Category Archives: Los Angeles

28 Wishes Ice Cream Shop, Los Angeles CA

28 Wishes Butter Beer Ice Cream, Horchata Toast Crunch, Waffle Cone Owned by two brothers and rebranded in late-2024 28 Wishes Ice Cream Shop offers a unique spin on standard flavors utilizing good Ingredients in downtown Los Angeles. Asian inspired … Continue reading

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Bub and Grandma’s Restaurant, Los Angeles CA

Bub and Grandma’s Restaurant Bacon Egg Cheese Sandwich – American Cheese, Mayo, Ketchup, Kaiser Roll Cinnamon Roll Buttermilk Biscuit, Strawberry Jam Banana Cream Pie Strawberry Donut Chocolate Chip Cookie Best known for their Breads, now offered at over one hundred … Continue reading

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Santa Canela, Los Angeles CA

Santa Canela Santa Canela Concha – Cream La Odette – Cajeta-filled Kouign Amann Churro Croissant Los Angeles Churro Open for just over a year Santa Canela finds pastry chef Ellen Ramos rethinking the traditional Panaderia with better ingredients, modern design … Continue reading

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Helms Bakery, Culver City CA

Helms Bakery Affogatto Drip Coffee Corn & Caramel Cookie Pistachio & Semolina Cookie Oat & Date Cookie Peaches & Cream Puff Olive Oil Cake & Pistachio Buttercream Corn Cake & Wildflower Honey Cream Cheese Cookie Butter Frosted Pecan Molasses Cookie … Continue reading

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Somni 2.0, West Hollywood CA

Somni Mandarin splash Fried almond Monstera deliciosa Mayan chip Parmesan feather 2022 Lang & Reed Chenin Blanc Beets & roses Sardine tart Rice tap & iberico Roasted eggplant Dashi with caviar Mejillones Gazpacho blanco Shiso tartare tempura “Ravioli” Blue Corn … Continue reading

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Lei’d Cookies, Culver City CA

Lei’d Cookies Egg Nog Creme Brulee Cookie Triple Ginger Molasses Cookie Black Sesame stuffed with Raspberry Mochi Cookie Oatmeal – Cranberry Orange Walnut Cookie Guava Snickerdoodle Cookie Mango Sticky Rice Cookie Using Smorgasburg as a springboard to something more personal … Continue reading

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Modu Cafe, Los Angeles CA

Modu Milk Cream Bun Kabocha Persimmon Cake Miso/Garu Cookie Black Sesame Dark Choc Cookie Boricha Madeleine Black Sesame Mochi Cake Bar A self-trained baker who picked up the hobby during COVID Jiyoon Jang has now set up shop in Highland … Continue reading

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Huge Tree Pastry, Monterey Park CA

Huge Tree Pastry Purple Rice Fan Tuan with Eggs and Pickles Sweet Soy Milk Chinese Donut Radish Cakes Red Bean Cake Tucked into a random two-story building in Monterey Park the success of Huge Tree Pastry is solely attributed to … Continue reading

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Lunasia Chinese Restaurant, Alhambra CA

Lunasia Dim Sum House Minced Pork & Mushroom Congee Macao Style Egg Custard Tart Stir-fried Baby Bok Choy with Garlic Har Gow Rice Noodle Roll with Chinese Donut Siu Mai Rice Noodle Roll with Beef Supreme Beef Ball Steamed BBQ … Continue reading

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El Pavo Bakery & Restaurant, San Gabriel CA

Pavo Bakery Pan de Muerto Concha Sugar Croissant Besos Oreja Tricolor Cookie Guava Pan Dulce Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, an area now better known for Taiwanese Breakfasts or handmade Noodles, El Pavo Bakery & Restaurant has been … Continue reading

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Stella West Hollywood, West Hollywood CA

Stella West Hollywood Panzanella Estivia – persimmon, heirloom tomato, Lambrusco, sheep ricotta Carpaccio di Manzo – Wagyu tongue, scallion pistachio salsa verde, saba Su Filindeu – roasted bone brodo with pecorino primo sale & lamb neck Orecchiette – pistacchio pesto, … Continue reading

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Fluffy McCloud’s, Los Angeles CA

Fluffy McCloud’s Princess Cake, Pistachio Yoyoyoyo, Waffle Cone Banking on LA’s love of retro-kitsch Nick Fisher opened Fluffy McCloud’s in July 2023, late hours to match his bar El Prado across the street spawning a Social Media following seemingly focused … Continue reading

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Monarch Donuts, Arcadia CA

Monarch Donuts Glazed Yeast Donut with Sprinkles Glazed Old Fashioned Donut Apple Fritter Yeast Donut with Maple and Chocolate Icing Cinnamon Crunch Donut Glazed Twist As a faith-based business occupying what was once home to a tailor Monarch Donuts is … Continue reading

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Four Sea Restaurant (708 East Las Tunas Drive,) San Gabriel CA

Si Hai Sweet Soy Milk Deep Fried Cruller Fried Onion Cake Fan Tuan – Salty Rice with Pickled Vegetables and a Fried Egg Radish Pastry, Red Bean Pastry, Taro Pastry with Egg Located not far from nationally recognized Huge Tree … Continue reading

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PetitGrain Boulangerie, Santa Monica CA

PetitGrain Boulangerie Lemon Custard Pie Almond Croissant Jambon Gruyere Danish Potato, Onion, Gruyere Danish Pain au Chocolat Kouign Amann Cherry Almond Galette Sfogliatelle Cinnamon Roll What happens when a Baker with experience at Proof and Friends & Family meets the … Continue reading

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Pijja Palace, Los Angeles CA

Pijja Palace Orange Cream – orange, vanilla, mace Dosa Onion Rings – Lentil Batter, Mango Chutney Aloo Tiki Hash Sliders – Cheese, Loccha Onion Salad, Hot Spread Chili Garlic Toast – Garlic Chili Herb Butter, Pepper Jack Jaggery Tamarind BBQ … Continue reading

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Creamo, Los Angeles CA

Creamo by Donut Friend Churro Shake – Corn Against Ice Cream, Cookie Butter, Cinnamon, Whip, Cherry Old Fashioned – Vanilla Glaze, Nutmeg Polar Berry Club – Raised Donut, Lemon Glaze, Berries Youth Brulee – Raised Donut, Bavarian Cream, Bruleed Sugar … Continue reading

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Dayglow (3206 Sunset Boulevard,) Los Angeles CA

Dayglow Vegan Black Forest Hand Pie Kouign Amann Coldbrew Decadent roasted by Dayglow With three, soon to be four, Southern California locations plus spots in Chicago, Boston and New York Dayglow is not only a Roaster but also the importer … Continue reading

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Leopardo, Los Angeles CA

Leopardo the brown bear neo-white russian momotaru bloody mary our ossetra caviar cured with country bacon salt & aged for 6 months, red flint polenta waffle, barbecue corn cob maple syrup, bordier butter ice-cold oysters with pickled seaweed granita warm … Continue reading

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Truly Pizza, Dana Point CA

Truly Pizza Everything But The Bagel Tomato Carpaccio – Heirloom Tomato, Feta Cheese, Shallot Vinaigrette, “Everything” Seasoning Classic French Fries – French Fries tossed in Sea Salt, Ketchup, Housemade Herby Ranch Garlic Pull Apart Bread – Garlic, Butter, Romano Cheese … Continue reading

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