Chef Tony is a dim sum restaurant in Pasadena with decent food and high prices.

An all-day spot serving coffee, wine and beer, and great cafe food, Paper Or Plastik is a spot on Pico that you need to know about.

Bloom & Plume is a very colorful, very vibrant coffee shop in Historic Filipinotown.

Tactile Coffee is a specialty coffee shop in Historic Filipinotown with incredible drinks and... even better biscuits?

Clark Street Bread’s first stand-alone bakery in Echo Park is bigger, better, and buttery-er.

Marco Polo is a sunny restaurant at the Silver Lake Pool & Inn that specializes in seafood-y Italian.

All Day Baby is a Silver Lake restaurant and bar with hearty, inventive food and fun cocktails.

Joe's Cafe is an excellent weekday breakfast spot in Granada Hills.

Yang’s Kitchen in Alhambra is a modern Taiwanese restaurant that’s one of the most exciting new spots in the neighborhood.

J. Nichols Kitchen in Marina del Rey is the kind of good-at-everything spot every neighborhood needs.

Sibling Rival is a solid all-day restaurant (get the pancakes!) in DTLA’s Hoxton hotel.

Bob's Hawaiian Style Cafe is a diner in Gardena that feels just like eating in the 808.

Rutt’s Hawaiian Cafe is a fast, casual restaurant in Mar Vista that’s perfect for when your lunch game is in a rut.

Aloha Food Factory in Alhambra is serving some of the best Hawaiian food in LA - especially at breakfast.

Alice’s Kitchen is an HK-style cafe in Monterey Park with good food and a great space for big groups.

With Little Prince, Main St. in Santa Monica finally has a cool, neighborhood-y spot for brunch and dinner.