445 S. Figueroa St. : Los Angeles, CA 90071 : 213-486-5171
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 Is it possible that owners Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, who worked the marriage of Mexican cuisine and New American grill cooking a full decade before the guys who are thought of as pioneers, just opened a new Border Grill? They did - a thorough revamping of their old Ciudad space... More >> |
| Downtown |
Pan-Latin, South American, Tapas |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout |
$$$ |
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700 S. Grand Ave. : Los Angeles, CA 90017 : 866-418-9162
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 It's hard not to be dumbstruck by Bottega Louie, a majestic food hall in a
former Brooks Brothers flagship, a slab of urban renovation that suggests less downtown Los Angeles than Rodeo Drive. The enormous, double-height room, big enough to swallow a basketball arena, whitewashed and gleaming,... More >> |
| Downtown |
Italian |
Takeout |
$$ |
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1850 Industrial St. : Los Angeles, CA 90021 : 213-405-1434
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 The best pig's ears I've ever had, better than the crunchy ones at Spotted Pig in New York, better than the fritters at the Bristol in Paris, better than the ones I first learned to love at Mandarin Deli, were at Church & State: simultaneously crisp and chewy, soft and tasting like the best... More >> |
| Downtown |
French |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$$ |
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327 E. First St. : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-626-1680
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 Yes, we know about the old standards and the new, the austere Tokyo-based chain with branches in local Japanese supermarkets, and the impeccably credentialed noodle czars. We've heard all the arguments about authenticity, and we've seen Tampopo too many times to count. But ramen, a noodle soup... More >> |
| Downtown |
Japanese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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525 S. Flower St. : Los Angeles, CA 90071 : 213-228-8998
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 Inspired by the Rialto Bridge and adjacent marketplace in Venice, Italy, Drago Centro has vaulted ceilings, large windows and stone walls. Wines from Italy, France and California fill a 15-foot glass wine tower, and patrons can sit at the bar for wine tastings, cocktails and small bites of foie... More >> |
| Downtown |
Italian |
Business Dining, Catering, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$$$ |
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1528 W. Pico Blvd. : Los Angeles, CA 90015 : 213-386-7361
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 Until a local website praised its carne asada, El Parian was best known for its birria, Guadalajara-style roasted goat in broth, and when you sat down at one of the well-battered tables, the waitress didn't offer you a menu, she asked whether you were having a full order or were only hungry... More >> |
| Downtown |
Latin American, Mexican |
Takeout |
$ |
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501 S. Spring St. : Los Angeles, CA 90013 : 213-488-3408
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 Top Chef winner Elan Hall has created a clean, industrial, effortlessly cool space inside the old Alexandria Hotel in which to showcase his critically acclaimed Scottish-Jewish fusion food offerings. (The place is named after the neighborhood in Glasgow where his parents grew up.) Most nights,... More >> |
| Downtown |
Fusion |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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418 E. Second St. : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-617-1016
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 Shabu shabu has become a local fad in the last few years — a transparent petal of prime beef swished through bubbling broth for a second or two, just until the pink becomes frosted with white. You can find shabu shabu restaurants now in half the suburbs in the county. But when the dish is... More >> |
| Downtown |
Asian, Japanese |
Family Style, Prix Fixe |
$$$ |
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241 S. San Pedro St. Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-626-5299
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| Downtown |
American, Contemporary, Fusion |
Family Style, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Smoking, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$, $$$ |
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524 S. Main St. : Los Angeles, CA 90013 : 213-623-8301
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 Even given the gentrification of downtown, the Nickel appears less like a diner than a movie set, a seemingly unreconstructed '40s-era greasy spoon that popped up a few steps from what used to be considered the gamiest intersection in town, on a block where artists in natty hats share the... More >> |
| Downtown |
American, Diner |
Takeout |
$$ |
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141 S. Grand Ave. : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-972-3331
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 Sustainable? No. Organic? Probably not. Multicultural? Only when strictly necessary. Patina's exquisitely wrought dining room in Disney Hall is the most important restaurant space in California, and Tony Esnault is a master of modern global cuisine, finely crafted, vegetable-intensive... More >> |
| Downtown |
California, Contemporary, French |
Business Dining, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Prix Fixe |
$$$ |
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1001 N. Alameda St. : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-628-3781
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 Now that its only serious competitor is about to be retrofitted into a gleaming replica of itself, Philippe's is one of the few remaining artifacts of the Los Angeles that Philip Marlowe knew, a sprawling complex of long tables, cheap coffee, sawdust-sprinkled floors and a Depression-era beef... More >> |
| Downtown |
American, Deli, Dessert, Salads, Sandwiches, Specialties |
Private Party, Takeout |
$ |
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1050 S. Flower St. : Los Angeles, CA 90015 : 213-749-1460
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 It would be hard to overestimate the importance of John Sedlar, who introduced the idea of new Southwestern Cuisine 25 years ago at the late St. Estephe, marrying classical French technique to the flavors imprinted onto his palate as a kid in New Mexico -- at this remove, it's hard even to... More >> |
| Downtown |
Latin American |
Business Dining, Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party |
$$$ |
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114 S. Central Ave. : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-620-1840
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 Spice Table serves neither regional Italian dishes nor the food of the Mediterranean, but chiefly riffs on the cooking of Singapore: spice-rubbed sticks of satay; cabbage braised with bacon and dried shrimp; and crunchy fried chicken wings whose crust is laced with hot, South Indian curry. This... More >> |
| Downtown |
Singaporean |
Takeout |
$$, $$$ |
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127 E. Ninth St. : Los Angeles, CA 90015 : 213-623-3663
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 If Godzilla decided to explore her feminine side, she might be tempted to wear Tiara's giant, glittery range hood on her head, just the sort of Audrey Hepburn–esque touch Mothra might find attractive. Tiara, Fred Eric's Dr. Seuss–flavored Fashion District restaurant, shoots the girly... More >> |
| Downtown |
California |
Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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544 S. Grand Ave. : Los Angeles, CA 90071 : 213-891-0900
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 A big-city fish restaurant, Water Grill is a redoubt of oysters and fresh scallops, sparkling fish and sea creatures we can't even pronounce, in one of the busiest commercial corridors of downtown. Extremely expensive and quite formal by Los Angeles standards, but you knew that. More >> |
| Downtown |
Modern American |
Takeout |
$$$ |
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107 W. 9th St. : Los Angeles, CA 90015 : 213-629-1765
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 It may be a little strange to start a review by praising a restaurant's tap water, but Wood Spoon's really is the best in town: triple-filtered, no doubt, served sharply cool, and flavored with whole cinnamon sticks, which give the water a delicate fragrance and tint it the color of dilute... More >> |
| Downtown |
Brazilian, Latin American |
Delivery, Takeout |
$$ |
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800 E. Third St. : Los Angeles, CA 90013 : 213-687-4444
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 Just beyond the range of the alternate jurors who lunch, Wurstkuche occupies the kind of way-downtown location everybody loves, a short walk from SCI-Arc but leagues away from Bunker Hill bankers; a few steps from the center of the Arts District but hidden from casual passersby, especially if... More >> |
| Downtown |
Hot Dogs, Sandwiches, Vegetarian |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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1616 E. 15th St. : Los Angeles, CA 90021 : 213-748-8099
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| Downtown |
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550 S. Flower St. : Los Angeles, CA 90071 : 213-892-8080
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 Open 24 hours a day, 24/7 in The Standard hotel downtown features yellow booths, diner-style counters, and an outdoor patio that seats 62. The mostly American fare includes duck fat mashed potatoes, Idaho trout and hand-rolled ricotta cavatelli. Green tea gimlets, French pear martinis, and Grand... More >> |
| Downtown |
American, Comfort Foods |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining |
$$ |
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410 Boyd St. : Los Angeles, CA 90013 : 213-617-2491
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A New York-style bar and eatery featuring a DJ on most weekend nights, 410 Boyd serves signature dishes such as spicy won ton-wrapped shrimp and gorgonzola crusted New York steak. Chef Guiterrez, an employee since 1992, is known for his homemade cheesecakes (pineapple, mango, sweet potato),... More >> |
| Downtown |
California, New American |
Business Dining, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Prix Fixe, Takeout |
$$ |
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243 S. San Pedro St. : Los Angeles, CA 90013 : 213-621-9500
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The restaurant, next door to Lazy Ox Canteen and owned by the same guy, Michael Cardenas, is an attempt to bridge the elbows-on-the-table informality of a Japanese izakaya with the high-decibel sheen of a high-end gastropub. And it pretty much works: long communal tables and chandeliers,... More >> |
| Downtown |
Gastro Pub, Japanese |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$$ |
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112 W. 9th St. : Los Angeles, CA 90015 : 213-622-1010
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A small kosher parve and meat restaurant, Afshan specializes in Persian food and Middle Eastern staples such as falafel and hummus, and well-seasoned beef and chicken kabobs. Sandwiches, as well as meat and fish plates, range from $7-$9. More >> |
| Downtown |
Kosher, Mediterranean, Persian |
Delivery, Kosher, Takeout |
$$ |
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410 E. 2nd St. : Los Angeles, CA 90013 : 213-346-9930
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| Downtown |
American, Breakfast, Brunch, Hawaiian |
Takeout |
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216 S. Alameda St. : Los Angeles, CA 90012 : 213-622-1261
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