Davida's DTLA
"Downtown LA has been at the center of the Los Angeles art scene for far longer than most people realize. Before world class museums, like The Broad, or glittering international galleries, like Hauser & Wirth, DTLA was for the artists. Some may even argue the neighborhood’s influence was so momentous, so tangible that it could be imagined as a character in the scene itself. From the 1970s through the 1990s, artists were drawn in increasing numbers to the cheap, industrial spaces of Downtown LA. The sky-high, paned windows originally installed for manufacturing ventilation now allowed for light-drenched, blank-slate concrete spaces perfect for grassroots galleries, paint-strewn studios, and makeshift stages for experimental installations and groundbreaking performance art. The area once characterized for its post-office hours desolation became a 24/7 hive of energy and creativity so well documented that it was often referred to as the “SoHo of the West”. This history gives shape to Downtown LA’s positioning in the art world today and though it’s gone through some transformations, it’s still just as vital. Here are some suggestions on a variety of ways to enjoy art in DTLA."
-Discover LA
Francois Ghebaly
2245 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 15 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag, to mid-career, like Sayre Gomez, Christine Sun Kim, Kelly Akashi, Kathleen Ryan, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Neïl Beloufa, Marius Bercea, and Channa Horwitz, as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square ft. warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Lower Arts District community. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive practices of its artists.
1700 Santa Fe.
1700 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Numerous gallaries located in this building including Vielmetter, Nicodim, Particia Sweetow, Wilding Cran and Gavlak.
Great parking and lots to see.
Maru
1019 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021
Maru adopts its name from a native Korean language, San Ma Ru, which means ‘mountaintop’. This is our symbol of quality as the finest coffee beans are grown and harvested from areas of high altitude.
Born from a love of process and everyday quality, we are inspired by all things analog and the simplicity of good coffee. We believe that quality does not have to be austere and that tradition can be respected as well as re-imagined. Maru is made with intention, balance, and a love for the ritual of a well-made coffee.
Mon—Fri 7:30—5:30 | Sat—Sun 8—5:30
Soho Warehouse
1000 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021

Eat and drink
Our Arts District location features the best of seasonal California produce with simply grilled dishes in the club and healthy bowls and smoothies in the Garden
Situated in a former storage facility-turned-recording studio in Downtown Los Angeles, Soho Warehouse spans seven floors, with sleek industrial interiors and street art from the surrounding area
The club features 48 bedrooms, a rooftop pool and terrace with views of the city, a two-floor gym with a yoga studio, and a garden for alfresco dining. There’s also an international art collection, including an outdoor commission by Shepard Fairey
Ditroit Taqueria (Damian's lunch spot- known for fish flautas)
2117 Violet St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Damian
2132 E 7th Place,
Los Angeles, CA 90021
We are a CASAMATA restaurant in Los Angeles' Arts District serving contemporary cuisine rooted in Mexican culture. Inspired by the Pacific coasts' culinary traditions, while celebrating seasonal Californian produce. Damian's beverage program focuses on artisanal spirits and mirrors its cuisine, letting the high quality ingredients shine.
Yangbang
712 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Yangban, the genre-defying Korean American culinary ‘conversation’, which opened in Los Angeles’ Arts District, re-opens after a transformative interior overhaul of the space, revealing an evolution of the highly acclaimed restaurant. Now featuring a full-service dining room and updated food and beverage programs, the concept remains at its core a Modern-Korean American restaurant as told through the lens of husband-and-wife chefs Katianna and John Hong.
After training through some of the finest Michelin starred restaurants in the country, their food is influenced by their passion for seasonal California ingredients and executed with techniques refined through their journey as Korean American chefs.
Bread Lounge
700 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Bringing The Origins Of Bread To Los Angeles
Founded by baker Ran Zimon in 2010, Bread Lounge is a modern bakery & coffeehouse featuring a selection of traditional European bread and pastries.
Made with wild yeast, we feature vegan bread such as our baguettes, ciabatta, multigrain, sourdough, and other loaves. We also bake a long list of pastries daily, including croissants, danishes, and unique Mediterranean pastries such as borek, and the Jerusalem bagels.
Guerilla Tacos
2000 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Contemporary restaurant originating from a food truck plating tacos with local ingredients & a bar.
Verve
500 Mateo StreetLos Angeles, CA 90013

LET'S CRAFT THE FUTURE OF COFFEE
Sourcing the very best coffee in the world is our passion. With an unparalleled focus on craft, quality and relationships, we’re dedicated to making a positive impact in our coffee communities from Farmlevel to Streetlevel.
Everyday: 7am – 6pm
Hauser & Wirth
901 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot and CEO Ewan Venters in 2021. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth represents over 90 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.
The gallery has built a reputation for its dedication to artists and support of visionary artistic projects worldwide. In addition to presenting a dynamic schedule of exhibitions, the gallery collaborates with renowned curators to present museum quality surveys and invests considerable resources in new scholarship and research. Since its earliest days, Hauser & Wirth has mounted historically significant exhibitions. The inaugural exhibition in 1992 took place at Hauser & Wirth’s first gallery, located in the first-floor apartment of an Art Deco villa in the heart of Zurich; it united mobiles and gouaches by Alexander Calder with sculptures and paintings by Joan Miró. Since then, the gallery has continued to forge an ambitious and academically rigorous programme of historic exhibitions, providing a natural home for a number of major 20th-century artist estates and encouraging a continued and engaging discourse around their oeuvres. These include Louise Bourgeois, The Estate of Philip Guston, The Eva Hesse Estate, Allan Kaprow Estate, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, The Estate of Jason Rhoades, Dieter Roth Estate and The Estate of David Smith.
Manuel
907 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Located in the Arts District of Los Angeles, Manuela unites chef, farmer and artist to create an authentic and original dining experience. Under the direction of Executive Chef Kris Tominaga, the menu celebrates seasonal ingredients sourced from the best farms and producers in Southern California.
Serving a wide range of vegetables, grains, fish, and game, Manuela also features an exemplary bar program, which serves classic cocktails using house-made bitters and tonics. Local beers are on tap, while the carefully selected wine list is designed to pair with the smoke and acid at the heart of Manuela’s menu.
Designed by Los Angeles native Matt Winter and named for Manuela Wirth, the restaurant is illuminated and animated by specially commissioned works from artists Paul McCarthy, Mark Bradford and Raymond Pettibon.
Guisados (original location)
2100 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033
The smell of chiles and meat simmering in a stew, wafting through the house as the sun goes down.
If you grew up in a traditional Mexican home, guisados brought you comfort and familiarity; with every ingredient serving its purpose guisados are a true labor of love. They were the weekday preparations—simply braised, usually served with a side of rice, beans, and warm tortillas. Mom would start mixing spices and broths as soon as she got home from her morning errands. Its almost as if she just couldn't wait for the family to be together at the dinner table and enjoy what she'd be working on all day.
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Born in Boyle Heights in December 2010, Guisados set out to serve homestyle braises on handmade corn tortillas; tortillas made to order from the fresh ground masa next door at Carnitas Uruapan. We created a simple menu, one which reminded us of home and how mom spent her afternoons. It’s that same feeling that we try to put into every bite—because simply put, it’s just how we ate.
Within 5 years we’ve expanded from the comfort of our first four walls to locations in Echo Park, the historic core of Downtown LA, vibrant West Hollywood, the production capital city of Burbank, a humble location in a Beverly Hills parking lot, and most recently the Rose City of Pasadena. Along the way we've cultivated a community of artists through our Featured Artist Program, grown our Guisados family to almost 100 employees, and all throughout, remained true to our homestyle cooking.
Being so close to home, our stews and masa are still made and delivered from the Boyle Heights location—multiple times a day—in order to ensure freshness and love in every bite.
We do this not to change the world, but rather show the world just how talented mom really was.
“Just the way my mom used to make it."
De La Nonna
710 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013
De La Nonna is a market-driven pizza restaurant in the heart of Los Angeles’ Art District!
When the pandemic hit longtime friends Patrick Costa, Jose Cordon, and Lee Zaremba were in totally different places; Costa cooking at Tartine, Cordon working as the Bar Manager at Felix, and Zaremba in Chicago working as the Bar Director for the Boka Group. Cordon and Costa had been kicking around the idea of an Italian concept that would offer an alternative to the more expensive patio dining options in the LA area. Collaborating on their passion for familial hospitality, craveable food, memorable cocktails and natural wine, they forged a path in a time when everyone needed a seat at “Nonna's table”.
“De La Nonna” (From The Grandma), is a play on the combination of Costa’s and Cordon’s Italian and Latin heritage and the idea of Italian soul food that your Nonna would approve of. After a year of successfully popping up at various locations throughout Los Angeles, the Nonna team brought their dream to life with a brick and mortar space in the Arts District in !
Stumptown
806 S SANTA FELOS 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.
WEEKDAYS 630AM-5PM
WEEKENDS 7AM-5PM
Murmurs Gallery
1411 Newton St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Murmurs is an art space located in DTLA focused on championing experimental and emerging art practices. Murmurs exists to challenge what is expected of an art gallery by providing a new model of a multifaceted platform for modalities of expression that have the power to transform reality.
Cara Cara- Rooftop of the Proper Hotel
Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel
Rooftop
1100 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90015
ELEVATED IN EVERY WAY
From the golden daylight to the twinkling evening, all are welcome to experience the fresh bounty of Cara Cara. Chef Suzanne Goin’s seasonal menu showcases California’s best produce with her festive and irresistible rooftop fare. The expansive outdoor space features an elevated dining area with endless skyline views surrounded by a lushly landscaped lower lounge. Slip into one of the many cozy seating arrangements or sit by the fire pit and enjoy an innovative cocktail, wine, or beer paired by award-winning sommelier Caroline Styne.
Dune
199 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
In 2015, Dune opened in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Our vision was to pay homage to the food we love using the freshest, cleanest, and most local ingredients possible. We were inspired to add the voice of our city to the chorus of beautiful and diverse cultures who call this cuisine their own, and to create our own unique version of the street food of the Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Sow & Tailor
157 W 27TH ST.
LOS ANGELES, CA. 90007
Established in 2021 by Karen Galloway, Sow & Tailor is a black-owned and family-operated contemporary art gallery in downtown Los Angeles. Since its inception, the gallery has staged pioneering exhibitions and offsite curatorial projects with both regional and international emerging, mid-career, and established artists. Our programming remains dedicated to promoting diversity and intersectionality by fostering a space where creatives can thrive both within our gallery walls and abroad. Sow & Tailor curatorial projects are institutionally driven with a focus on activating cultural centres and museums, including exhibitions at K11 Musea (Hong Kong), JACCC (Los Angeles, and forthcoming at the Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach). Sow & Tailor has participated at The Armory Show – New York, and forthcoming Frieze – Los Angeles, and Felix Art Fair – Los Angeles.