Casual Weeknight Dinner
Casual Weeknight Dinner
Page 3Nick’s Laguna Beach
Nick’s Laguna Beach is a casual American restaurant in Laguna, and one of the most crowd-pleasing places to eat you’ll find.
Grazie Grazie
Grazie Grazie serves the best pizza in Laguna. Expect nicely charred Neopolitian pies from a casual space.
Saigon Beach
Saigon Beach is a great casual option for Vietnamese food in Laguna, especially if you feel like bringing banh mi to the beach.
House of Cocotte
House of Cocotte is an all-day French spot in the Arts District that works especially well for big groups.
Gorilla Pies
Gorilla Pies specializes in pizza with lots of personality. It's a great option for a casual meal in North Hollywood.
Ferro
Ferro is a family-run Italian restaurant in Idyllwild with a big menu of pastas, salads, and pizzas.
Kitchen In The Desert
Kitchen In The Desert in has the best patio in the High Desert. The Trinidadian menu is great, too.
Sky High Pie
Sky High Pie is a solid pizza option in Joshua Tree if you leave the national park hungry.
The Tiny Pony Tavern
Tiny Pony Tavern in Yucca Valley is a great place to eat delicious bar food, play some billiards, and get a little weird on a weekday.
Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca is a fun (but pricey) hangout spot right on the LA River—come here for elevated picnic food and natural wine.
Pijja Palace
Pijja Palace is a genre-bending Indian sports bar in Silver Lake with tons of flatscreen TVs and saag-topped pizzas.
Saucy Chick Rotisserie / The Goat Mafia
Saucy Chick / The Goat Mafia is an Indian-Mexican fusion spot that's great for when you're sick of the standard lunch bowl/wrap/salad.
Tendon Tempura Carlos Junior
One of our favorite casual Japanese spots in the South Bay, Tendon Tempura Carlos Junior is home to mountains of crispy, tender tempura served over rice.
Bhookhe
Artesia is filled with great Indian restaurants. Bhookhe's tremendous Rajasthani menu makes it a standout.
Shirube
Shirube is a modern izakaya in Santa Monica with excellent small plates that make even a quick meal feel special.
Tacos Los Cholos
Tacos Los Cholos in Huntington Park is the smoky taquería we send out-of-towners to first.
Awash
Awash is a casual Ethiopian restaurant that makes some of our favorite meat dishes in Little Ethiopia.
Dudley Market
Dudley Market doesn't miss. It's part oyster disco, part oceanfront wine bar, and our first choice for seafood and burgers in Venice.
Angel's Tijuana Tacos
Angel's Tacos is a great taco chain with sidewalk stands all over LA, and the Eagle Rock location is our favorite of the bunch.
Rincon Chileno
Rincon Chileno in East Hollywood is one of LA's few Chilean restaurants. They make some excellent empanadas.
Tonchin
Tonchin is an upscale ramen spot on the border of Larchmont and Hollywood that serves great housemade noodles and desserts.