Category Archives: Los Angeles

Sightglass Coffee, Los Angeles CA

Sightglass Coffee Americano – Double Shot Owl’s Howl Espresso Sightglass Breakfast Sandwich – Egg, Cheddar Cheese, Bacon, English Muffin Honey Almond Bostock Banana Cream Cheese Muffin Opened 3/13/2020 and immediately shuttered by a global pandemic it is safe to say … Continue reading →

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The Donut Man, Los Angeles CA

The Donut Man Tiger Tail PB&J Donut Chocolate Glaze French Cruller Fresh Strawberry Donut Glazed Old Fashioned Donut Rainbow Sprinkles Cake Donut Now an octogenarian, his mid-life career change seeing Jim Nakano open The Donut Man on Route 66 in … Continue reading →

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La Mascota Bakery, Los Angeles CA

La Mascota Bakery Red Chile with Pork Tamale Green Chile with Chicken Tamale Pineapple with Raisin Tamale Concha Guava Empanada Cream Cheese Pan Dulce Cortadillo Pineapple Bread Pudding Strawberry Tres Leches Part of East Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood since … Continue reading →

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“Best of” 2020 – Meals, Savories, Sweets

Best of 2020 – Meals, Savories, Sweets To suggest that 2020 was “unprecedented” seems pointless, especially after every newscast, commercial or meme has already done so. What started with a stunning trip to Rome and Naples almost immediately saw trips … Continue reading →

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dot & dough, Monterey Park CA

dot & dough Classic Sugar Malasada Taiwanese Brown Sugar Malasada Taro Malasada Cookies & Cream Malasada Making Malasadas in Monterey Park since March of 2019, dot & dough may not be peddling the same fried Dough one finds in Hawaii, … Continue reading →

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auburn, Los Angeles CA

auburn Shrub, Seedlip Spice, Beet, Strawberry, Orange Flower, Ginger Beer Almond Croissant Cinnamon Croissant Yogurt, Charred Persimmon, Chewy Carrot, Granola, Buddha’s Hand Country Bread, Apple Butter Dutch Pancake, Huckleberries, Toasted Hay Cream Sea Bream Ceviche, Grilled Collar, Kohlrabi, Finger Lime, … Continue reading →

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Breakfast by Salt’s Cure, West Hollywood CA

Breakfast by Salt’s Cure Coffee Breakfast Sandwich – Sausage, Medium Egg, Cheese, Arugula Relish Banana Nut Oatmeal Griddle Cakes – Toasted Walnuts Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Griddle Cake – 60.5% Tcho Dark Couverture Although the original Salt’s Cure transported its Meat-heavy … Continue reading →

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Jame Enoteca, El Segundo CA

Jame Enoteca Warm Ciabatta – Umami Butter, Olive Oil Spring Pea Agnolotti – Pea Skin Jus, Marjoram, Parmigiano Meatballs – Potato Puree, Tomato Passata, Arugula, Pecorino Mandilli – Handkerchief Pasta, Silky Three-Nut Pesto Ricotta Gnudi – Sage, Brown Butter Solids … Continue reading →

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Spoon by H, Los Angeles CA

Spoon by H Cold Brew Coffee Mandu-guk – Pork Belly Dumplings, Korean Rice Cakes, Noodles, Broccoli, Bok Choy, Carrots Salted Caramel Snow – Mochi, Salted Caramel Popcorn, Salted Caramel Ice Cream Loved by celebrity Chef David Chang, Spoon by H … Continue reading →

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Fat + Flour, Los Angeles CA

Fat + Flour Key Lime Pie Brownie Milk Cult 100% Harry’s Berries Strawberry Ice Cream Milk Cult JJ’s Lone Daughter Ranch Bacon Avocado Ice Cream Despite shuttering Fiona after just nine months Chef Nicole Rucker is back at it with … Continue reading →

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Atrium, Los Angeles CA

Atrium Those Biscuits – Salted Honey Butter Heirloom Cornmeal Waffle – Mango-Guava Jam, Whipped Burrata, Sea Salt Pineapple Upside Down Morning Bun Opened in Fall of 2018, and at the time considered a big addition to Los Feliz, Atrium remains … Continue reading →

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Konbi, Los Angeles CA

Konbi Iced Coffee Eggplant Katsu Sandwich – Burnt Onion Dashi, Cabbage, Bulldog Sauce Canelé Chocolate Croissant If one doesn’t follow any “influencers” it is easy to know nothing about Konbi and the Egg Salad Sandwich that set social media ablaze … Continue reading →

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La Tropézienne Bakery (La Brea,) Los Angeles CA

La Tropézienne Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookie Pistachio Chocolate Chip Roll Apricot Tart Dulce De Leche Viennoiserie Almond Pistachio Croissant Almond Croissant Nutella Danish Spinach & Goat Cheese Friand with Side Salad Tropézienne Classic Named after Tarte Tropézienne, a classic French … Continue reading →

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Pasjoli, Santa Monica CA

Pasjoli Beurre de Baratte – House-Cultured French Butter, Warm Baguette Brown Butter Potato Chips Crabe et Chou-Fleur – Blue Crab, Cauliflower Cream, Sorrel Ragoût d’oignons Caramélisés – Caramelized Onion, Gruyère, Pâte Brisée Brandad de Morue – Whipped Black Cod, Potatoes, … Continue reading →

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Bon Temps, Los Angeles CA

Bon Temps Pecan Sour – Bourbon, Cognac, Benedictine, Pecan, Almond, Lemon Bon Bread Service – Meyer Lemon and Leek Fougesse Chef’s Canapé Board – Cheesy Bites, Tomato Tartare, Chicken Liver Mousse Carolina Gold Risotto – Country Ham, Persimmon, Truffle Rye … Continue reading →

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Bae & Co., Los Angeles CA

Bae & Co. Ube, Vegan Charcoal Pineapple Vanilla, Vegan Charcoal Pineapple, Strawberry Pocky, Sesame Cone / Cocoa Puffs, Earl Grey, Sesame Cone Opened in late 2017, Bae & Co. in Little Tokyo lives by the motto of putting customers before … Continue reading →

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Superfine Pizza, Los Angeles CA

Superfine Pizza Pepperoni Slice – Pepperoni, Tomato, Cheese Spinach on White Slice – Four Cheeses, Spinach Salami Honey Slice – Spicy Salami, Provolone, Grana Padano, Buckwheat Honey Created by Steve Samson, of Rossoblu fame, Superfine Pizza is a Slice window … Continue reading →

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All Day Baby, Los Angeles CA

All Day Baby Cold Brew Coffee Pistachio Milkshake – Whipped Cream Strawberry Jam Concha Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Chocolate + Walnut + Halvah Cookie Chewy Blackout Brownie Buckwheat Waffle – Housemade Country Ham, Smoked Maple, Salted Butter Fried Chicken … Continue reading →

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Dōnatsu, Los Angeles CA

Dōnatsu Black Sesame Apple Fritter Churro Mocha Latte By some estimates 1600+ Donut shops across California are owned by Cambodian families, and at Dōnatsu in Little Tokyo Jenny and Nite Ban put their own unique spin on an entirely Vegan … Continue reading →

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Tacos 1986, Los Angeles CA

Tacos 1986 Mushroom Taco Carne Asada Mulita Chicken Vampiro Opened mid-2019, Tacos 1986 is the brainchild of Victor Delgado and Jorge Alvarez-Tostado, their stand formerly found on Highland Avenue and at Smorgasburg now slinging a concise menu of Meats and … Continue reading →

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