Guidebook for Los Angeles

Jay
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Haute cuisine in a cafeteria style. Kinda pricey but oh so good, best in the 'hood.
251 locals recommend
Joan’s on Third
8350 W 3rd St
251 locals recommend
Haute cuisine in a cafeteria style. Kinda pricey but oh so good, best in the 'hood.
All-American diner food with a health-conscious twist. Grease-monkey style waiters & waitresses. Good food but can be loud at times.
116 locals recommend
Swingers
8020 Beverly Blvd
116 locals recommend
All-American diner food with a health-conscious twist. Grease-monkey style waiters & waitresses. Good food but can be loud at times.
Most excellent tacos and not expensive. Get them "plancha style" -- you'll be glad you did.
22 locals recommend
Plancha Tacos
8250 W 3rd St
22 locals recommend
Most excellent tacos and not expensive. Get them "plancha style" -- you'll be glad you did.
Cool menu for sandwiches -- the fried chicken one is pretty swell. Cool pie flavors and vintage soda pop in bottles, too.
6 locals recommend
simplethings 3rd Street
8310 W 3rd St
6 locals recommend
Cool menu for sandwiches -- the fried chicken one is pretty swell. Cool pie flavors and vintage soda pop in bottles, too.
Very inexpensive but good home-style tacos & burritos. DO NOT go to Taco Bell when you can go here. Ask for the chicken tostada -- it's not on the menu but they'll make it.
19 locals recommend
Benito's Taco Shop
7912 Beverly Blvd
19 locals recommend
Very inexpensive but good home-style tacos & burritos. DO NOT go to Taco Bell when you can go here. Ask for the chicken tostada -- it's not on the menu but they'll make it.
Venerable coffee place with good food. Gets crowded so pick your time wisely. The restaurant is on one side and the coffee place is on the other. My mom, a sexagenarian coffee-holic, said the coffee took the top of her head off.
73 locals recommend
Kings Road Café
8361 Beverly Blvd
73 locals recommend
Venerable coffee place with good food. Gets crowded so pick your time wisely. The restaurant is on one side and the coffee place is on the other. My mom, a sexagenarian coffee-holic, said the coffee took the top of her head off.
Good quality food and not expensive. Inside or sidewalk dining. Very crowded weekends for brunch so don't go then.
140 locals recommend
Toast Bakery Cafe
8221 W 3rd St
140 locals recommend
Good quality food and not expensive. Inside or sidewalk dining. Very crowded weekends for brunch so don't go then.
A bit more upscale than most of my picks, but good "Quality" Food & Bevs. Like everywhere around here, gets crowded Sat & Sun brunch so go early or later.
13 locals recommend
Quality Food & Beverage
8030 W 3rd St
13 locals recommend
A bit more upscale than most of my picks, but good "Quality" Food & Bevs. Like everywhere around here, gets crowded Sat & Sun brunch so go early or later.
Diego himself serves up your gourmet meal in this tiny, unassuming but very high-quality place. Great prices for the level of cheffery involved! Check the hours before you go - they're kinda strange. Worth it!
9 locals recommend
Food Fair by Diego
7825 Beverly Blvd
9 locals recommend
Diego himself serves up your gourmet meal in this tiny, unassuming but very high-quality place. Great prices for the level of cheffery involved! Check the hours before you go - they're kinda strange. Worth it!
Since the 1930s farmers have been selling their fresh on this corner. A little pricey and touristy today, if you go early or later it's excellent local color. Upstairs dining room is a good place to take your tray after you've found your fave of the many many offerings here. Live music weekends.
819 locals recommend
The Original Farmers Market
6333 W 3rd St
819 locals recommend
Since the 1930s farmers have been selling their fresh on this corner. A little pricey and touristy today, if you go early or later it's excellent local color. Upstairs dining room is a good place to take your tray after you've found your fave of the many many offerings here. Live music weekends.
The far western outpost of this iconic Manhattan cupcake joint.
72 locals recommend
Magnolia Bakery
8389 W 3rd St
72 locals recommend
The far western outpost of this iconic Manhattan cupcake joint.
Pricey but insanely good locally made and sourced small-batch gelato.
21 locals recommend
Gelateria Uli
541 S Spring St
21 locals recommend
Pricey but insanely good locally made and sourced small-batch gelato.

Essentials

Fashionable and fun, good produce and prices.
1811 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
11976 Ventura Blvd
1811 locals recommend
Fashionable and fun, good produce and prices.

Arts & Culture

Internationally renowned art museum, with excellent permanent and traveling exhibits inside and cool stuff outside. On the grounds of the La Brea Tar Pits. Walk under the Levitated Mass, a huge boulder on the grounds. Live music Fridays.
3162 locals recommend
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
3162 locals recommend
Internationally renowned art museum, with excellent permanent and traveling exhibits inside and cool stuff outside. On the grounds of the La Brea Tar Pits. Walk under the Levitated Mass, a huge boulder on the grounds. Live music Fridays.
Saber-toothed Tigers, Dire Wolves, and Mastadons got stuck in the tar and their bones are on display. Great for kids; free to wander the grounds and see the paleontology in progress, though the museum is kinda pricey. Worth it, though!
890 locals recommend
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
5801 Wilshire Blvd
890 locals recommend
Saber-toothed Tigers, Dire Wolves, and Mastadons got stuck in the tar and their bones are on display. Great for kids; free to wander the grounds and see the paleontology in progress, though the museum is kinda pricey. Worth it, though!

Sightseeing

Huge boulder suspended above a walkway. On the grounds of LACMA museum and the La Brea Tar Pits.
51 locals recommend
Public Art "Urban Light"
5905 Wilshire Blvd
51 locals recommend
Huge boulder suspended above a walkway. On the grounds of LACMA museum and the La Brea Tar Pits.