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Noodle ST in Westwood near UCLA, Los Angeles pulls Lanzhou-style hand-pulled noodles to order and serves them in a long-simmered beef broth from an open.
Try: Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles
Tortas Ahogadas Ameca is a mexican budget eat in Los Angeles.
Tortas Ahogadas Ameca in East LA serves the Guadalajara-style drowned pork torta. A birote bun filled with carnitas and submerged in chile sauce.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 747 S Atlantic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022
Noodle ST in Westwood near UCLA, Los Angeles pulls Lanzhou-style hand-pulled noodles to order and serves them in a long-simmered beef broth from an open.
Try: Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles
Philippe the Original on North Alameda, Los Angeles claims the 1918 invention of the French dip and still serves it on sawdust-floored cafeteria benches.
Try: Original French dip sandwich
Sarita's Pupuseria inside Grand Central Market, Los Angeles griddles Salvadoran pupusas to order from the same family-run counter since 2003. Cash and card.
Try: Salvadoran pupusa with curtido
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.
Try: Hand-sliced pastrami #19 sandwich
Lucky Boy in Pasadena, Los Angeles serves a foil-wrapped breakfast burrito that locals queue for from 06:00. At 640 S. Arroyo Parkway. Booking recommended.
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