Laziz Grill in Westwood makes our favorite aush reshteh in Los Angeles - among other things.

Mateo’s Ice Cream & Fruit Bars is the Oaxacan-style paleta palace of your dreams.

Hermanito is a casual Mexican cantina on Sawtelle and a great place to post up after work while traffic dies down.

San Francisco Saloon in West LA is the bar to be at if you love everything beer, football, and Joe Montana.

Mogu Mogu in West LA specializes in mazemen, a brothless ramen that has us feeling very full and happy.

Don Antonio’s is a Mexican spot on Pico in West LA with great combo platters.

This third location of Sichuan Impression in West LA has the same great Chinese food as the original, with a bigger space.

Mori Sushi is West LA’s perfectionist omakase spot, where everything is made in-house.

Shunji’s omakase will cost you, but it’s worth it to try the different fish varieties and crazy things they do with vegetables.

One of the first omakase-only restaurants in the city, Zo still sits comfortably in LA’s set of elite sushi restaurants.

En Sushi in West LA has a modern space and a giant combination sushi platter worth knowing about.

Hamasaku is kind-of-upscale sushi in a West LA strip mall.

Upper West might be in the Westside no man’s land, but this casual spot is definitely worth your time.

Churros Calientes in West LA is home to some of the best churros in town.

Santouka is a Westside ramen spot whose simplicity is what makes it special.

A neighborhood bar with cocktails worth driving across the city for.