We Love LA

Here are a few places across town that are sure to add some flavor to your trip. Many have meant something special to us! 

DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles)

Restaurants

  • Baco Mercat

  • Mezcalero

  • Terroni

  • Grand Central Market

  • Maccheroni Republic

  • Rooftop at Broken Shaker, the Freehand Hotel

  • Arts District Brew Co.

  • Guisados

Activities

  • The Broad Museum

  • Trivia Night at Angel City Brewery

  • Rent Metro Bikes and ride to the Arts District

  • High Tea at Chado Tea Room

  • Browse the stacks at The Last Bookstore

  • Fresh cheese at DTLA Farmer's Market

  • Endless food trucks at Smorgasbourg LA

Sights

  • Banksy mural on Broadway

  • Architecture of Walt Disney Concert Hall

  • top of the Intercontinental Hotel

  • Union Station

Hotels

  • Hotel Figueroa

  • Omni Hotel

  • Millennium Biltmore Hotel

  • Ace Hotel

  • Freehand Hotel

  • Nomad

  • Doubletree by Hilton in Little Tokyo

Koreatown

Restaurants

  • Quarters Korean BBQ

  • Escala

  • HMS Bounty

  • Normandie Club

  • Cassel's Diner

Activities

  • Gorge on Korean BBQ

  • try soju (proceed with caution)

  • Wi Spa (24 hours)

  • Brass Monkey for Karaoke

  • Concerts @ The Wiltern

Hotels

  • The LINE Hotel

  • Hotel Normandie

Echo Park / Silver Lake / Los Feliz

Restaurants

  • Mohawk Bend

  • Pine & Crane

  • Tiki Ti

  • Taix

  • Cafe Flore

  • Trois Familia

  • Millie's Cafe

  • Little Dom's

  • Tacos Villa Corona (Atwater Villaige)

  • Masa of Echo Park

Activities

  • Head up to the Griffith Observatory

  • Catch a show at the Greek Theater

  • Hike to the Hollywood Sign

  • Play an easy 9 holes at the Los Feliz links

  • Trek up the SilverLake Steps

  • Movies at the Vista Theater & Los Feliz Theater

  • Watch a game at Dodger Stadium

Sights

  • Echo Park Lake

  • Barnsdall Art Park

Pasadena/Highland Park

Restaurants

  • Lucky Boy Drive In

  • The Greyhound (Highland Park)

  • Union Restaurant

  • Gus's BBQ (South Pasadena)

  • Arroyo Chop House

  • The Raymond

  • Mercado

  • Sage Vegan Bistro

  • My Vegan

Activities

  • Bowl a game at Highland Park Bowl

  • Shop on Colorado Blvd.

  • Rose Bowl

  • Hike up the Echo Mountain Sam Merrill trail up to the White City ruins

Sights

  • Old Town Pasadena

  • Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens

Hotels

  • Langham Hotel

Hollywood, Culver City, Westside

Restaurants

  • Tar & Roses

  • Gracias Madre (vegan)

  • Canter's Deli

  • Musso & Franks

  • Night + Market

  • Mama Shelter

  • A-Frame

  • Father's Office

Activities

  • Ride the ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier

  • Rent bikes on the Venice Beach Boardwalk

  • Shopping on 3rd Street Promenade

  • Celeb spotting on a hike up Runyon Canyon

  • Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl (take the Red Line Metro)

  • Visit the Museum of Jurassic Technology (don't miss the parrots in the grotto on the roof)

Sights

  • Hollywood Sign

  • Venice Canals

  • Chateau Marmont

  • Historic Culver City Hotel