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DTLA Guide to Good Food & Good Neighbors

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DTLA is filled with an amazing variety of restaurants and great neighbors utilizing their resources to do good things for the community. For those of us working from home and unable to frequent our favorite spots, we want to highlight all the wonderful places in our surrounding community that are offering delicious food options and delivery to help make home quarantining more enjoyable for you and your belly.

Check back for new options as we’re updating this list weekly.

Scroll down for the list of local restaurants and small businesses to support and enjoy!

Amante

  • Italian

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and delivery

  • Wine delivery and their sommelier Raffaele is onsite to give wine recommendations over the phone

  • All of their pasta and pizza dishes can be made gluten-free

  • Menu highlight: stuffed ricotta fried ravioli

Broken Mouth

  • Traditional Hawaiian

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Order online and get 10% off your order of $15 or more

  • Menu highlight: purple rice spam musubi, coconut shrimp ‘local plate’

DAMA

  • Latin American

  • Reduced Business Hours

  • All Day Menu Hours

  • Offered on all Delivery Platforms

  • Menu highlight: Lamb Chops, Elote, Empanadas

DTLA Ramen

  • Ramen & Small Bites

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out only

  • Follow their Instagram! Their posts mention discounts and deals weekly

Dune

  • Mediterranean

  • Reduced business hours: 11am-9pm

  • Take-out only

  • Free delivery on Caviar

  • Menu highlights- fried chicken and sabich sandwich

LALA’s

  • Argentinian

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and delivery

  • 40% off bottled wine and beer

  • Sangria, wine, and beer to go on all delivery platforms

  • 10% off pick up orders placed on their website or by phone

  • Empanadas: buy one get one free on Uber Eats

Peking Tavern

  • Chinese

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out, delivery, and curbside pick-up

  • Offering take out cocktails and beer

  • Wine Wednesdays: ½ price bottles

  • Sunday’s surf and turf with a bottle of wine for $38

Poppy + Rose

  • Southern Style Breakfast

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out and delivery options

  • Now offering groceries for pick up (toilet paper and paper towels included)

  • Menu highlights: fried chicken and waffles, homemade breakfast biscuits

Superfine Pizza

  • Pizza Slices & Full Pies

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out and delivery options

  • Notable menu items: salami and honey pizza, fresh chocolate chip cookies

  • Fun fact: they are currently leading the Hospitality Coalition to work with Gov. Newsom support and relief for the hospitality industry.

Terroni/Dopolavoro

  • Terroni

    • Italian / Reduced hours: 4pm-9pm / Take-out and delivery options

    • Streaming how-to cooking videos on Instagram

    • Menu highlights: Maccheroncini Geppettoand Chitarra Nera con Granchio

  • Dopolavoro

    • Terroni’s Italian Market (directly next store to the restaurant)

    • 11:30am-8:30pm / Take-out and delivery options

    • Market goods: eggs, bread, fresh produce, meats, pizza dough, pasta, etc.

Umami Burger

  • Burgers & Small Bites

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out and delivery options

  • Offering free delivery on all delivery app’s

  • Menu Highlight: ‘the beefy’ burger

Wood Spoon

  • Brazilian

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out and delivery options

  • Limited menu: creating custom family-style menus each week

  • $38 specials of the day on Caviar for 2 people

Zinque

  • French

  • Normal business hours

  • Take-out and delivery options (curbside optional)

  • Menu highlights: tartines and flatbreads

ARTS DISTRICT

Angelino Wine Co.

  • Winery/Wine Shop

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering shop coordinated deliveries, call-in/curbside pick-up,

  • 10% off 6-bottle orders & 15% off 12-bottle orders

  • Bottle Highlights: The Meadow Rosé and the Bike Path Tempranillo

Bavel

  • Mediterranean

  • Reduced hours: 3pm-8pm

  • Offering deliveries through Tock on their website

  • Creating special family-style menu’s for $49 a person (portions serve 2-6)

  • Menu highlight: confit turmeric chicken leg, duck fat hummus

Bestia

  • Italian/American

  • Reduced hours: 3pm-8pm

  • Offering deliveries through Tock on their website

  • Creating special family-style menu’s for $49 a person (portions serve 2-6)

  • Menu highlight: housemade ricotta ravioli, grilled stuffed quail

Guerilla Tacos

  • Mexican/ Tacos

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Offering two ‘Emergency Taco Kits’ varying portion sizes.

  • All kits come with taco ingredients, breakfast taco ingredients, toilet paper, and cleaning supplies.

  • Menu highlight: sweet potato tacos, huevos rancheros

Loft and Bear

  • Partnering with drizly.com for at-home spirit deliveries

  • Check their Instagram for updates on restaurant and companies that you can get their spirits from, and restaurant doing food donations for industry professionals

  • Cocktail suggestions on their Instagram

  • Spirits Highlights: “In Exile” artisanal vodka with two-day smoked pineapple shrub

Pizzanista

  • Pizza

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Delicious single slices and full pies

  • Fun merch for sale on their website

  • Menu highlight: mac and cheese pizza

The Spirit Guild

  • Distillery

  • Making hand sanitizer in support of COVID-19

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Order online and get 10% off your order of $15 or more

  • Bottle highlight:

Urban Radish

  • Organic and Boutique Grocery Store

  • Extended hours: 9am-7pm

  • Highlights: craft wine and beer, fresh produce, charcuterie specialties, organic meat selections, unique snacks and treats

LITTLE TOKYO/ CHINATOWN

Cafe Dulce

  • Breakfast, Coffee, Speciality Tea

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Free delivery on ChowNow

  • Menu highlight: ranchera steak breakfast burritos, matcha tea latte

Daikokuya

  • Ramen/Japanese

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Offering a to-go ramen cooking set for 2 for $8.50

  • Menu highlight: tuna sashimi, spicy ramen

Far Bar

  • American, Japanese

  • Normal business hours

  • Delivery and take-out available in ChowNow, DoorDash or Postmates

  • Growler fills options off of their extensive craft beer list (updated weekly on their Instagram)

  • Menu highlight: cheesecake wontons, teriyaki sliders

Howlin Rays

  • Nashville Hot Chicken

  • Reduced hours:

  • Offering take-out on all delivery platforms

  • Menu highlight: secret menu fried pickles, cheese fries

LASA

  • Phillipino

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Creating take-home meals kits with beer and wine add on’s

  • Rotating menu’s weekly

  • Menu highlight: dry-rubbed confit, house-cured, and braised corned beer

Phillippe The Original

  • Sandwiches/ Meat

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Special to-go sandwich and beer combos (updates day on their Instagram)

  • Menu highlight: roast beef and pastrami sandwiches

Wax Paper

  • Deli/Sandwiches

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out and in-store pick-up/call-in orders

  • Special to-go rootbeer and coke floats

  • Fun brand merch and tote bags for sale on their website

  • Menu highlight: spicy ham sandwich, fried chicken sandwich

A Beautiful Life

  • Jamaican

  • Take-out available

  • Normal business hours

  • Menu highlights: jerk & curry chicken plate, jerk mac n’ cheese

Barcito

  • Argentinian

  • Delivery and take-out available

  • Reduced hours: 3-8pm

  • Natural wine and beer for take-out

  • Now selling pantry goods

  • Menu highlights: artichoke and braised pork empanadas, animal style fries

Belcampo Meat Co.

  • Burgers/ Organic Meat To-Go

  • Delivery and take-out available

  • Normal business hours

  • Adding how-to recipes on their Instagram for at-home cooking ideas with their meat selections

  • Butcher shop highlights: poultry, beef, pork, lamb and bone broths

Berlin Currywurst

  • Sausages and Bratwurst

  • Delivery and take-out available

  • Normal business hours

  • Menu highlights: ‘Bauernpfanne’ sausage hash, paprika sausage

Birdies LA

  • Donuts

  • Take-out available

  • Normal business hours

  • Menu highlight: fried chicken sandwich donut, horchata twist donut

Bohemian House of Espresso + Chai

  • Coffee House

  • Pick-up & take-out available

  • Normal business hours

Boketto Cold Brew

  • Coffee House

  • Pick-up & take-out available

  • Normal business hours

Broken Spanish

  • Mexican/ Taqueria

  • Delivery and curbside pick-up available

  • Reduced hours: 12pm-7pm

  • Offering gift cards

  • Menu highlights/specials: Tamales, by the dozen, Jarred cocktails, lentils by the quart

Comfort LA

  • Comfort Food

  • Pick-up & take-out available

  • Normal business hours

  • Menu highlight: banana pudding, wings, cornbread

Divine Dips

  • Icecream

  • Take-out available

  • Normal business hours

Eggslut

  • Breakfast Sandwiches

  • Delivery and take-out available

  • Normal business hours

  • Menu highlight: cheeseburger egg sandwich

Knead + Co. Pasta Bar + Market

  • Italian/ Market

  • Fluctuating hours (check their Instagram for day to day hour changes)

  • Delivery and take-out available

  • Offering pantry essentials: bread, cheese, pasta sauces

  • Full beer and wine list for purchase on all delivery platforms

  • Menu highlight: fettuccini alfredo, spicy bolognese

Nimbus Coffee

  • Coffee House

  • Pick-up & take-out available

  • Normal business hours

Perch

  • Bohemian Bistro

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out, in-store pick-up, and call-in orders

  • Check their Instagram for weekly discounts and promo codes

  • Menu highlight: french toast, cast-iron mac and cheese

Public School 2 1 3

  • Traditional American

  • Normal business hours

  • Offering take-out, in-store pick-up, and call-in orders

  • Offering happy hour pricing for deliveries and 30-50% off handcrafted cocktails, beer, and wine

  • Menu highlight: tres adobo tacos, crispy chicken sandwich

Red Bird

  • Traditional Hawaiian

  • Normal business hours

  • Creating special family-style menus weekly (check their Instagram for updates)

  • Menu selections come paired with specialty cocktails

  • Menu highlight: short rib, chicken pot pie

Vurger Guys

  • Vegan Burgers

  • Take-out, delivery, pick-up

  • Normal business hours

Zac’s Sweet Shop

  • Dessert

  • Take-out, delivery, pick-up

  • Normal business hours

  • Menu highlights: truffles, cookies, cookie pizza

Prime Pizza (Little Tokyo)

  • Providing a free slice of pizza during lunch hours to all children involved in school lunch programs that lost that amenity

  • Normal business hours

  • Delicious single slices and full pies

Greenbar Distillery (Arts District)

  • Using their resources to make hand sanitizer for hospitals in Los Angeles

  • Online shop offering fun bar knick-knacks, merch and gift cards

  • You can purchase future distillery tours online and also find where they sell their products in Los Angeles

Hedley & Bennett (Vernon)

  • They halted production of their aprons to start producing reusable facemasks

  • You can purchase facemasks on their website for $22 a mask (the pricing is actually $11 a mask but with your purchase, you are also purchasing a donated mask that will get sent to medical professionals on the front line)

Kogi BBQ Truck (Roy Choi Food Truck)

  • The food truck is parking in low-income neighborhoods and donating meals

  • Relocates throughout LA County weekly, check the website for updates

Few For All (Flour + Eggs + Water for All)

  • This was founded by a team of recently unemployed food and beverage workers to provide nourishment for the Los Angeles community during this time.

  • Offering homemade and restaurant-quality pasta, cookie doughs, and pasta sauces.

  • With every item purchased, they donate one pound of pasta to the LA Foodbank.

Haus (The Restaurant Project)

  • Haus is working with restaurants across America to co-create apéritifs that reflect their culinary approach. 100% of the profits go to the restaurants, enabling them to support employees and cover costs during COVID-19.

  • Current notable LA collaborations are with Momofuku, Hippo, Kismet & Elephante.

  • You can nominate a LA restaurant in your area for the next round of collaborative aperitifs!

The DTLA Fashion BID has crafted their own list of go-to food take-out favorites for our neighbors to enjoy local options! Check out their list HERE to explore more tasty options and to support the Fashion District restaurant scene!