Guidebook for Los Angeles
Drinks & Nightlife
Yes, this was a mariachi hooker bar, often surrounded by police tape on a Sunday morn. This is how to gentrify. Very welcoming! Windows open wide so you can enjoy a craft beer on the Blvd.
148 locals recommend
The Hermosillo
5125 York BlvdYes, this was a mariachi hooker bar, often surrounded by police tape on a Sunday morn. This is how to gentrify. Very welcoming! Windows open wide so you can enjoy a craft beer on the Blvd.
Jazz nitely, OK food, but stiff drinks where you can enjoy ESPN.
22 locals recommend
Colombo's Italian Steakhouse & Jazz Club
1833 Colorado BlvdJazz nitely, OK food, but stiff drinks where you can enjoy ESPN.
This is what started it all. Hipster Heaven! Good food that comes out fast. Very popular, fun and on the pricey side…
219 locals recommend
The York
5018 York BlvdThis is what started it all. Hipster Heaven! Good food that comes out fast. Very popular, fun and on the pricey side…
Arts & Culture
Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Degas, Rodin all around a lilly pond in a just enough museum 5 minutes away for 10 bucks. Champaigne, wine and beer around the pond...
485 locals recommend
Norton Simon Museum
411 W Colorado BlvdPicasso, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Degas, Rodin all around a lilly pond in a just enough museum 5 minutes away for 10 bucks. Champaigne, wine and beer around the pond...
Shopping
Trader Joe's
1566 Colorado BlvdJust over the hill for all groceries fresh or prepared.
Sightseeing
Just behind the Norton Simon. The preeminent arts & craft built house. Celebrates how our grandparents knew how to build. Book a tour…if you're at all interested.
157 locals recommend
The Gamble House
4 Westmoreland PlJust behind the Norton Simon. The preeminent arts & craft built house. Celebrates how our grandparents knew how to build. Book a tour…if you're at all interested.
Park at the observatory. Bow to James Dean. Look behind you and hike up the hill (30 min) for 360 view of LA. People three times your age will be doing it. Try to keep up!
4367 locals recommend
Griffith Observatory
2800 E Observatory RdPark at the observatory. Bow to James Dean. Look behind you and hike up the hill (30 min) for 360 view of LA. People three times your age will be doing it. Try to keep up!
Food Scene
Truly great healthy, fresh fare for breakfast. Sea vegetables and flowers on your purple potatoes. Perfect protein pancakes, baked goods and curated coffee. Google for hours.
88 locals recommend
Amara Kitchen
519 N Avenue 64Truly great healthy, fresh fare for breakfast. Sea vegetables and flowers on your purple potatoes. Perfect protein pancakes, baked goods and curated coffee. Google for hours.
Baked goodness and super fresh breakfast and luck fare. My mom loved this place. On way to Norton Simon and Gamble. Nearby.
34 locals recommend
Little Flower
1424 W Colorado BlvdBaked goodness and super fresh breakfast and luck fare. My mom loved this place. On way to Norton Simon and Gamble. Nearby.
Four Cafe
2122 Colorado BlvdA menu for each season, local fresh and very good. Eat in. Tale out.
Kind of a biker, drive in place where you can sit outside or in and binge on real deal pastrami, fries, cupcakes.
80 locals recommend
The Oinkster
2005 Colorado BlvdKind of a biker, drive in place where you can sit outside or in and binge on real deal pastrami, fries, cupcakes.
This is very special, cracker thin, HOT oven pizza. kitchen sink salads. You can BYOB, liquor store in parking lot. We can get here enough.
41 locals recommend
Pizza Of Venice
2545 N Fair Oaks AveThis is very special, cracker thin, HOT oven pizza. kitchen sink salads. You can BYOB, liquor store in parking lot. We can get here enough.
Homemade, handmade donuts to get your day started right. Google for hours. Often open early and late.
159 locals recommend
Donut Friend
5107 York BlvdHomemade, handmade donuts to get your day started right. Google for hours. Often open early and late.
Good food and loud buzz. Closeby Italian take out is how we enjoy this place best..
101 locals recommend
Maximiliano
5930 York BlvdGood food and loud buzz. Closeby Italian take out is how we enjoy this place best..
Our go to taco truck for el pastor taco take home. Definitely a star!
9 locals recommend
Tacos La Estrella
Our go to taco truck for el pastor taco take home. Definitely a star!
Everything Else
Get to this MUCH easier, turning E. on Av 52 from Figueroa. Park across from the soccer field, head thru the green gates. Hike up to lake for cardio and views of whole LA basin. Visit nature center.
112 locals recommend
Ernest E Debs Regional Park
4235 Monterey RdGet to this MUCH easier, turning E. on Av 52 from Figueroa. Park across from the soccer field, head thru the green gates. Hike up to lake for cardio and views of whole LA basin. Visit nature center.
Read Books
4972 N Eagle Rock BlvdGreat couple run a bookstore. They're happy to chat about good reads. Google hours.
York Blvd from Av. 53 to 49 is a fun mix of vintage furniture, clothing, vinyl , bookstores, craft beer, hip restaurants, coffee, juice and a pocket park the whole neighborhood loves. You will, too!
31 locals recommend
York Boulevard
York BoulevardYork Blvd from Av. 53 to 49 is a fun mix of vintage furniture, clothing, vinyl , bookstores, craft beer, hip restaurants, coffee, juice and a pocket park the whole neighborhood loves. You will, too!