The Eater Los Angeles Heatmap has existed for nearly two decades to answer the age-old question: “What’s hot and new in LA?” Eater editors do thorough reporting on the most exciting restaurant ...

Is a restaurant worth a visit simply because it’s been around longer than that bottle of yellow mustard in your refrigerator? Longer than your oldest living relative? Maybe. Proper respect should be ...

I opened my first restaurant in 1996, so basically the last 30 years I’ve been running restaurants in Los Angeles, and this ...

There is no such thing as the quintessential Los Angeles restaurant. That’s the soul-deep beauty of dining in our city. The street stand where burnt-orange birria juice drips onto your T-shirt from ...

The most important meal of the day doesn’t have to be a complicated affair. Grab a seat at one of these well-worn and dependable neighborhood eateries for morning fare that easily satisfies. From ...

Let’s just say the best food spots hit different when they don’t have a huge social media presence. These eateries spend their time making sure their food is, in Gen Z parlance, bussin — they would ...