My Essential LA Restaurants

All my current favorites including menu recs.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know how much I love + appreciate food. Ever since I first moved to LA in 2021, I’ve been accumulating categorized lists on my maps of all the spots I want to go to, have gone to and those that have become my essential spots which I’m sharing with you here. As with most things, my essentials fluctuate with the seasons and with my cravings— which happens to be lots of warm + comforting foods right now. Plus, the LA food scene is constantly evolving with old spots falling through and new spots taking their place. In the end, I believe good food is best when shared so I wanted to use this week’s newsletter as an opportunity to highlight my current essential spots along with my favorite items on the menu. This one specifically focuses on restaurants in order to keep this list short and sweet. Let’s get right into it.