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Note: This article was originally published in 2021. It was last updated in January 2025.

Note: Woon now has a second location in Pasadena!

I came across Woon Kitchen while I was perusing restaurants on Instagram late at …

Last year, I started writing an article that is still in the works about the best pie shops in the city. After compiling the list and trying a few places, I think LA’s pie scene is incredibly underrated! One of the places I visited was KnowRealityPie …

Admittedly, when I first heard about Quarter Sheets during the pandemic, it didn’t fall on my radar. Contrary to what many people have been saying for years, LA is one of the best pizza cities in the US, so a pizza pop-up joint was nothing revolutionary.

In my previous article about the best tacos in LA, I mentioned how lacking the fish taco scene is here in comparison to San Diego. In LA, Mariscos Jalisco reigns supreme, but I’m probably in the minority who didn’t get the hype. 

Well, I finally found …

Many food pop-ups that emerged during the pandemic have fallen into four categories: they no longer do them, they opened their brick-and-mortar, they transitioned into other business ventures, or maybe they do it once in a blue moon. 

Today, I want to talk about …

The first time I came across Fluffy McCloud’s on my Instagram feed, I had so many questions. Is it a bar? Well… kind of. It’s an ice cream shop, but not just any ice cream shop. 

As soon as I found it, …