA.
A Guy Fieri fave, so they won't keep you skinny, but they will keep you coming back.
Mom's Tamales
A Guy Fieri fave, so they won't keep you skinny, but they will keep you coming back.
Gourmet, single-origin coffee.
76 locals recommend
Tierra Mia Coffee
1202 N Alvarado St
76 locals recommend
Gourmet, single-origin coffee.
Good pizza pie!
34 locals recommend
Folliero's Italian Food and Pizza
5566 N Figueroa St
34 locals recommend
Good pizza pie!
Good food, lots of craft beers and amaros, good drink specials during Dodger games. Good option.
98 locals recommend
The Greyhound Bar & Grill
5570 N Figueroa St
98 locals recommend
Good food, lots of craft beers and amaros, good drink specials during Dodger games. Good option.
Scratch made everything, best breakfast spot around. Extremely odd location though.
70 locals recommend
Lemon Poppy Kitchen
3324 Verdugo Rd
70 locals recommend
Scratch made everything, best breakfast spot around. Extremely odd location though.
Locavore, farm-to-table type casual restaurant.
88 locals recommend
Amara Kitchen
519 N Avenue 64
88 locals recommend
Locavore, farm-to-table type casual restaurant.
Korean-Mexican fusion like bulgogi beef tacos and addictive chimichangas.
11 locals recommend
Cha Cha Chili
4625 Valley Blvd
11 locals recommend
Korean-Mexican fusion like bulgogi beef tacos and addictive chimichangas.
Uninspired name, but some guy from Umami Burger is behind it, so they know their gourmet burgers.
37 locals recommend
Fusion Burgers
5933 York Blvd
37 locals recommend
Uninspired name, but some guy from Umami Burger is behind it, so they know their gourmet burgers.
If you're over 30, you may be the oldest person here. It's a cool bar with a fun outdoor space in back with shuffleboard courts and picnic tables.
79 locals recommend
Block Party Highland Park
5050 York Boulevard
79 locals recommend
If you're over 30, you may be the oldest person here. It's a cool bar with a fun outdoor space in back with shuffleboard courts and picnic tables.

Drinks & Nightlife

Beer: It's not just for breakfast. Beer brewed in the back, and good food served in the front.
35 locals recommend
Highland Park Brewery
1220 N Spring St
35 locals recommend
Beer: It's not just for breakfast. Beer brewed in the back, and good food served in the front.
Full bar, full on. Lots of tats. Always a good time.
38 locals recommend
Johnny's Bar
5006 York Blvd
38 locals recommend
Full bar, full on. Lots of tats. Always a good time.
Low-key, no sign, outdoor picnic tables, perfect.
81 locals recommend
Verdugo Bar
3408 Verdugo Rd
81 locals recommend
Low-key, no sign, outdoor picnic tables, perfect.
Full bar, DJs, no frills, pool table, smoking patio. Solid bar.
90 locals recommend
Footsies
2640 N Figueroa St
90 locals recommend
Full bar, DJs, no frills, pool table, smoking patio. Solid bar.
Very hip gastropub with a great burger and BBQ but the prices have sharpened considerably as the area has gentrified.
219 locals recommend
The York
5018 York Blvd
219 locals recommend
Very hip gastropub with a great burger and BBQ but the prices have sharpened considerably as the area has gentrified.
Great gastropub; right size and atmosphere.
41 locals recommend
Jay's Bar
4321 Sunset Blvd
41 locals recommend
Great gastropub; right size and atmosphere.
If you're going to hit every bar...
90 locals recommend
La Cuevita
5922 N Figueroa St
90 locals recommend
If you're going to hit every bar...
It was a cop bar, then a hipster bar, then... Still a bar.
152 locals recommend
Short Stop
1455 Sunset Blvd
152 locals recommend
It was a cop bar, then a hipster bar, then... Still a bar.

Entertainment & Activities

Local park with the requisite old dirtbags with beer cans in paper bags telling you how much better skating used to be while they sit there, drunk, not skating.
Garvanza Skatepark
6240 Meridian St
Local park with the requisite old dirtbags with beer cans in paper bags telling you how much better skating used to be while they sit there, drunk, not skating.

Shopping

Swerve clothing's little bike-specific store.
Velo Love
3421 Verdugo Rd
Swerve clothing's little bike-specific store.
A good bike shop that feels like a good skate shop.
Golden Saddle Cyclery
1618 Lucile Ave
A good bike shop that feels like a good skate shop.

Everything Else

A meditation retreat of beautiful historic buildings and gardens. Take a walk up here and you'll be rewarded with inner tranquility. Mt Washington attracts all kinds.
70 locals recommend
Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters
3880 San Rafael Ave
70 locals recommend
A meditation retreat of beautiful historic buildings and gardens. Take a walk up here and you'll be rewarded with inner tranquility. Mt Washington attracts all kinds.

Arts & Culture

In 2015, the historic Southwest Museum site was named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Look out your window. That's it.
89 locals recommend
Southwest Museum
4600 Marmion Way
89 locals recommend
In 2015, the historic Southwest Museum site was named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Look out your window. That's it.
Where billionaires and vatos cheer a team with a higher payroll than the Yankees, and few banners to show for it.
877 locals recommend
Dodger Stadium
1000 Vin Scully Ave
877 locals recommend
Where billionaires and vatos cheer a team with a higher payroll than the Yankees, and few banners to show for it.
If you walk here, you'll have visited a cool architectural and historic site that no Angeleno even knows exists.
45 locals recommend
Heritage Square Museum
3800 Homer St
45 locals recommend
If you walk here, you'll have visited a cool architectural and historic site that no Angeleno even knows exists.