Guidebook for Los Angeles

Feliz & Ben
Feliz & Ben
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

A lovely French Restaurant in Los Feliz with delicious and reasonably priced breakfasts and desserts. Only a 10 -15 minute walk from our apartment to Cafe Figaro!
189 locals recommend
Figaro Bistrot
1802 N Vermont Ave
189 locals recommend
A lovely French Restaurant in Los Feliz with delicious and reasonably priced breakfasts and desserts. Only a 10 -15 minute walk from our apartment to Cafe Figaro!
Yummy breakfast/brunch spot and only a 2 minute walk away! It's a popular spot for screenwriters and movie industry people. Coffee is from Intelligentsia and outdoor patio seating is always the best.
79 locals recommend
Square One Dining
4854 Fountain Ave
79 locals recommend
Yummy breakfast/brunch spot and only a 2 minute walk away! It's a popular spot for screenwriters and movie industry people. Coffee is from Intelligentsia and outdoor patio seating is always the best.
Casbah is my favorite tea place in all of the Eastside. They don't care if you work on your laptop for hours while drinking only 1 pot of amazing Sencha tea. Lovely tables under ivy awnings too!
68 locals recommend
Casbah Cafe
68 locals recommend
Casbah is my favorite tea place in all of the Eastside. They don't care if you work on your laptop for hours while drinking only 1 pot of amazing Sencha tea. Lovely tables under ivy awnings too!
Fred 62 is right next to the Los Feliz 3 Cinema movie theater. All I have to say is: peanut butter banana shake. That is all.
155 locals recommend
Fred 62
1850 N Vermont Ave
155 locals recommend
Fred 62 is right next to the Los Feliz 3 Cinema movie theater. All I have to say is: peanut butter banana shake. That is all.
Ok, if you're going to walk or hike around Griffith Park, would you at least go to Trails Cafe and get yourself a delicious slice of apple pie and a "snake dog"? It's a hot dog wrapped in puff pastry.
133 locals recommend
The Trails
2333 Fern Dell Dr
133 locals recommend
Ok, if you're going to walk or hike around Griffith Park, would you at least go to Trails Cafe and get yourself a delicious slice of apple pie and a "snake dog"? It's a hot dog wrapped in puff pastry.
Delicious vegan options.
7 locals recommend
The Vegan Joint (Hollywood)
4718 Fountain Ave
7 locals recommend
Delicious vegan options.
By far the best and most reasonably priced locally sourced organic meals for breakfast and lunch in Silver Lake.
307 locals recommend
Sqirl
720 N Virgil Ave
307 locals recommend
By far the best and most reasonably priced locally sourced organic meals for breakfast and lunch in Silver Lake.
Delicious real Filipino food since 1980-something. The oldest Filipino restaurant in LA.
13 locals recommend
La Rose Cafe
4749 Fountain Ave
13 locals recommend
Delicious real Filipino food since 1980-something. The oldest Filipino restaurant in LA.
Probably one of the best vegan restaurants on the east side in Echo Park.
311 locals recommend
Sage Plant Based Bistro and Brewery Echo Park
1700 Sunset Blvd
311 locals recommend
Probably one of the best vegan restaurants on the east side in Echo Park.
Yummy in my tummy French restaurant that's been around since the 60s in Hollywood.
226 locals recommend
La Poubelle
5907 Franklin Ave
226 locals recommend
Yummy in my tummy French restaurant that's been around since the 60s in Hollywood.
It's a fun place to hang out and feel famous, I guess, in a castle.
353 locals recommend
Chateau Marmont
8221 Sunset Blvd
353 locals recommend
It's a fun place to hang out and feel famous, I guess, in a castle.
Delicious Cambodian food.
33 locals recommend
Wat Dong Moon Lek Noodle
4356 Fountain Ave
33 locals recommend
Delicious Cambodian food.
Yummy yummy vegan food. Delicious coconut shakes.
93 locals recommend
Flore Vegan
2943 Sunset Blvd
93 locals recommend
Yummy yummy vegan food. Delicious coconut shakes.
Down the street from Bookmarc on Melrose Avenue. This place has been around long before fashion bloggers colonized it.
343 locals recommend
Urth Caffe Melrose
8565 Melrose Ave
343 locals recommend
Down the street from Bookmarc on Melrose Avenue. This place has been around long before fashion bloggers colonized it.
Excellent place for drip coffee and general work place until 6pm. Fast internet too. It's a nice place to have a meeting, hang out with a friend, work on projects, study, think, etc. Decent music too.
96 locals recommend
Dinosaur Coffee
4334 Sunset Blvd
96 locals recommend
Excellent place for drip coffee and general work place until 6pm. Fast internet too. It's a nice place to have a meeting, hang out with a friend, work on projects, study, think, etc. Decent music too.
Very good Indian restaurant on Fountain Ave. nearby Sunset Blvd. It's about a 10 minute walk from our apartment. Highly recommend the Lunch Special!
18 locals recommend
India's Restaurant
4366 Fountain Ave
18 locals recommend
Very good Indian restaurant on Fountain Ave. nearby Sunset Blvd. It's about a 10 minute walk from our apartment. Highly recommend the Lunch Special!
Good for your body but expensive juice!
36 locals recommend
Moon Juice
2839 Sunset Blvd
36 locals recommend
Good for your body but expensive juice!
Pretty delicious "farm to table" situation open for breakfast brunch and dinner only.
156 locals recommend
Ostrich Farm
1525 Sunset Blvd
156 locals recommend
Pretty delicious "farm to table" situation open for breakfast brunch and dinner only.
Have a meal or drink or nothing in a greenhouse on the second floor of a hotel in Koreatown because there ought to be more greenhouses around.
72 locals recommend
Openaire at The LINE LA
3515 Wilshire Blvd
72 locals recommend
Have a meal or drink or nothing in a greenhouse on the second floor of a hotel in Koreatown because there ought to be more greenhouses around.

Shopping

This is our favorite bookstore in LA (Los Feliz) and it's only a 10-15 minute walk from our apartment! Skylight Books carries our book "The Wes Letters" an epistolary novel to Wes Anderson.
148 locals recommend
Skylight Books
1818 N Vermont Ave
148 locals recommend
This is our favorite bookstore in LA (Los Feliz) and it's only a 10-15 minute walk from our apartment! Skylight Books carries our book "The Wes Letters" an epistolary novel to Wes Anderson.
Really cool store with good things all around if your willing to drop serious dough. It's right across the street from Cafe Stella & Cafe Intelligentsia.
94 locals recommend
Mohawk General Store
4011 Sunset Blvd
94 locals recommend
Really cool store with good things all around if your willing to drop serious dough. It's right across the street from Cafe Stella & Cafe Intelligentsia.
We just love this store and go in it once every two weeks or something. There's a $20 rack outside the store too. Chic candles & soaps. Some things in there are Made in LA & proudly.
23 locals recommend
ReForm School
3902 Sunset Boulevard
23 locals recommend
We just love this store and go in it once every two weeks or something. There's a $20 rack outside the store too. Chic candles & soaps. Some things in there are Made in LA & proudly.
A tastefully curated clothing & fancy tchotchkes boutique run by a Japanese lady. I love this in store in Los Feliz.
6 locals recommend
New High Mart
1720 N Vermont Ave
6 locals recommend
A tastefully curated clothing & fancy tchotchkes boutique run by a Japanese lady. I love this in store in Los Feliz.
Best bookstore in LA located in Echo Park. There's a cafe there too with people hanging out and typing away.
149 locals recommend
Stories
1716 Sunset Blvd
149 locals recommend
Best bookstore in LA located in Echo Park. There's a cafe there too with people hanging out and typing away.
Cool bookstore and performance space in two locations, the other on Mission Road in downtown LA.
6 locals recommend
Ooga Booga
943 N Broadway
6 locals recommend
Cool bookstore and performance space in two locations, the other on Mission Road in downtown LA.
A carefully curated book collection on Melrose Avenue. You can find a copy of our book The Wes Letters there.
Bookmarc LA
8409 Melrose Place
A carefully curated book collection on Melrose Avenue. You can find a copy of our book The Wes Letters there.
Like any good Goodwill thrift store.
22 locals recommend
Goodwill Southern California Store & Donation Center
4575 Hollywood Blvd
22 locals recommend
Like any good Goodwill thrift store.
A lovely tree house filled with spices tucked away on Sunset Blvd. They have a great selection of loose leaf teas and just about any kind of raw spice. Highly recommend this place to check out!
16 locals recommend
Spice Station Silverlake
16 locals recommend
A lovely tree house filled with spices tucked away on Sunset Blvd. They have a great selection of loose leaf teas and just about any kind of raw spice. Highly recommend this place to check out!
This is hands down the place to visit for hand crafted goods of all kinds lovingly made in Los Angeles. There are also interesting talks & workshops on a range of subjects given by smart women here.
25 locals recommend
Otherwild shop
1768 N Vermont Ave
25 locals recommend
This is hands down the place to visit for hand crafted goods of all kinds lovingly made in Los Angeles. There are also interesting talks & workshops on a range of subjects given by smart women here.
This is a neat store with all kinds of Made In LA crafts and goods. Definitely worth checking out while wandering around Sunset Blvd.
13 locals recommend
Los Angeles County Store
4333 Sunset Blvd
13 locals recommend
This is a neat store with all kinds of Made In LA crafts and goods. Definitely worth checking out while wandering around Sunset Blvd.
For all your xeroxing and faxing neeeeeds.
CopyCat
2046 Hillhurst Ave
For all your xeroxing and faxing neeeeeds.

Arts & Culture

This old movie house from 100 years ago or something is the best theater in LA. It shows only 1 movie per screening. Red curtains. Amazing seats. Old world movie going. Only 10 minute walk away!
417 locals recommend
Vista Theater
4473 Sunset Dr
417 locals recommend
This old movie house from 100 years ago or something is the best theater in LA. It shows only 1 movie per screening. Red curtains. Amazing seats. Old world movie going. Only 10 minute walk away!
This is such a charming independent movie theater in all of Los Feliz. It's right next to Skylight Bookstore and Cafe Figaro. It's also only a 12-15 minute walk from our apartment! Go there now!
137 locals recommend
Los Feliz 3 Cinemas
1822 N Vermont Ave
137 locals recommend
This is such a charming independent movie theater in all of Los Feliz. It's right next to Skylight Bookstore and Cafe Figaro. It's also only a 12-15 minute walk from our apartment! Go there now!
Watch a show, hang out, feel very LA.
380 locals recommend
The Greek Theatre
2700 N Vermont Ave
380 locals recommend
Watch a show, hang out, feel very LA.
Watch a magic show performed by world class magicians and maybe disappear.
146 locals recommend
The Magic Castle
7001 Franklin Ave
146 locals recommend
Watch a magic show performed by world class magicians and maybe disappear.
Go here for a poetry reading.
Poetic Research Bureau
2220 Beverly Boulevard
Go here for a poetry reading.
Go here to watch experimental films for $5.
8 locals recommend
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N Alvarado St
8 locals recommend
Go here to watch experimental films for $5.
We recommend it.
401 locals recommend
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 N Central Ave
401 locals recommend
We recommend it.
Very cool museum of real and fictional technology.
191 locals recommend
Museum of Jurassic Technology
9341 Venice Blvd.
191 locals recommend
Very cool museum of real and fictional technology.
A punk club still going hard.
9 locals recommend
The Smell
247 S Main St
9 locals recommend
A punk club still going hard.
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3162 locals recommend
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
3162 locals recommend
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An art museum that is part of UCLA on Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood near the campus.
374 locals recommend
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
374 locals recommend
An art museum that is part of UCLA on Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood near the campus.
New contemporary art museum opened in Sept. 2015
1555 locals recommend
The Broad
221 S Grand Ave
1555 locals recommend
New contemporary art museum opened in Sept. 2015

Drinks & Nightlife

Cafe Stella is the best French restaurant & bar in LA. Lovely place to sit & read & think with yummy coffee. It's at the Sunset Junction which is a lovely 20 minute stroll from our place. We <3 it!
431 locals recommend
Cafe Stella
3932 Sunset Blvd
431 locals recommend
Cafe Stella is the best French restaurant & bar in LA. Lovely place to sit & read & think with yummy coffee. It's at the Sunset Junction which is a lovely 20 minute stroll from our place. We <3 it!
A good situation for any kind of whiskey.
206 locals recommend
Thirsty Crow
2939 Sunset Blvd
206 locals recommend
A good situation for any kind of whiskey.
Bands come to play there regularly. It's a bar and restaurant that serves delicious Mexican food.
65 locals recommend
El Cid
4212 Sunset Blvd
65 locals recommend
Bands come to play there regularly. It's a bar and restaurant that serves delicious Mexican food.
Skip the Chateau restaurant and go straight to the bar.
353 locals recommend
Chateau Marmont
8221 Sunset Blvd
353 locals recommend
Skip the Chateau restaurant and go straight to the bar.
Just like the one in DC, NYC, and San Diego.
224 locals recommend
The Black Cat
3909 Sunset Blvd
224 locals recommend
Just like the one in DC, NYC, and San Diego.
Cool bar and Mexican food.
54 locals recommend
Malo
4326 Sunset Boulevard
54 locals recommend
Cool bar and Mexican food.
This is a cool bar lodge with moose heads hanging on the walls in Los Feliz. The red vinyl seats are something from the 1960s. It's generally a good place to do what people do in bars: drink and talk.
60 locals recommend
Bigfoot Lodge East
3172 Los Feliz Blvd
60 locals recommend
This is a cool bar lodge with moose heads hanging on the walls in Los Feliz. The red vinyl seats are something from the 1960s. It's generally a good place to do what people do in bars: drink and talk.

Everything Else

OMFG the best cupcakes in town. Please go there if you have any relationship with cupcakes. It's down the block from Casbah Cafe and right next to that handbag store Claire Vivier featured in Vogue.
34 locals recommend
Lark Cake Shop
3337 Sunset Blvd
34 locals recommend
OMFG the best cupcakes in town. Please go there if you have any relationship with cupcakes. It's down the block from Casbah Cafe and right next to that handbag store Claire Vivier featured in Vogue.
A fancy farmer's market in Silver Lake.
187 locals recommend
Silver Lake Farmers Market
3700 Sunset Blvd
187 locals recommend
A fancy farmer's market in Silver Lake.
Learn about the commidification of land.
The Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Blvd.
Learn about the commidification of land.
Great place in Silver Lake for $40 massage.
6 locals recommend
The Barai Day Spa
2316 Hyperion Ave
6 locals recommend
Great place in Silver Lake for $40 massage.
Walk around the entirety of this lake for two miles.
396 locals recommend
Silver Lake Reservoir
396 locals recommend
Walk around the entirety of this lake for two miles.

Sightseeing

This stupid park is actually pretty awesome. It's in Hollywood & you get a beautiful view of the stupid HOLLYWOOD sign. A long hike through the Hollywood Hills in the best part about any of it.
2445 locals recommend
Runyon Canyon Park
2000 N Fuller Ave
2445 locals recommend
This stupid park is actually pretty awesome. It's in Hollywood & you get a beautiful view of the stupid HOLLYWOOD sign. A long hike through the Hollywood Hills in the best part about any of it.
Only in Echo Park will you find sweet little ladies making the best pupusas & tamales in all of the Eastside, besides the ones being sold from taco trucks and outside of small community churches.
563 locals recommend
Echo Park Lake
563 locals recommend
Only in Echo Park will you find sweet little ladies making the best pupusas & tamales in all of the Eastside, besides the ones being sold from taco trucks and outside of small community churches.
A lovely park with dozens of hiking trails and paths. From Fern Dell where the cafe is, hike all the way up to the observatory in less than one hour.
898 locals recommend
Griffith Park
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
898 locals recommend
A lovely park with dozens of hiking trails and paths. From Fern Dell where the cafe is, hike all the way up to the observatory in less than one hour.
Get the best view of LA from the top of these hills where the observatory sits.
4367 locals recommend
Griffith Observatory
2800 E Observatory Rd
4367 locals recommend
Get the best view of LA from the top of these hills where the observatory sits.
Find the secret staircases throughout the Hollywood Hills. Get there by taking N. Beachwood Avenue and stopping for a meal at the restaurant there.
64 locals recommend
Hollywood Hills
64 locals recommend
Find the secret staircases throughout the Hollywood Hills. Get there by taking N. Beachwood Avenue and stopping for a meal at the restaurant there.

Essentials

Lassens is a chic small chain of natural & organic foods. Buying healthy food from there makes you feel luxurious or something. Not only that, they truly do have such good food and health products.
202 locals recommend
Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins
2080 Hillhurst Ave
202 locals recommend
Lassens is a chic small chain of natural & organic foods. Buying healthy food from there makes you feel luxurious or something. Not only that, they truly do have such good food and health products.
Organic market in Echo Park.
267 locals recommend
Lassens Natural Food and Vitamins
1631 Sunset Blvd
267 locals recommend
Organic market in Echo Park.