Shortlist
The five best per neighborhood. No filler.

Old Hollywood at a neighborhood pace. Family trattorias, all-day patios in Craftsman bungalows and wood-paneled bars along Hillhurst and Vermont, with Griffith Park up the hill. How we pick

Plan your nightDinner, then drinks, then somewhere late — in Los Feliz, all on foot.Plan it →

Restaurants

  1. Italian$$·Trattoria in a Hillhurst strip mall
    1802 Hillhurst Ave
  2. Contemporary Mexican$$·Mezcalería under a tree
    1712 N Vermont Ave
  3. American café & bakery$$·The patio everyone east of La Brea knows
    1929 Hillhurst Ave
  4. Calabrian Italian$$·Calabria, with a full vegan menu
    2064 Hillhurst Ave
  5. Californian$$·Café by day, chalkboard dinners at night
    2040 Hillhurst Ave