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This post was originally published on October 26, 2020.

Living in a big city like Los Angeles comes with the perk of having a plethora of amazing coffee shops in every neighborhood. While many cities in the US also boast a great coffee scene, the sheer …

This post was originally written in May 2020! I still remember driving to Pasadena and ordering food to eat in my car. Crazy times! Many places that I included on this list have closed since, and therefore have been removed from the article. A few of them were …

This post was originally published in Feb 2021.

We all know LA is wellness mecca, but did you know there are about 1,600 donut shops? Or that LA was officially named the donut capital of the United States by National Geographic Magazine …

This post was originally published in May 2019. It was last updated in February 2025.

Pasta, my favorite food! Although Los Angeles doesn’t have a big population of Italian Americans like New York or Chicago, there is no shortage of options to indulge in …

This post was originally written in 2018. Some of these places are in my other restaurant guides.

For those who have never been to LA, the South Bay is located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County. Stretching all the way down from LAX International …

This post was originally published in November 2022. It was last updated in December 2024.

The first brick-and-mortar smash burger in LA was Burgers Never Say Die in 2019. When Shawn Nee started selling burgers out of his driveway in East Hollywood …