By Christopher Trela & Catherine Del Casale | NB Indy
We’ve had Newport Beach Restaurant Week and OC Restaurant Week, but now comes the biggest one of all: dineL.A.’s Restaurant Week, which runs through July 27.
Nearly 300 restaurants throughout L.A. County are participating with prix fixe lunch and dinner menus that range from $15 to $25 for lunch and $25 to $45 for dinner.
According to the dineL.A. website, Restaurant Week is presented by the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board in partnership with American Express, and is designed to stimulate business and introduce new customers to restaurants located in the many neighborhoods throughout L.A. County.
Among the restaurants are a handful that have OC counterparts, including Fig & Olive, Bluewater Grill, Red O, Patina, Morton’s, and more.
You can find a complete list of participating restaurants and their menus at www.discoverLosAngeles.com/dineLA.
We’ve dined in Downtown L.A. several times and are consistently impressed with the quality of the restaurants and the creativity of the menus. Downtown L.A. has indeed become a foodie mecca.
Some three dozen downtown restaurants are participating in Restaurant Week:
- Artisan House
- Badmaash Indian Gastropub
- Bar I Kitchen
- Blue Cow Kitchen & Bar
- Border Grill – Downtown LA
- Bottlerock – Downtown LA
- Café Pinot
- Chaya Downtown
- Cicada Restaurant
- Colori Kitchen
- Daily Grill – Downtown LA
- Drago Centro
- Engine Co. No. 28
- Faith & Flower
- Industriel
- Katsuya at L.A. Live
- LA Market
- Lazy Ox Canteen
- Les Noces du Figaro
- McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steaks – Los Angeles
- Mo-chica
- Morton’s The Steakhouse – Downtown
- Nick + Stef’s Steakhouse
- Noe Restaurant & Bar
- Patina Restaurant
- Rivera
- Rosa Mexicano at L.A. Live
- Soleto Trattoria & Pizza Bar
- Stafford + Mathis Kitchen
- SUGARFISH by Sushi Nozawa I Downtown LA
- The Counter – Downtown LA
- The Farm of Beverly Hills at L.A. Live
- The Gorbals
- The Restaurant at The Standard, Downtown LA
- Water Grill – Downtown
- Yojie Japanese Fondue
Two more culinary neighborhoods worth exploring are Mid-Wilshire district and Venice:
- Ca’Brea
- Ray’s and Stark Bar
- The Counter – Miracle Mile
- Ado
- Chaya Venice
- Hal’s Bar & Grill
- Hostaria del Piccolo
- Komodo Venice
- Piccolo Venice
- Salt Air
- Willie Jane
And if you’re thinking about spending a weekend in Los Angeles, L.A. Tourism has a program called Car Free L.A. that has customized itineraries for the above areas and others without a car.
You can also design your own culinary tour of Pasadena, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Long Beach, and other cities.
Visit www.DiscoverLosAngeles.com for details.
