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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

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There’s a rising subculture in LA at the center of a complicated Venn diagram of fashion, skateboarding, music, and cacti, a head-on collision between Supreme-style commercial streetwear and Grateful Dead hippie aesthetics, a shaggy 24 year-old in a $60 tie-dye tee with a trowel in one hand and a blunt in the other.

The Best Thing We Ate This Week: Tamales from Olmeca

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There was that week at the end of March when the mercury reached the mid-90s, shattering temperature records and sending everyone running to Target to buy swamp coolers earlier in the year than ever before.

12 Exciting New Restaurant Openings in LA to Try This Weekend

First Look

Thrillist takes you inside the hottest new restaurants, from upscale destinations to casual cafes.

First Look - Thrillist

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If you’re one of those New Yorkers who was part of the pandemic mass exodus to Los Angeles, there’s a good chance that you spent a winter weekend or two in Miami during your Big Apple years.

Magical Miami Aegean Restaurant Mandolin Opens at Soho Warehouse in Downtown LA

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The night markets of Taiwan are unlike any other in the world.

Everything You Need to Know About the 626 Night Market

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Here in LA, where we have beloved neighborhoods like Koreatown, Thai Town, Little Tokyo, and Historic Filipinotown, we celebrate AAPI Heritage all year long, with frequent reminders of the countless contributions that these communities have made not just to our city, but also our country and across the globe.

13 Events Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month in LA

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The stretch of Spring Street between the 101 and Cesar Chavez Avenue looks a whole lot different today than it did just a few short years ago—where there used to be two largely unused parking lots, there is now LA Plaza Village, four colorful, mixed-use buildings that opened in 2019, with more than 350 apartments, ground-floor retail space, and four large murals.

LA Plaza Cocina Is the Mexican Food Museum of Your Dreams

Hollywood's not just a place where deals get struck and movies get made—it's a massive neighborhood, covering several miles between the 101 and La Brea that are thick with offices and apartments, sound stages and record stores, and it has also become a neighborhood jam-packed with great restaurants.

The Ultimate Hollywood Dining Guide

Riverside Food Lab

In LA, everywhere is a suburb to someone.

10 Restaurants Outside of LA That Are Totally Worth the Drive

It may be hard to imagine now, but LA once had its very own “Frenchtown”—a long-gone section of Downtown LA near present-day Chinatown.

21 Essential French Restaurants You Need to Try in LA

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The Arts District is the beating heart of Los Angeles’ elevated restaurant scene, keeping time for the city’s neverending rhythm of openings and closings.

A Vibey New Izakaya Flickers to Life in the Arts District

Papillon International Bakery

What makes LA such a unique city is the melting pot of cultures which is seen throughout the city’s various neighborhoods.

14 Essential Armenian Restaurants to Try in Los Angeles

Culver City has a rich, storied history as a moviemaking hub, but nowadays, it’s better known as one of the city’s hottest culinary destinations, rising among the ranks of other Westside fine dining meccas like Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica.