WHY Westsiders can now sample L.A.’s most original ice cream flavors at the Palms offshoot of the Heliotrope store. Many are vegan. WHAT Food blogger Matthew Kang, a longtime acolyte of Scoops proprietor Tai Kim, picks up some wild and wacky flavors at the original East Hollywood store each morning and brings them to the [...]
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WHY A carefully chosen beer selection and all the accoutrements. WHAT An offshoot of Eagle Rock’s friendly Colorado Wine Shop, Sunset Beer is smartly located in the heart of craft-beer-adoring Echo Park. Beer expert Alex Macy is in charge of the broad but carefully selected array of beers, with an emphasis on Californian and Belgian [...]
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WHY An authentic Mexican bakery with westside-friendly touches, lunch and coffee drinks. WHAT The Boyle Heights stalwart now has a bright and welcoming Santa Monica location, where a French pastry chef brings a lighter touch to traditional Mexican pan dulce, breads and cakes (tres leches, coconut-flan), with a no-lard policy. Shelves are packed with appealing [...]
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WHY Simply one of the best ice creams made in L.A., flavored with locally grown flowers and herbs. WHAT It’s well worth seeking out either Carmela’s off-the-hipster-track shop or its farmers’ market stands for luscious ice cream made with Clover organic cream. Salted caramel hits the apex of the creamy-meets-salty craze, and the fruit flavors, [...]
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WHY Creative breakfasts, lunches and even occasional dinners, paired with Homeboy Bakery breads. WHAT More than a bakery, Fairfax’s Black Cat has a freshened-up vintage café look and an evolving menu with unusual selections like the terrific farro bibimbap deeply flavored with shiitake mushrooms, burrata and a fried egg, pig trotter eggs Benedict, multigrain pancakes [...]
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WHY The perfect place for a Downtown dinner date, where modern Vietnamese food meets seldom-seen Singaporean specialties in the middle of Little Tokyo. WHAT A vintage brick building has been transformed into two rooms of rustic style, with filament bulbs in Vietnamese birdcages in the dining room and a buzzing bar scene up front. The [...]
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WHY Because you’re tired of the same old, same old. WHAT Wine enthusiast Jill Bernheimer started selling wine online, then dove into retailing with this small shop, which has become a cult favorite. Her low-key friendliness has endeared her to many who find wine shopping intimidating, and she loves to seek out esoterica; on a [...]
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WHY A great Sunday vibe at a serious market. WHAT Since opening in 2006, this market has become an important westside gathering place (Councilman Bill Rosendahl held his swearing in here) and resource for quality ingredients. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken, Hans Rockenwagner and Raphael Lunetta shop here for their families, and local eateries like Curious [...]
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WHY Latin-inspired café cuisine with a marina breeze. WHAT This strip mall café satisfies at all hours. At breakfast, it’s a cup of spiced Mexican coffee with the coconut oatmeal or oven-baked french toast stuffed with mascarpone. A mother-daughter duo have transformed the family’s Latin American roots into a vast, vegetarian-friendly, pan-Latin menu. At lunch, [...]
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WHY Need we remind you of the importance of supporting a 58-year-old antiquarian bookstore that celebrates the printed page? WHAT Owner Leonard Bernstein (notthat Lenny) focuses on all aspects of western American history including culinary (he was the one to get MFK Fisher’s papers and books upon her death in 1992), with attention to the [...]
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