Editor’s note: We updated this guide for the 2025 World Series against the Blue Jays.

Once again, in the immortal words of Vin Scully: “It’s time for Dodger Baseball.”

If you are one of the lucky ones heading to Dodger Stadium for the World Series this year, there’s a good chance you’ll be looking for sustenance before the ump calls, “Play ball!”

See it as fuel to get through the traffic and trek to your seats.

These are some of my favorite places to eat and drink within 5 miles of the ballpark. If I’ve missed one of yours, please let me know. You can email me at gchabran@laist.com or reach out via Instagram.

Pro-tip: If you’re short on time (which you will be, since traffic and parking are always issues in L.A.), consider ordering ahead and having a passenger jump out to pick up the food while the driver circles the block. There’s no parking cost, and you can have your private tailgate.

Lowboy (Echo Park)

A hand with a light skin tone holds up a small, round metal plate featuring a piece of paper underneath a cheeseburger. The burger is topped with a thick, white sauce that drips down the sides, and it has golden yellow grilled onions layered over double-stacked patties, all nestled between two buns. In the background is a white, single-story building with a small outdoor patio area, slightly out of focus.

Dodgers Blue Cheeseburger, topped with blue cheese mornay, caramelized onions, apple, and pickled mustard seed relish at Lowboy in Echo Park.

Located on Sunset Boulevard, Lowboy is a casual sit-down bar and restaurant just down the street from the main stadium entrance in Echo Park. Lowboy embraces neighborhood vibes, offering an extensive selection of cocktails, beer and wine, along with reasonably priced food.

The bar menu includes their Sunset Shandy ($15), made with Knob Creek rye whisky, Campari and a mix of passion fruit, grapefruit and lime juices, plus Miller High Life.

Other options include Greener Days ($16), which features tequila and Kummel liqueur (caraway, cumin and fennel), mixed with celery juice, arugula and green peppercorns (for those seeking to add more veggies to their tequila). Finally, there’s the First Pitch, a Jell-O shot with mezcal, raspberry and citrus flavors, topped with raspberry powder.

For food, you can’t beat the Triple Play ($16), which includes their signature Lowburger, small fries and a draft beer.

Location: 1540 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles Hours: Monday through Thursday, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, noon to 2 a.m.; Sunday, noon to 1 a.m.

OTOTO (Echo Park)

An outdoor view of a brick building features a black-framed entryway and square glass windows displaying "OTOTO" in white. Below are wooden panels with a small bar top. An open door with a navy blue half curtain leads inside the restaurant.

OTOTO, the sake bar in Echo Park will be offering a variety of Dodger theme specials throughout the regular season.

Saddle up to the bar at OTOTO, situated just catty-corner from Vin Scully Avenue leading up to the stadium entrance.

It’s a perfect place to grab a drink and bite inside the minimalist yet comfortable bar and small seating area. It has an extensive sake collection from across Japan, offered by the glass or the bottle, and a small selection of Japanese lagers on draft.

Every game night — home and away — they’ll be offering a Dodger Don special: a menu of donburi (rice bowls), including Ohtani’s fave (Oyako-don, or chicken and egg over rice, $20); Ebi menchi katsudon (crispy prawn patties over rice, $21); Steak-don, with sliced American wagyu with egg ($32).

A celebratory sake toast is complimentary after every Dodgers homer. Remember that OTOTO doesn’t have a TV, so track it on your phone!

Location: 1360 Allison Ave., Los Angeles
Hours: Open daily, 5 to 10 p.m.

Taqueria Frontera (Cypress Park)

A series of red plastic basket trays contains a to-go wrapper with a checkered red and white design. The tray in the foreground holds two tacos filled with red meat, topped with a light green sauce and thinly sliced herbs, all served on a yellow corn tortilla with black char marks and wrapped in white to-go paper.

Taqueria Frontera in Cypress Park, whose tacos “Tijuanense” have captured the hearts (and mouths) of many locals.

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Suppose you’ve been following the taco scene in Los Angeles, as any good Angeleno should. If so, you may already be familiar with new-school favorite Taqueria Frontera.

The mighty yet straightforward taco creations perfectly exemplify what make Tijuana-style tacos great. Freshly made corn tortillas and even fresher salsa are prepared in-house. They’re topped with delicious proteins such as pastor, birria and lengua ($3.75-$4), all finished with a cool slather of guacamole — the defining characteristic of Tijuana-style tacos. Assembled perfectly and inhaled, it’s clear why this little corner taqueria, with its prominent yellow signage, has recently established a strong reputation for itself.

Location: 700 Cypress Ave., Los Angeles
Hours: Tuesday through Friday, noon to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 11 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 10 p.m. Closed Monday.

Homage Brewing (Chinatown)

In the foreground, there is a round green table featuring a white ceramic plate filled with nachos. The nachos consist of golden tortilla chips, yellow nacho cheese, and sliced green jalapeños. To the right of the plate, there is a short etched beer glass with a light blue logo that reads "Homage Brewing," filled with a yellow liquid. In the background, a man with brown curly hair stands at the bar, wearing a blue football jersey. Behind the counter stands a woman with light skin and brown hair, dressed in a grey tank top.

Homage Brewery in Chinatown is game day ready with plenty of specials for the World Series.

Tucked away off a small street, the quasi-clandestine spot, located in an industrial section of Chinatown, offers a great mix of eclectic beers and tasty food.

For the World Series, Homage is going all out with its food and drink specials, offering a stadium-eats menu that includes a hot dog, buffalo wings and garlic parm fries, along with pitchers of beer starting at $20 and a $5 gameday pint.

They also will be showing all games on their two jumbo screens and a 50-inch screen upstairs, along with three screens throughout the venue’s brewery.

Homage is open late on weekends, so you can take advantage of the resident DJs they host to dance the night away after the game.

Location: 1219 N. Main St., Los Angeles

Hours: Sunday through Thursday, noon to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 2 a.m.

LaSorted’s (Chinatown and Silver Lake)

A hot dog in a grilled yellow bun, topped with green sauce, orange cheese, and white cream, rests on a blue and white checkered wrapper. Next to it is a can of "Walk Off Italian Style Lager" beer on a brown wooden tabletop.

La Sorted’s Visitor Dogs series will offer themed hot dogs inspired by famous dishes from each opposing team’s region.

Whether at their Silver Lake location along Sunset or the newer Chinatown location on Broadway, LaSorted’s Pizza is the place to celebrate all things Dodgers, especially since its name is an homage to the famed Dodgers coach.

A good place to start is the pizza. My favorite is the Upside Down Mamba ($5 a slice, $20 for a whole pie), a signature cheese slice, flipped upside down with the cheese melted directly onto the crust and topped with a thick layer of tomato sauce.

As part of the 2025 Dodgers season, LaSorted’s is offering a special at its Chinatown location called the Visitor Dog. Owner Tommy Brockert and his crew will create a hot dog inspired by a famous dish from each opposing team’s region.

Locations:

Silver Lake: 2847 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles

Chinatown: 984 N. Broadway, Los Angeles

Hours:

Silver Lake: Open daily, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Chinatown: Monday 4 to 11 p.m.; Wednesday through Sunday, 4 to 10 p.m.; Friday, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The Douglas (Echo Park)

A meal spread featuring a cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato, golden tater tots with ketchup, and two soft pretzels served with mustard and cheese sauce, all on green checkered paper.

A juicy cheeseburger, crispy tots, and warm pretzels with mustard and beer cheese from The Douglas in Echo Park, a perfect way to fuel up before the game.

Another self-appointed Dodgers Bar in Echo Park that goes all out for L.A., The Douglas offers a variety of cheap menu items.

During Dodgers games, the bar offers $5 draft beers. And make sure to try some of my favorite Japanese craft beers from Ikasu, brewed right here in downtown L.A. They go well with the restaurant’s food specials, such as the Backyard Burger ($12) and Old Bay tater tots ($8).

Location: 1400 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
Hours: Monday and Tuesday, noon to midnight; Wednesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to midnight.

The Park’s Finest BBQ (Historic Filipinotown)

Street view of The Park’s Finest BBQ, a Filipino American barbecue restaurant with a black-and-red sign and outdoor patio on a sunny day.

The Park’s Finest BBQ in Historic Filipinotown brings Filipino flavors to the smokehouse tradition — a longtime neighborhood favorite.

Head over to Historic Filipinotown for some of the best Filipino barbecue in all of Los Angeles.

Be sure to try their Mount Mayon Hot Link Medley ($12.49), a smoked, sliced, sweet-and-spicy Filipino longanisa. Or the Timuay Beef Tri-Tip ($18.99) — a half-pound of tender, seasoning-crusted sirloin beef, cut deli-thin and paired with their pungent horseradish crema.

Make sure to wash it down with the general array of draft beers.

Location: 1267 W. Temple St, Los Angeles
Hours: Tuesday, 5 to 10 p.m.; Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Monday.

Thunderbolt (Historic Filipinotown)

A bright, modern bar with a terrazzo countertop, wooden shelving lined with bottles and plants, and a few burgundy leather stools under warm pendant lights.

The terrazzo textures set the vibe at Thunderbolt, where laid back charm meets modern cocktail craft are a perfect place to grab a drink before or after the game.

Directly next door to The Park’s Finest is one of L.A.’s best cocktail bars. Thunderbolt has made a name with a menu of creative cocktails, like Echo Park Trash Can #3, made with mezcal, green apple, apple-miso distillate and pecan. Another recommendation is their Fu Gwaa Falsetto, featuring shochu, Oaxacan rum, bitter melon, manzanilla, suze, lemon and Li Hing. Don’t sleep on the food — especially if you like gluten-free options. Check out Momma Leah’s Chicken Drumettes, served with a tamari glaze — or their mac ‘n’ cheese, made with cheddar and bleu cheese.

Location: 1263 W. Temple St., Los Angeles
Hours: Monday, 5 p.m. to midnight; Wednesday through Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight; Saturday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. to midnight. Closed Tuesday.