Brandi's Choice
Stumptown
806 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Our first café in California opened in fall of 2013 in the burgeoning downtown Arts District. Stop by for espresso, Cold Brew, pour-over and 12 ounce bags of coffee. Our outdoor patio provides ample opportunity to relax in the LA sun.
In addition to a full espresso bar, drip coffee, brew-by-the-cup offerings, and cold brew on draft, you can enjoy fresh bottled juices, sodas, and rotating pastries from Sugar Bloom and hot biscuit sandwiches from Farmshop.
Hanks Organic Grocery Store
661 Imperial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Hanks Organic is your local Arts District Family Owned Grocery store where you can buy Organic at the right price! Featuring Crisp vibrant produce, Freshly made hot foods and salads. Coffee, smoothies, acai bowls and delicious fresh juices. Your one stop shop for all your household essentials including your wine and beer hosting needs.
Little Tokyo Sushi
333 Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
WE'RE CHALLENGING EXPECTATIONS, ONE ROLL AT A TIME!
Say goodbye to the notion that takeout sushi is anything less than a dining experience. Nestled inside the corner of the Little Tokyo Marketplace, we're serving fresh sushi every day.
Death & Co
818 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
It was thought that to drink alcohol was to live a life shadowed by death; that those who drank were keeping company with death. It's taken us nearly a century to restore flavor to the drink and class to the specialty cocktail. In our time, a night to celebrate life's simple pleasures with fine wine, exquisitely crafted cocktails, beautifully prepared food, and impeccable sipping spirits is a rare gift.
To those who shun the night, we tip our hat. To those who shine after dusk, we offer a warm embrace.
Welcome to the new golden age. Welcome to Death & Co.
Opened on New Year's Eve 2006/07 in Manhattan's East Village, Death & Co quickly became a cocktail institution, owed greatly to our staff of creative bartenders and incredible servers. Since then, we have evolved and changed; from an intimate bar in NYC to a sprawling cocktail lounge and restaurant in Denver. Our third installment in Los Angeles pays homage to NYC as it is an intimate seated only bar, paired this time with a more casual standing room only bar. Through this growth, we've maintained our commitment to fine product and exceptional experiences, a focus on hospitality, and a deep desire to be a center for our communities.
Sonoratown
208 E 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Sonoratown is the brainchild of Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez, Jr. and Jennifer Feltham—two veterans of the service industry with 27 years of combined experience. In 2016, they decided to open a restaurant that would pay homage to the small border town in Mexico where Teo grew up and also their beloved neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles. Downtown had been home for six years at that point, and it was time to help define what the revitalization of the neighborhood would look like...
The project would be named "Sonoratown" which was the name of a small community of Mexican immigrants who settled in the area we now know as Chinatown, after the Gold Rush in 1850. The restaurant idea was simple: serve tacos in the style of San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora—a part of Northern Mexico known for having the most delicious carne asada—cooked over mesquite wood fire—and also for truly excellent handmade flour tortillas.
Opening a new restaurant isn't easy, especially in the hyper-saturated market of DTLA and so Jen and Teo kept their expectations low and opened the doors, knowing full-well failure was a distinct possibility. To their surprise, the people of the Fashion District neighborhood took to the idea immediately. Office buildings full of people were tired of the same scant lunch options. Lines quickly generated more buzz and longer lines—and the tiny taco counter was featured in the first three months by Eater, Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles Magazine. These publications praised the restaurant for having a small but well-executed menu, friendly staff and a community-oriented focus.
Jen and Teo are opening a second location in Mid-City on May 31st, 2022! Find the second outpost of their beloved taqueria on the corner of Hauser & San Vicente!
Cole's/ Varnish
118 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Usually at Cole's I'll grab a half sandwich and side and martini, and then head to the back speakeasy, Varnish, and have a fun cocktail.
Bar Franca
438 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
A Classy Little Cocktail Joint
Drinks & Laughter what comes after ……🍒🍒 Wednesday - Saturday 8P - 2A
BADMAASH Downtown LA
108 W 2nd St #104, Los Angeles, CA 90012
It’s hard to resist the contemporary Indian food in this colorful, bustling DTLA space. Founded by chef Pawan Mahendro and sons Nakul and Arjun, it’s a mix of traditional and modern mashups, things like butter chicken sandwiches and chicken tikka poutine, and many classics like saag paneer and fluffy naan.
Grand Central Market
317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013