WHY For the chance to take home amazing edibles both decadent and divine—or eat them on the spot. WHAT More like Harrod’s food hall or Eataly NYC than the familiar food court, this collection of shops will put your appetite on sensory overload: Primi al Mercato (from Piero Selvaggio of Valentino) offers fresh pastas in [...]
WHY To people-watch, graze, write your novel and experience L.A.’s great cultural stew pot. WHAT It’s not easy to describe our love for this mostly covered outdoor market and collection of eateries. Our love affair began in childhood, when begging our mothers for English toffee from Littlejohn’s; continued through high school, when we could hang [...]
WHY The gorgeous old hotel, the fabulous setting, the appetizers and the beautiful people. WHAT Atmosphere oozes out of this new dining room in the historic Roosevelt: tufted leather banquettes, burnished woods, marble tables, painted ceilings and aproned waiters who really know what they’re doing. Everyone gets the squishy Parker House rolls and samples the [...]
WHAT Devoutly organic, this truck (an offshoot of a catering company) brings a farm-to-plate aesthetic to the mobile cuisine scene, serving classy California fare—with prices to match: market-fresh green peas atop a brisket hash, waffles in real blueberry sauce. They’re famous for their lasagne cupcake, sheets of pasta that are dexterously layered in a cupcake [...]
WHAT Run by a couple of Philly transplants, this truck (actually there are two of them) does one thing—the cheese steak—and they do it right. Wit wiz or witout, this is a pile of thinly sliced, grilled beef on bread shipped from Amoroso’s in Philadelphia. To complete the East Coast experience, they also sell Tastykakes. [...]
WHAT Native American fusion doesn’t sound promising, but the golden discs of freshly fried dough prove otherwise. Savory versions can be topped with barbecued beef or a mild bean and beef chili, but a classic, dinner-plate-size frybread, with airy pockets of dough rising from the surface and cinnamon sugar amassing in the valleys, may be [...]
WHAT This pan-ethnic truck, repatriated from San Francisco, approaches food with a gleeful more is more abandon, like shrimp in garlic coconut curry, or hot links topped with onions, peppers, bacon, a fried egg and chipotle crema. Prepare for a messy meal that’s sweet, savory and strange. , @globalsoultruck, globalsoultruck.com. Cash only. Region: Citywide Features: [...]
WHAT A clever mashup of Japanese sushi and L.A. street food, this place makes sushi burritos that are big and filling, stuffed with rice and some version of sushi (though it’s usually of a non-traditional, deeply fried and mayonnaise-soaked variety) wrapped in a large flour tortilla or a thin sheet of soy paper that falls [...]
WHAT What’s so special about nachos? Nothing unless they’re made from freshly fried triangles of flour tortillas and topped with lamb and goat cheese or chili, bacon and house-made cheese sauce. Stoner food hits new heights. , @nachotruckla, nachotruckla.com. MC, V. Region: Citywide Features: Dinner, Kid Friendly, Lunch Cuisine Type: Mexican
WHY It’s business in the front and party in the back at this industrial=chic café that’s equal parts coffee shrine and performance space. WHAT This small, subdued place serves impeccable brews by Intelligentsia and Ecco along with sweet and savory treats from Auntie Em’s and Breadbar. On the mezzanine level, a shop stocked with Moroccan [...]
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