Angeleno Wine Co. is a great winery in Chinatown, and one of the only places in LA where they make wine on-site.

All Day Baby is a Silver Lake restaurant and bar with hearty, inventive food and fun cocktails.

Mom’s in Santa Monica is not your mother’s college bar... or is it?

Songbird Cafe is a bar in Chinatown that’s fancy, dark, and always fun.

Beachwood Brewing in Long Beach is home to some of the best craft beer in the Southern California, and serviceable BBQ, too.

Gran Blanco is a new bar next to the Venice Boardwalk with good food, great drinks, and a surprisingly chill crowd.

The Terrace is located in The Langham hotel in Pasadena, and serves a pretty solid dim sum brunch on Sundays.

Rock’N Fish is a great pre-beach brunch spot in Manhattan Beach.

The Social List is an American restaurant in Long Beach that’s downright political about shared plates.

Napa Valley Grille is an American restaurant/wine bar in Westwood that's perfect for when you don’t want to drive six hours to the real thing.

Sagebrush Cantina is a restaurant and saloon in Calabasas that’s always guaranteed to be a wild time - especially during their Sunday brunch.

Edwin Mills is an all-day cafe in Old Town Pasadena with a great bottomless brunch deal on the weekend.

Simplethings Sandwich & Pie Shop in Beverly Grove is obviously great at the things in its name, but it also has an excellent brunch menu.

Sal’s is a casual, all-day Italian restaurant in West Hollywood that’s a good place to meet up after your improv class.

Malibu Cafe is an American restaurant on the grounds of the Calamigos Ranch.

Berlin Bistro is not, in fact, German, but an American restaurant in Long Beach.