📍 Altadena, Los Angeles

Tyler Wells and chef Paul Downer built this live-fire restaurant as a community anchor in Altadena. Everything runs over wood and flame — the cooking method isn't a gimmick, it's t...

Altadena's newest permanent coffee room, graduated from pop-up to a proper space across from Prime Pizza. Honduran beans roasted in Monrovia; the cardamom and speculoos lattes are ...

Altadena homestyle Thai with a khao soi that gets the balance right — creamy, tart-lime-finished, chicken or beef cooked to fall apart. Panang curry deep enough to matter, a rotati...