{"id":454433,"date":"2026-09-05T11:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454433\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:18:27","slug":"your-los-angeles-restaurant-guide-labor-day-weekend-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454433\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Los Angeles Restaurant Guide: Labor Day Weekend Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Friday, our editors compile a trusty list of recommendations to answer the most pressing of questions: \u201cWhere should I eat?\u201c Here are four places to check out this weekend in Los Angeles. And if you need some ideas on where to drink, here\u2019s our list of the hottest places to get cocktails<\/a> in town.<\/p>\n

For a surprisingly excellent marisquer\u00eda in the heart of a tony beach town: La Jollita in La Jolla, California<\/p>\n

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Tostada at La Jollita in La Jolla.<\/p>\n

It would be easy to cock an eyebrow at La Jollita<\/a>, the fashionable, raucous marisquer\u00eda on the main strip of touristy La Jolla, and move on. It is, after all, a sort of expensive mariscos joint in a fancy beach town, occupying prime real estate a block from the ocean \u2014 you can occasionally hear the local sea lions barking, even over the restaurant\u2019s energetic soundtrack. But everything is so much better than the location would suggest, starting with Mazatl\u00e1n-style shrimp cocktail, something of a level-setter at marisquer\u00edas, which arrives in a little glass bowl full of angry red tomato-citrus broth both rich and bright. Tostadas are a highlight, especially the signature diced tuna, which comes with a touch of oniony, lightly gingery chile oil that crackles across the rich fish. The taco gobernador exists as an eternal crowd pleaser: a crunchy tortilla filled with melted cheese and punchy shrimp machaca. You can get fish, shrimp, or octopus zarandeado; lobster tacos in classic Puerto Nuevo style; and smoky and salty kids\u2019 carne asada tacos, just right for my 5-year-old and for me. It is not exactly a mariscos cart on the sand in Ensenada, but as the sun sets and crisp evening air rolls in, it\u2019s hard to imagine a better beachside meal at the tail end of a long, hot summer. \u2014 Ben Mesirow, Eater travel editor<\/p>\n

For a sourdough pizza that feels like summer: Wallflour Pizza in Eagle Rock<\/p>\n

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A Maize ing pie at Wallflour Pizza. Kat Thompson<\/p>\n

Summer is my favorite season, so while we\u2019ve now reached the first week of September, I am still clinging on to the sunny days and seasonal produce. One of the ways of keeping that summer feeling alive is eating the A Maize ing pie at Wallflour Pizza: a sweet corn and crema medley topped with dashes of zippy Taj\u00edn and salty, squeaky chunks of queso cotija on a bubbly, blistered sourdough crust. The sourdough complements the flavors of elote well here; its sharpness enhanced by a wedge of lime that arrives with the pizza<\/a>. Elote in the summer in Los Angeles feels as inevitable as a 90 degree day, so I\u2019m closing out the season with as many slices of this pie as I can. My only wish is that Wallflour served its tavern style pizza on the weekends, too (right now, they\u2019re currently available on Tuesdays and Thursdays). 2128 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041. \u2014 Kat Thompson, audience editor, Eater Southern California\/Southwest<\/p>\n

For long-weekend Los Angeles barbecue: Ray\u2019s BBQ in Huntington Park<\/p>\n

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Matthew Kang<\/p>\n

Sometimes, an Angeleno just needs grilled and saucy meats that they don\u2019t need to prepare on their own. That\u2019s when to stop by Ray\u2019s BBQ: The Huntington Park barbecue joint is still one of the best places to find a specific style of barbecue from Central Texas<\/a>, described by historian Adrian Miller<\/a> as \u201cbeef and other meat cooked using indirect heat and minimally seasoned with pepper and salt.\u201d At Ray\u2019s, load up on meat by the pound with brisket, spare ribs, or pulled pork. The smoky sandwiches come especially juicy and pair perfectly with macaroni and cheese, barbecue beans, coleslaw, and potato salad. Get there during daytime hours (they\u2019re closed on Sunday), and settle into the weekend. 6038 Santa Fe Avenue, Huntington Park, CA, 90255. \u2014 Mona Holmes, editor, Eater Southern California\/Southwest<\/p>\n

For salt bread worth the wait in line: Out of Ordi in Koreatown<\/p>\n

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Grilled corn salt bread from Out of Ordi. Rebecca Roland<\/p>\n

More than a year after salt bread specialist Out of Ordi opened its first permanent store in Koreatown, the hype has not died down \u2014 for good reason. The former pop-up from husband-and-wife team Gemma Lee and Luis Kim serves its plush plain rolls imbued with salt and butter alone or filled with a choice of flavors such as strawberry cream, grilled corn, or matcha cream. A near-constant line stretches out from the bakery\u2019s strip mall location, but just know that those who wait will be rewarded. Be sure to go early for the best selection of salt breads<\/a> or if you want to get your hands on one of the more limited seasonal flavors such as the mango and yogurt cream wakkpu. 3524 W. Eighth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005. \u2014 Rebecca Roland, deputy editor, Eater Southern California\/Southwest<\/p>\n

For a trip up the coast and Y2K-coded desserts: Bistro Amasa in Santa Barbara<\/p>\n

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Y2K-coded desserts at Bistro Amasa. Bistro Amasa<\/p>\n

Bistro Amasa, the newer sister restaurant to the Michelin-recommended Barbare\u00f1o<\/a>, nails the casual, coastal elegance that its setting in a Victorian-era hotel begets: Intimate marble tables dot the wraparound porch where guests dine on steak frites and hot smoked salmon. It\u2019s a classic American Riviera\u2013style menu, but one that, upon closer inspection, flashes playful Y2K snack and comfort-food twists; there\u2019s an inventive s\u2019mores dessert made with a cacao-avocado mousse, a Gushers-inspired cocktail, and a Cinnamon Toast Crunch cheesecake that I, as a millennial, had bookmarked in my \u201cmust-try\u201d list for months. The latter gets made with cereal milk infused with cereal overnight, a brown butter crust, and caramel made from cereal-steeped cream. A satisfyingly crunchy handful of Cinnamon Toast Crunch on top leaves both my inner child and adult self very happy \u2014 and eager to return. 1404 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. \u2014 Francky Knapp, Eater staff writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every Friday, our editors compile a trusty list of recommendations to answer the most pressing of questions: \u201cWhere…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9662,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-454433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-dining-out-in-la","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454433","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=454433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}