Maydan Market, a new culinary compound in Los Angeles’s West Adams neighborhood, has proved itself worth the 6-year wait. D.C. restaurateur Rose Previte’s food hall and market feels like an Avengers lineup of the city’s best operators, with stalls from already-iconic Los Angeles restaurants such as Holy Basil (which introduced Yhing Yhang, a Thai barbecue counter); Poncho’s Tlayudas (running Lugya’h, a crowd-drawing tlayuda joint); and Tamales Elena (whose Maléna slings tamales, weekend barbacoa, fried fish tacos, and more). There are more surprises to uncover the more you go, from finds in Sook, which serves pre-packaged Levantine dishes, spices, and home goods, and one rotating pop-up stall that will change vendors regularly.
Set menus, like the $95 tawle family-style spread at Maydan and Yhing Yhang’s new $65 counter tasting menu, work well for groups that want to try more things without leaving one destination in the market.
A choose-your-own-adventure dining experience that will take two or three visits to absorb completely.