Rossoblu is a fancy Italian restaurant in the Fashion District, and one of the best restaurants to open in LA in a long time.

The Restaurant at The NoMad in DTLA is a uniquely LA casual-feeling fancy restaurant.

Dama is an upscale Latin restaurant in Downtown LA’s Fashion District with excellent food and cocktails.

Bar Calo is a Mexican cocktail bar/restaurant in Echo Park that reminds you why you love LA.

Madre! is a big, modern Oaxacan restaurant in Torrance with an even bigger collection of mezcal behind the bar.

Portuguese Bend Distillery in Long Beach has a lot going for it, but you’re here for the amazing cocktails.

One of the original rooftop bars in DTLA, Perch has a French-leaning menu and views for days. Put it on your list for your next downtown date.

One of the more impressive restaurants in the city, 71Above still lacks enough reasons to go there.

Death and Co. is a dark and mysterious bar in DTLA with great cocktails.

The Airliner is a long-standing bar and performance venue in Lincoln Heights that just got a fresh facelift.

Piccalilli in Culver City combines Asian cuisines with low country flavors - with mixed results.

Pinky’s is a sleek bar in Los Feliz that feels like a Miami club, but, like, in a good way.

Red Herring is a just-OK restaurant in DTLA, where most of the food feels like a misdirection from the real star - their chocolate torte.

Thunderbolt in Echo Park is a fairly new bar, but it already feels like a neighborhood institution.

The Cliffdiver is the ideal post-beach hangout spot in Malibu.

Bar Tiki Tiki in Long Beach is a bar hidden inside ANOTHER bar that actually feels like a well-kept secret.