Guidebook for Los Angeles
Food Scene
Great pastries, desserts, coffee, tea, and limited breakfast and lunch options
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Valerie Echo Park
1665 Echo Park AveGreat pastries, desserts, coffee, tea, and limited breakfast and lunch options
Coffee shop you may recognize from various TV shows and Movies filmed in the area (including Netflix's "Love")
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Chango Coffee
1559 Echo Park AvenueCoffee shop you may recognize from various TV shows and Movies filmed in the area (including Netflix's "Love")
Great local market for fresh organic produce, meat, bread, as well as pre-made options.
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Cookbook Los Angeles
1549 Echo Park AveGreat local market for fresh organic produce, meat, bread, as well as pre-made options.
Ostrich Farm
1525 Sunset BlvdGreat local restaurant, quiet, nice ambiance
Dinette
1608 1/2 Sunset BlvdGood sandwiches and pastries, order from a window.
Popular taco spot in the neighborhood, handmade tortillas and known for their stewed meats rather than grilled.
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Guisados
1261 Sunset BlvdPopular taco spot in the neighborhood, handmade tortillas and known for their stewed meats rather than grilled.
Hip new restaurant getting a lot of love from blogs and magazines. Great breakfast and lunch, cocktails, and slightly fancier dinner fare. Also has a good coffee/tea and pastry take-out bar.
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WINSOME
Hip new restaurant getting a lot of love from blogs and magazines. Great breakfast and lunch, cocktails, and slightly fancier dinner fare. Also has a good coffee/tea and pastry take-out bar.
Late night local diner (open until 3am). What more can I say? Known for their pies and classic diner fare.
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Brite Spot
1918 Sunset BlvdLate night local diner (open until 3am). What more can I say? Known for their pies and classic diner fare.
Great neighborhood restaurant on the casual side, known for their Chicago-style deep dish pizzas (warning, they take 45-min to bake, but you can enjoy carafes of cheap wine while you wait!)
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Masa of Echo Park Bakery & Cafe
1800 Sunset BlvdGreat neighborhood restaurant on the casual side, known for their Chicago-style deep dish pizzas (warning, they take 45-min to bake, but you can enjoy carafes of cheap wine while you wait!)
Great vegan option in the neighborhood!
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Sage Plant Based Bistro and Brewery Echo Park
1700 Sunset BlvdGreat vegan option in the neighborhood!
Famous and popular taco truck, cash only. I highly recommend the "mulitas" -- kind of like mini-quesadillas grilled with cheese and meat or veggies inside.
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Tacos Zone Truck
2064 Montana StFamous and popular taco truck, cash only. I highly recommend the "mulitas" -- kind of like mini-quesadillas grilled with cheese and meat or veggies inside.
Mohawk Bend
2141 Sunset BlvdElf Cafe
2135 Sunset BlvdGood vegetarian restaurant -- small and on the quieter, fancy side.
Honey Hi
1620 Sunset BlvdCute place with lunch/breakfast options.
Blue Bottle Coffee
1712 Sunset BlvdGood "chain" coffee
Woodcat Coffee Bar
1532 Sunset BlvdNice fancy coffee shop
The Park Restaurant
Wednesday night is burger night ($6!)
Two Boots Echo Park
1818 Sunset BoulevardPizza by the slice originally from NY -- open rather late
Trencher
1305 Portia StSandwich spot with some pretty good options
Local Ice Creamery, with fun flavors like Horchata and Mexican Caramel ice cream. Wednesday get 2 scoops for the price of 1!
Icy Rush Co.
2148 Sunset BlvdLocal Ice Creamery, with fun flavors like Horchata and Mexican Caramel ice cream. Wednesday get 2 scoops for the price of 1!
Cafe with breakfast and lunch options at the Boathouse on Echo Park Lake. Stop by for a coffee or snack while you hang out at the lake!
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Beacon | Echo Park
751 Echo Park AveCafe with breakfast and lunch options at the Boathouse on Echo Park Lake. Stop by for a coffee or snack while you hang out at the lake!
New pizza / Italian spot from the lauded chef of Alimento in Silver Lake, slightly more casual than his other restaurant and boasting some awesome meatballs and mozzarella sticks!
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Cosa Buona
2100 Sunset BlvdNew pizza / Italian spot from the lauded chef of Alimento in Silver Lake, slightly more casual than his other restaurant and boasting some awesome meatballs and mozzarella sticks!
Drinks & Nightlife
Great local bar with some food options (kitchen open late). Beer and wine only.
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The Semi-Tropic
1412 Glendale BlvdGreat local bar with some food options (kitchen open late). Beer and wine only.
Local bar with burgers/bar food (menu originally created by a Top Chef contestant)
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The Holloway
1320 Echo Park AveLocal bar with burgers/bar food (menu originally created by a Top Chef contestant)
Short Stop
1455 Sunset BlvdClassic dive bar with pool table and dancing.
Little Joy
1477 Sunset BlvdClassic dive bar recently updated to slightly less dive-y.
Gold Room
1558 Sunset BlvdAnother classic dive bar.
A cool hole-in-the-wall beer store with a "tasting room" where you can enjoy beer and wine while listening to good music and maybe playing a board game or two.
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Sunset Beer Company
1498 Sunset BlvdA cool hole-in-the-wall beer store with a "tasting room" where you can enjoy beer and wine while listening to good music and maybe playing a board game or two.
Vintage video games and pinball, plus great food (Asian street-food inspired menu). Beer and wine only
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Button Mash
1391 Sunset BlvdVintage video games and pinball, plus great food (Asian street-food inspired menu). Beer and wine only
The famous local music venue, also a full bar. Dancing on Saturday nights to classic funk & soul tunes.
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The Echo
1822 Sunset BlvdThe famous local music venue, also a full bar. Dancing on Saturday nights to classic funk & soul tunes.
The Echo's big brother. Check their website to see who is playing -- enter from Glendale (under Sunset bridge)
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Echoplex
1154 Glendale BlvdThe Echo's big brother. Check their website to see who is playing -- enter from Glendale (under Sunset bridge)
Great local music venue geared towards indie music. Saturday night dancing to indie remixes.
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The Satellite
Great local music venue geared towards indie music. Saturday night dancing to indie remixes.
el prado
1805 Sunset BlvdTiny beer and wine only spot, usually spinning great tunes on vinyl.
Bar Bandini
2150 Sunset BlvdNice wine and beer bar on Sunset
Essentials
Grocery store with organic produce and many pre-made options.
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Lassens Natural Food and Vitamins
1631 Sunset BlvdGrocery store with organic produce and many pre-made options.
Vons
561 N Glendale AveBig chain grocery if you need it
Regency Cleaners
1411 Echo Park AveCoin-op laundry and dry cleaner next door
Walgreens
105 E Glenoaks BlvdDrugstore
Whole Food's little brother, get your groceries and foodstuff here!
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Whole Foods Market 365
2520 Glendale BlvdWhole Food's little brother, get your groceries and foodstuff here!
Shopping
Cool store selling "time travel" merchandise -- profits go to help 826LA, a tutoring nonprofit founded by Dave Eggars
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Echo Park Time Travel Mart
1714 Sunset BlvdCool store selling "time travel" merchandise -- profits go to help 826LA, a tutoring nonprofit founded by Dave Eggars
Stories
1716 Sunset BlvdGreat local bookstore and cafe!
Parks & Nature
A short walk up the hill from our place, the Elysian Park trail is a great hiking spot where folks walk their dogs, jog, there are even a couple horseback riders...
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Elysian Park Trail
Elysian Park TrailA short walk up the hill from our place, the Elysian Park trail is a great hiking spot where folks walk their dogs, jog, there are even a couple horseback riders...
The newly revamped Echo Park Lake is a quick walk down the hill! Rent a paddle boat, eat a snack at the boathouse, or just hang out in the shade of a palm tree!
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Echo Park Lake
The newly revamped Echo Park Lake is a quick walk down the hill! Rent a paddle boat, eat a snack at the boathouse, or just hang out in the shade of a palm tree!