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Here’s where to have an exceptional dinner in L.A. without sacrificing your budget.
The Valley is home to the state’s first materia, a Middle Eastern cafe brewing sand coffee and a dedicated margarita bar from an award-winning beverage team, with plenty of neighborhood dives in between.
Eight Times food writers spent months crisscrossing the Valley in search of the best, reconnecting with old favorites and finding new surprises along the way.
On bustling Western Avenue in the heart of Gardena, Sakura-Ya and Chikara Mochi sit about 250 feet away from each other, frequented by South Bay residents for decades for fluffy mochi and cakey manju.
Home kitchen Mid East Eats in Watts now offers a fast-casual menu of wraps and bowls and is a proud advocate and fundraiser for families in Gaza.
Guests can charge their Teslas while getting ‘epic bacon’ and tuna melts carhopped to their vehicles, and other unique quirks we learned at the opening of Elon Musk’s new Tesla Diner in Hollywood.
Softies Burger, the Korean-inspired burger chain from former Smorgasburg vendors Josh Kim and Sam Hong, opened in the USC Village on July 6.
Shibumi is part of a wave of L.A. restaurants closing this summer, including Michael Mina’s Mother Tongue.
