Lucky Boy ★ 4.5
Lucky Boy in Pasadena, Los Angeles serves a foil-wrapped breakfast burrito that locals queue for from 06:00. Open from 05:00 daily, drive-through window in back.
Try: Breakfast burrito
Langer's Delicatessen on Alvarado, Westlake, Los Angeles has hand-sliced pastrami since 1947. The #19 with Russian dressing, coleslaw and Swiss is the order.
Address: 704 S. Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Lucky Boy in Pasadena, Los Angeles serves a foil-wrapped breakfast burrito that locals queue for from 06:00. Open from 05:00 daily, drive-through window in back.
Try: Breakfast burrito
Banh Mi My Tho in Alhambra, Los Angeles County bakes baguettes daily and presses Vietnamese sandwiches to order. The pate cha lua is the order, cash only.
Try: Vietnamese banh mi
Al & Bea's in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles has wrapped bean and cheese burritos since 1966 from the same walk-up window. Closes by 17:00 daily.
Try: Bean and cheese burrito
Yuko Kitchen on Wilshire, Los Angeles is a Japanese counter run by Yuko Sato, serving rice bowls with karaage chicken and onigiri. Lunch only, line forms at 12:00.
Try: Japanese rice bowl
Chichen Itza inside Mercado La Paloma, Los Angeles plates Yucatecan dishes including the city's reference cochinita pibil. Chef Gilberto Cetina runs the kitchen.
Try: Cochinita pibil panucho
Tortas Ahogadas Ameca in East LA serves the Guadalajara-style drowned pork torta. A birote bun filled with carnitas and submerged in chile sauce.
Try: Drowned pork torta