{"id":207906,"date":"2026-03-06T21:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207906\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:07:09","slug":"halal-restaurants-in-los-angeles-to-break-fast-during-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207906\/","title":{"rendered":"Halal restaurants in Los Angeles to break fast during Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan is in full swing  in Los Angeles, where a community of <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/fowler.ucla.edu\/vsl\/muslims-in-los-angeles\/timelines.html#:~:text=Seeded%20by%20African%20Americans%20fleeing,to%20half%20a%20million%20people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hundreds of thousands of Muslims<\/a> is observing a month dedicated to fasting, prayer, reflection and service. With the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2026-03-03\/country-by-country-how-unfolding-war-is-affecting-middle-east\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unfolding war in the Middle East<\/a>, the holiday holds even more significance for locals with ties to the region. <\/p>\n<p>The Islamic holiday began Feb. 17 and ends March 19, during which observers  fast from dawn to sunset to foster discipline, self-control and gratitude. Observers break their daily fast with an iftar, a festive meal shared with loved ones after sunset. Many also rise before dawn for a suhoor meal. <\/p>\n<p>Halal, which translates to \u201cpermissible\u201d in Arabic, pertains to the type of meat and the way it\u2019s prepared. Pork and its byproducts are not allowed, and a Muslim must slaughter the animal while invoking the name of Allah. The animal must also be healthy and blood should be completely drained after slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>This Ramadan season, several L.A. restaurants are offering late-night hours, special iftar menus and discounts for the holiday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe demand for iftar and halal food is skyrocketing,\u201d said Assad Shalhoub, a member of MENA Creator Club, a community group for Middle Eastern and North African content creators that organized an iftar gathering at West Adams\u2019 Maydan Market. \u201cI think a lot of people are becoming more proud of their culture and their heritage, and with that comes a lot of people seeking things like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are eight halal restaurants to break  fast and share a meal with  loved ones during Ramadan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ramadan is in full swing in Los Angeles, where a community of hundreds of thousands of Muslims is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1592,179,88189,37337,95875,95873,95874,1040,92655,48,52,51,47,50,49,1741,95872,7755,592,76642],"class_list":{"0":"post-207906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-animal","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-dawn","11":"tag-fast","12":"tag-festive-meal","13":"tag-halal","14":"tag-halal-restaurant","15":"tag-holiday","16":"tag-iftar","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-la-headlines","19":"tag-la-news","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","22":"tag-los-angeles-news","23":"tag-lot","24":"tag-observer","25":"tag-one","26":"tag-people","27":"tag-ramadan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207906","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=207906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}