Day-by-day eating plans for Los Angeles. weekend classics, family routes, vegan plans, on-a-budget editions.

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Los Angeles coffee and bakery day ★ 4.5

Coffee and pastry enthusiast, one day1 day

Los Angeles built one of the deepest specialty coffee scenes in America, anchored by Intelligentsia, Blue Bottle, Maru and Cognoscenti. The bakery culture runs alongside at Republique, Proof, Bibi's Warmstone and GG's. This single-day plan strings the canonical roasters and bakeries from morning to late espresso.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: morning bakery, lunch coffee, late espresso

    Morning
    Open at Republique Bakery on La Brea from 08:00 for a butter croissant and a flat white. Walk Mid-Wilshire and stop at Intelligentsia Venice for the second pour-over.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Sqirl Brunch on Virgil Avenue for a seasonal sandwich and a third-wave coffee. Visit Bibi's Warmstone Bakery for the Persian sweet morning bun.
    Evening
    Wind down at Cognoscenti Coffee DTLA for the late espresso ritual, then close at Maru Coffee for the third roaster of the day.

Los Angeles vegetarian and plant-led day ★ 4.4

Vegetarian and plant-curious traveller, one day1 day

Los Angeles has built one of the deepest plant-based scenes in America, anchored by Vegan Hooligans, the Hollywood and Santa Monica farmers markets, and the dedicated vegetarian programmes across the city. This single-day plan covers a vegan brunch, a market lunch and a plant-led dinner.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: vegan brunch, market lunch, plant dinner

    Morning
    Open at Vegan Hooligans for the vegan brunch board and a third-wave coffee. The kitchen runs plant-only with a Latin American focus and the brunch is the most established in the city.
    Afternoon
    Walk the Hollywood Farmers Market on Sunday for plant-led stalls and seasonal produce. Grand Central Market in the afternoon for a vegetarian taco from the plant counter.
    Evening
    Dinner at Sqirl on Virgil for the seasonal vegetable tasting and a glass of natural wine. Close with a coffee at Civil Coffee for the late espresso ritual.

Los Angeles weekend: the classics, done right ★ 4.5

First-time visitor, two days2 days

A weekend built around the dishes Los Angeles invented (French dip, al pastor, breakfast burrito), the Westside chef rooms and a Koreatown grill dinner. Two days of driving and eating.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: market mornings, Westside chefs, Koreatown grill

  2. Day 2: Sunday: bakery, downtown, sushi counter dinner

Los Angeles Koreatown and Eastside crawl ★ 4.7

Returning visitor, food-first2 days

A two-day tour of immigrant Los Angeles: Koreatown grills, soft tofu houses, Boyle Heights taco trucks, Mariscos Jalisco shrimp tacos and a pupusa lunch at Mercado La Paloma.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Koreatown morning to midnight

  2. Day 2: Day 2: Boyle Heights taco trucks to Mercado lunch

Los Angeles Westside chef day ★ 4.6

Two-day chef-food traveller2 days

A two-day Westside Los Angeles food trail: Venice and Santa Monica chef rooms, a Wednesday farmers market loop, plus a Culver City tasting menu dinner.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Venice morning, Westside lunch, Culver City tasting

  2. Day 2: Day 2: Wednesday market, Bavel dinner, Arts District nightcap

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Los Angeles: Private Downtown Food Tour

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Los Angeles: Private Downtown Food Tour

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