LA Times The Taste ★ 4.3
LA Times The Taste in Los Angeles runs over Labor Day weekend at Paramount Pictures Studios, with chefs from Bestia, Felix and Republique plating in tasting.
Focus: Multi-cuisine, citywide chef showcase
Food festivals in Los Angeles worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Los Angeles Wine and Food Fest ★ 4.2
Los Angeles Wine and Food Festival in November pours from 200 wineries and plates from city chefs at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Three days of tastings.
Focus: Wine, spirits, citywide chefs
Smorgasburg LA ★ 4.8
Smorgasburg LA in Row DTLA, Los Angeles is a year-round Sunday food market with 100 vendors. Kuya Lord, Holbox and Bone Kettle launched here.
Focus: 100 vendors, multi-cuisine
626 Night Market ★ 4.6
626 Night Market in Arcadia, Los Angeles runs summer weekends at Santa Anita Park, the largest Asian-American night market in the US. 250 vendors and live.
Focus: Asian-American street food
dineLA Restaurant Week ★ 4.0
dineLA Restaurant Week in Los Angeles runs a two-week prix-fixe across 250 restaurants every January and July, with $25 lunches and $55-95 dinners citywide.
Focus: Citywide prix-fixe
Nisei Week Japanese Festival ★ 4.5
Nisei Week in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles has run every August since 1934. The street fair fills the Japanese Village Plaza with takoyaki and shave-ice stalls.
Focus: Japanese, Little Tokyo street food
Taste of Soul Family Festival ★ 4.5
Taste of Soul closes Crenshaw Boulevard for one Saturday each October, drawing more than 300,000 people to hundreds of soul food vendors and three music stages.
Focus: Soul food, Southern barbecue, Creole
Tip: Park south of Stocker and walk north; the Obama end fills first. Vendors run out by mid-afternoon, so eat before 14:00.