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Los Angeles

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Farmshop
Found in the historic Brentwood Country Mart in Santa Monica, Farmshop is a restaurant and market that showcases Californian cuisine and ingredients.

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Canter’s Deli
This iconic Jewish deli is a delightfully unrefined holdover from a bygone era...

CafesCoffee Shop

Urth Caffé
The hippest purveyors of organic coffees and teas in LA...

CafesFast Food

Umami Burger
Umami Burger takes the concept of fast food and gives it a fine-dining spin, with both celebrities and locals flocking to its outposts for calorie-heavy fare.

CafesCafe

The Trails Cafe
Away from the hustle and bustle of Downtown LA, The Trails Cafe - found in Griffith Park - offers vegetarian fare amid 4,000-acres of lush parkland.

CafesFast Food

The Oinkster
Fast food made with fresh quality ingredients and home-made condiments...

CafesDeli

The Oaks Gourmet
The Oaks Gourmet is trying really hard to be everything you could possibly want in a restaurant and neighborhood grocery shop. Luckily for us, it is succeeding. 

CafesDiner

Swingers
Pop culture-themed diner with an awesome selection of comfort food...

CafesGreasy Spoon

Roscoe’s
Soul food - spicy, messy, fattening, straightforward and utterly comforting...

CafesDiner

Reel Inn
Post-beach snacking when you don't want that glorious day to end...

CafesBakery

Porto’s Bakery
Ridiculously crowded family-run Cuban bakery...

CafesDiner

Pink’s Hot Dogs
The undisputed 'hot dog to the stars' is a LA institution...

CafesDiner

Millie’s Cafe
Comfort food for a rocking Silver Lake crowd...

CafesDeli

Locali
Angelenos have long been the vanguard of the organic, sustainable, eco-conscious lifestyle movement, and since 2009, Melissa Rosen's Locali has been on the front line of the LA eco-food scene.

CafesDeli

FOODLAB
If stranded on the cramped stretch of Santa Monica Blvd known as the Gateway to West Hollywood, oasis hunters will be relieved to tuck into the blink-and-you'll

CafesBakery

Bouchon Bakery
Traditional French cakes and pastries from uber-chef Thomas Keller...

CafesBistro

Bagatelle LA
Bagatelle LA, which serves up a blend of French and New American cuisines (think grilled wild salmon and truffle gnocchi), turns into a DJ-helmed dance club by mid-afternoon on the weekends.

CafesGreasy Spoon

Auntie Em’s Kitchen
Country charm abounds at this sweet and hearty comfort food joint...

CafesDiner

Apple Pan
Homey hamburger joint with three kinds of pie...

CafesFast Food

Tommy’s
Home of the city's most famous chili-topped burger...

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