📍 Chinatown, Los Angeles

David Chang's LA outpost, parked in a converted Chinatown warehouse, blends Korean and Chinese pantries with a Momofuku instinct for hitting hard on a few specific dishes. The whol...

Anthony Wang took over the former Pok Pok space in Chinatown and built a Chinese American kitchen that treats both halves of that hyphen with equal seriousness. The menu moves betw...

The restaurant that put Nashville-style hot chicken on the LA map, operating out of Chinatown. Pick your heat level from Country to Howlin' and plan accordingly. The mac and cheese...

The French Dip sandwich was invented here in 1918 when Philippe Mathieu accidentally dropped a roll into a roasting pan. Still in the same Alameda Street space, still with sawdust ...

Wes Avila's Chinatown dinette serves sandwiches with flavor combinations that sound unhinged on paper and work perfectly on the plate. House-baked bread, aggressive seasoning, and ...

Apothecary-themed Chinatown bar where the drinks menu reads as prescriptions and the ingredients are actual herbs, spices, tinctures. Could be cringe; isn't, because they follow th...

Operating since 1934 on Olvera Street — the walk-up stand that claims to have invented the hard-shell taquito drowned in avocado sauce. Cash only, counter-service only, lunch line ...

Roy Choi's (Kogi BBQ) Chinatown rice-bowl counter — Korean-Mexican-Filipino rice-bowl combinations that read as casual but eat like chef-food. Chubby Pork Belly, Ooey Gooey Fries, ...

Chinatown rooftop that turned Latin/reggaeton DJ nights into a neighborhood institution. Tropical cocktails, lantern-draped patio, and a crowd that turns the space into a proper da...

LA Chinatown's banquet-style Cantonese institution — weekend dim sum carts, red-lantern dining room, and the kind of family-reunion-capable tables most modern LA Chinese restaurant...