Fiesta Cantina
West Hollywood
The gay Fiesta Cantina is the place to go for beer pong, mega margaritas on the rooftop terrace, big-screen sports viewing and daily happy hours from 4 pm to 8 pm...
- Casual
- Mexican
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Palms Thai Restaurant
Hollywood
The gay-popular Palms Thai Restaurant cooks for Thai tastes, producing some of the tastiest and most authentic Thai food in California. Rows and rows of long tables...
- Casual
- Thai
Border Grill
Santa Monica
Celebrity chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger created LGBTQ-popular modern Mexican Border Grill in Santa Monica, Downtown LA, the Los Angeles Airport and Las...
- Casual
- Mexican
Geoffrey's Malibu
Malibu
Geoffrey's Malibu has Pacific views forever from a dining room originally designed by Richard Neura. Just offshore, whales and dolphins play. Its cuisine is...
- Seafood
- Local Cuisine
Grand Central Market
Downtown
No foodie should visit LA without dropping by Grand Central Market, ablaze in neon signs. A downtown landmark since 1917, what was primarily a food market has become...
- Market
- International
Tortilla Republic
West Hollywood
A LGBTQ favorite, Tortilla Republic on trendy Robertson Boulevard serves traditional yet modern Mexican cantina dishes at brunch, lunch and dinner. Tacos and...
- Casual
- Mexican
Urth Caffé
West Hollywood
Don't expect to run into Bette or Shane or Marina at the the trendy Urth Caffé that inspired the ever-packed Planet in "The L Word." You are likely to see a parade...
- Coffee shop
- American
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill
North Hollywood
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill is a fast-food franchise begun back in 1990 with an emphasis fresh and local ingredients. Particularly popular at lunchtime, it has multiple...
- Fast Food
- Mexican
El Compadre Restaurant
Hollywood
Family-owned El Compadre offers a huge menu of Mexican classics and flaming margaritas. Evenings, live - and loud - music from a three-man mariachi band adds to the...
- Casual
- Mexican
Houston's
Manhattan Beach
Houston's is a classy American chain, headquartered in Beverly Hills, big on beef and business lunches. It also serves sushi. In the Manhattan Marketplace shopping...
- Steakhouse
- American
Louise's Trattoria
Larchmont Village
Established in 1978, Louise's Trattoria is a family-driven mini-chain with a flagship restaurant in West Los Angeles and storefronts in Santa Monica on Montana...
- Café or Bistro
- Italian
Black Cat
Silver Lake
Snuggle back in your leather booth in the sleek Black Cat, an upscale gastropub whose backstory is a milestone in LGBTQ history. The smiling cat on the original sign...
- Pub
- American
Off Vine
Hollywood
Off Vine is a cozy restaurant with patio in a converted Craftsman cottage that offers the comfort foods of California-American cuisine. Forbes Traveler magazine...
- Casual
- American
Tavern and Larder
Brentwood
Suzanne Goin, often nominated and the 2016 James Beard outstanding chef, and her longtime collaborator Sommelier Caroline Styne have a charm bracelet of top...
- Café or Bistro
- American
The Hungry Cat
Santa Monica
Where Santa Monica Canyon meets the sea, the Hungry Cat serves the finest of fresh seafood and also smokes its own meats and seafood. Open since 2005, it emphasizes...
- Seafood
- American
Alma
North Hollywood
Started as a pop-up restaurant downtown in 2012, Alma is a restaurant in transition, popping up through May 2016 at The Standard, Hollywood. Its emphasis is on...
- Café or Bistro
- American
Animal
West Hollywood
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, that dynamic duo of celebrity chefs, cater to carnivores at Animal, serving up most everything between snout and tail on small plates in...
- Steakhouse
- American
B.S. Taqueria
Downtown
LA-born Chef Ray Garcia, who was Esquire's 2016 chef of the year, serves inventive tacos and bolsas (snacks) at the counter lunchtime and family-style nightly...
- Casual
- Mexican
Back on the Beach
Santa Monica
Gay-owned Back on the Beach with its patio on the sand has been a landmark almost since it opened in 1989. It is known for its omelettes, generous burgers and views...
- Beach
- American
Bäco Mercat
Downtown
Chef Josef Centeno started making flat bread sandwiches out of fine-cuisine leftovers as a late night staff snack when he was at Meson G. The tasty tidbits developed...
- Casual
- Spanish
Basix Cafe
West Hollywood
The lesbian-owned Basix Cafe serves a creative American-Italian menu and a notable Sunday brunch featuring short rib hash, fluffy pancakes and avocado toast. Its...
- Café or Bistro
- Italian
Beach Nation
West Hollywood
At Beach Nation, you can wiggle your toes in the sand in the heart of West Hollywood. The open-air cafe features a sandbox in the middle of the action, palm trees,...
- Casual
- American
Belcampo
Downtown
Look for Stall F9-F10 at the Grand Central Market to find Belcampo Meat Company, which is both butcher and restaurant with grass-fed beef from its own farm. The $5...
- Casual
- American
Bottega Louie
Downtown
Bottega Louie helped kick off downtown's new Restaurant Row when it opened in 2009. Both Italian restaurant and gourmet food market, it has a dining room that seats...
- Casual
- Italian
Brazilian Bossa Nova Cuisine
West Hollywood
The Brazilian Bossa Nova Cuisine keeps late hours especially on Fridays and Saturdays when it's open until 3:30 am at its locations in West Hollywood (Robertson...
- Café or Bistro
- Brazilian
Broken Spanish
Downtown
Broken Spanish is the flagship restaurant of Chef Ray Garcia, the award-winning LA native who headed the Fig kitchen for six years. He is big on healthy eating and...
- Casual
- Mexican
Cabo Cantina
West Hollywood
Cabo Cantina with Venice, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Sunset Strip locations boasts mega Patron margaritas. unlimited tacos for $5 on Tuesdays, a big cantina menu...
- Casual
- Mexican
Café Laurent
Culver City
Chef-owner Rayn Gonzalez and his partner Matt Keller at Café Laurent draw a breakfast-lunch crowd to their tiny French café with a pleasant outdoor dining space. In...
- Café or Bistro
- French
Campanile/La Brea Bakery
Hancock Park
Campanile was the dining trend-setter in LA in the 1990s when it was owned by Mark Peel and his now ex-wife Nancy Silverton. It closed in 2012 after it lost its...
- Bakery
- American
Chego
Chinatown
Food truck mogul Roy Choi has gone bricks-and-mortar with Chego, serving spicy noodle bowls in the Far East Plaza in Chinatown. The place seats about 10 with picnic...
- Casual
- Asian fusion
