Restaurants
Yen Sushi and Sake
12930 Ventura Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 91604
818-907-6400
Japanese disco punctuates the animated dinner conversation in this strip mall spot…
Website: http://yensushiusa.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Studio City
Category: Japanese, Restaurants
Yogurt Haven
2256 Colorado Blvd # 101, Los Angeles, CA, 90041
818-760-9770
Having eaten fro-yo instead of dinner for several months, we found Yogurt Haven churns out the tastiest…
Website: http://www.yogurthaven.com/
Neighborhood: Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
Category: Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants
Yoma
713 E. Garvey Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 91755
626-280-8655
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Monterey Park
Category: Burmese, Restaurants
Yu Chun Chic Naeng Myun
3185 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90006
(213) 382-3815
This bare-bones Korean dining hall—as bustling as an ice cream parlor in summer—serves the best bowl of naeng myun in town: a heap of pitch-black arrowroot noodles swimming in an icy beef broth. Spicy mustard is on hand should you wish to singe your sinuses while cooling off.
Neighborhood: Koreatown
Category: Korean, Restaurants
Yuca’s
2056 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
323-662-1214
For a hut with a vinyl awning and plastic garden chairs in the parking lot, Yuca’s exerts an irresistible pull. Generations have grown up eating at Socorro and Dora Herrera’s Los Feliz institution.
Website: http://www.yucasla.com/
Neighborhood: Los Feliz
Category: Mexican food, Restaurants
Yuca’s
4666 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
323-661-0523
Dora Herrera, whose parents started the original Yuca’s in 1976 in a Los Feliz parking lot, has opened a branch of the James Beard Award-winning favorite…
Website: http://yucasla.com
Neighborhood: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category: Mexican, Restaurants
Yung Ho Tou Chiang
533 W Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA, 91778
626-570-0860
For those whose idea of dim sum is limited to Cantonese delights, Yung Ho Tou Chiang is an eye-opener.
Neighborhood: San Gabriel
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Yunnan Garden
545 W. Las Tunas Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 91776
626-308-1896
Offering dishes from China’s three spiciest cuisines (Hunan, Szechuan, and Yunnan), this is capsaicin heaven…
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, San Gabriel
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Yxta Cocina Mexicana
601 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90021
213-596-5579
The folks behind Highland Park favorite El Arco Iris have opened the sleek Yxta (pronounced “eeksta”) in an especially unscenic stretch of downtown. Inside are mosaic tiles…
Website: http://yxta.net
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Mexican, Restaurants
Zankou Chicken
5065 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
323-665-7842
Angelenos’ love affair with this Armenian chain goes back decades, and the original Hollywood location…
Website: http://zankouchicken.com
Neighborhood: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category: Middle Eastern, Restaurants
Zengo
395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
310-899-1000
Richard Sandoval has a string of upscale Latin restaurants across the country. The Santa Monica Place branches of Zengo and its sister restaurant La Sandia are his first in California…
Website: http://www.richardsandoval.com/zengosm/index.htm
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Category: Asian Fusion, Latin American, Restaurants
ZIP Sushi Izakaya
744 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA, 90013
213-680-3770
In a jumble of odd-angled streets south of the burgeoning downtown arts district, this place would be a hidden gem if word of mouth hadn’t spread…
Website: http://zipfusion.com
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Japanese, Restaurants
Zo
334 S. Main St., Ste. 1106, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
213-935-8409
Keizo Seki, the sushi master who made L.A.’s Japanophiles swoon with his ultratraditional meals at Sushi Zo in Palms, has opened another raw fish respite, this time downtown.
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
