Michele StuevenFollowing a landmark summer that brought the world to Los Angeles, Summer Dine LA Restaurant Week is back and will take place from Friday, Aug. 14 through Friday, Aug. 28.
As dining out keeps getting more expensive and restaurants scramble to survive, the specially priced prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus at restaurants across the county couldn’t come at a better time. The program offers an accessible way to discover new neighborhoods, revisit favorite dining destinations, and support restaurants and hospitality professionals in this great food city.
There will be more than 500 restaurants participating across 89 neighborhoods, representing 33 global cuisines. Lunch and dinner menus range from $15 to $65+.
New additions to the lineup include Dominique Crenn’s Monsieur Dior, Omaniku, Hipico, Dune Atwater Village, and Perse Restaurant, alongside neighborhood favorites and emerging concepts across the county.
SUSHISAMBA will have a $55 four-course menu served family-style, starting with Pão De Queijo, Brazilian cheese bread served with honey truffle butter, and green bean tempura with black truffle aioli. The second course features Japanese A5 Kobe gyoza, seviche classico, and crispy yellowtail taquitos. Entrees include sea bass Anticuchos, a Peruvian twist on miso-marinated black cod; pollo a la Brasa served with aji amarillo aioli; and the Asivechado roll, which combines the flavors of Peruvian ceviche into a Japanese maki roll. Dessert is a chocolate banana cake alongside vanilla rum ice cream.
The landmark Los Angeles Creole restaurant Harold & Belle’s, which has been serving the community since 1969, is offering a $35 three-course lunch and $45 three-course dinner, featuring charbroiled oysters, a home-style catfish combination with catfish, jambalaya and red beans, and beignets for dessert.
The West Adams staple has also added bottomless mimosas to its new brunch menu, live music during select brunches, and a new outdoor entertainment space featuring live performances
Courtesy Harold & Belle’s
LouLou in Santa Monica is bringing together its signature weekly experiences under Seven Days of French Joie de Vivre during restaurant week, a new storytelling platform from Monday through Sunday:
Monday | Déjeuner chez LouLou (Monday-Friday | 11:30 a.m. -3 p.m.)
Get 20% off weekday lunch by mentioning the password “I LOVE LOULOU.
Tuesday | Golden Hour (Monday-Friday | 3 p.m. -6 p.m.)
Signature cocktails, Mediterranean bites, and rooftop sunsets.
Wednesday | Jazz À Go Go (From 7 p.m.)
Parisian-inspired live jazz
Thursday | Tulum Thursdays (From 7 p.m.)
Afro-tribal house music, live percussion, handcrafted cocktails, and vibrant rooftop nightlife.
Friday | Birthday Celebrations (Thursday-Saturday | From 6 p.m.)
Complimentary Champagne for dinner parties of six or more celebrating a special occasion.
Saturday | Saturday Rosé Brunch (11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Mediterranean brunch, DJs, live entertainment, and a complimentary bottle of rosé for tables of six or more.
Sunday | Pardon My French! Brunch (11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
A lively French-inspired brunch buffet with live entertainment, DJs, and rooftop ambiance.
Chef Ray Garcia at Que Barbaro (Michele Stueven)
For the ultimate urban stay and splurge, Downtown Los Angeles offers an array of premier hotels where accommodations meet exclusive Dine LA menus under one roof. Options include the luxurious Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles with its 24th floor for panoramic skyline views and Latin American flavors at Sendero’s Corteza and Leña. Just down the street, the dual-branded Moxy and AC Hotel DTLA serves as a high-energy culinary playground, with five distinct participating venues including the immersive flavors of Ray Garcia’s exciting new Que Barbaro, Lucky Mizu, and Maison Kasai. The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown offers sky-high luxury paired with premium dining at the French-American steakhouse La Boucherie or the avant-garde, contemporary Yakiniku experience at Niku X.