{"id":127148,"date":"2026-01-09T21:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127148\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:57:06","slug":"review-inglewoods-two-hommes-blends-california-with-west-african-flavors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127148\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Inglewood\u2019s Two Homm\u00e9s Blends California With West African Flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inglewood\u2019s charming Two Homm\u00e9s<\/a> serves a menu that places a California lens on West African food; its warmly lit space sits at the corner of La Brea and Centinela Avenue. Chefs and owners Abdoulaye Balde and Yaw Marcus Johnson intentionally set up shop in this historically Black neighborhood after a successful pop-up run. In 2026, they\u2019ll hit three years of perfecting their sticky and vibrantly spiced honey berbere chicken bites, lamb and white bean hummus, and the must-order jollof rice. The pair introduced a compelling cocktail menu, including a Mezcalifornia with Espadin mezcal, cucumber juice, and grapefruit syrup. In 2024, Balde and Johnson tapped AfriCali cookbook author Kiano Moju to transform Two Homm\u00e9s from its casual origins into one more harmonious with the menu. It\u2019s an elegant refresh that makes weekend brunch or dinner here even better.<\/p>\n

Two Homm\u00e9s envelops diners with bright walls, West African art and pillows, imported light fixtures from Ghana, custom banquette seating, and shelves filled with knick-knacks that catch the eye.<\/p>\n

Book a reservation to beat the crowds looking for a meal before making their way to the adjacent SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n

Before sitting at Inglewood\u2019s Two Homm\u00e9s<\/a>, take a moment to enjoy the neighborhood. The area surrounding Centinela and North La Brea Avenue brims with compelling restaurants and cafes, from Sunday Gravy and Kuku Cafe to Buna Coffee and 1010 Wines. Many Angelenos have lived here for generations, contributing to a close-knit community that is eager to support restaurants in the neighborhood. Two Homm\u00e9s owners and chefs Abdoulaye Balde and Yaw Marcus Johnson built their following brick by brick, first as a pandemic pop-up that added a California lens to West African food before opening a permanent restaurant in 2023. The chefs took things slow, perfecting their sticky and vibrantly spiced honey chicken berbere bites; root beer-braised short ribs with whipped yams; and jollof rice, which can be topped with herby lamb chops, branzino, or barbecue jerk cauliflower. (The latter is deeply soulful and packs a slight heat.) As a bonus, the dining room got a modern refresh during the fall, making it an ideal place to order Two Homm\u00e9s\u2019 innovative dishes and the cooling Mezcalifornia cocktail made with Espadin mezcal, cucumber juice, and grapefruit syrup. Mona Holmes, editor, Eater Southern California\/Southwest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inglewood\u2019s charming Two Homm\u00e9s serves a menu that places a California lens on West African food; its warmly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,28829],"class_list":{"0":"post-127148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-dining-reports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}