{"id":500730,"date":"2026-10-19T04:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500730\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T04:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:26:41","slug":"how-to-have-the-best-sunday-in-l-a-according-to-karina-longworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500730\/","title":{"rendered":"How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Karina Longworth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Karina Longworth<\/a> loves Los Angeles for all its quirks and charms.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, the film critic, author and journalist has made a career out of celebrating her city. Her podcast \u201cYou Must Remember This<\/a>,\u201d about \u201cthe secret and\/or forgotten histories of Hollywood\u2019s first century,\u201d has spent 21 seasons diving into the intricacies of the movie industry, from lauded stars to undersung production designers. (Its new season, \u201cThe Bisexuals,\u201d tells the story of singer turned actor Libby Holman, whose love life would later intersect with the now-famously queer screen star Montgomery Clift.)<\/p>\n

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In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also fiercely loyal to the hangouts and haunts she grew up frequenting. <\/p>\n

\u201cUntil they closed down three or four years ago, my favorite Indian restaurant was this place in Studio City on Ventura Place called Gangadin<\/a>,\u201d she says. \u201cThat was the only place I would order from, and I have not been able to find an Indian spot that I like since just because I\u2019m comparing it to Gangadin, which probably wasn\u2019t even the most authentic or the best. It\u2019s just what I had been eating for 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how Longworth would spend her perfect Sunday in L.A., from a stroll down Mulholland Drive to grabbing a cup of frozen yogurt with a cinematic spin.<\/p>\n

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n

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9 a.m.: Get up and grab a latte<\/p>\n

I try to sleep as late as possible, but the older I get, the harder it is to actually sleep in. Ideally on a perfect Sunday, I would sleep until 9. It doesn\u2019t always happen, but I try.<\/p>\n

My favorite place to get coffee in L.A. is Kings Road Cafe<\/a>. I\u2019ve been going there since the \u201890s, and I still think they have the best coffee in Los Angeles. It\u2019s very strong and they give you a large portion, and I find that you rarely get both of those things in L.A. (I like a coffee that can last me multiple hours.) I\u2019ll usually get an almond milk latte \u2014 iced if it\u2019s warm out, hot if it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

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10 a.m.: A Laurel Canyon hike<\/p>\n

Probably what I\u2019d do next is go over to Laurel Canyon. I built my recording studio in a tiny house at the end of a cul-de-sac in Laurel Canyon a few years ago, and I really like hiking around there. So I\u2019d drive up, park there, and then walk up Laurel Pass to the Nancy Hoover Pohl Overlook<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The first half of that walk is really tough because it\u2019s just straight uphill until you get to Mulholland, but I like it because it\u2019s not a hiking trail, so it\u2019s not dusty and there aren\u2019t that many people. There\u2019s an element of solitude and quiet to it, and I love that the end of it is all downhill so you can just kind of run down and get it over with.<\/p>\n

Growing up in the Valley, I always romanticized Mulholland Drive, which was always quote-unquote \u201cover the hill.\u201d There\u2019s something about manifesting and then realizing my ideal adult life that I can come to understand by standing at the overlook and looking at the other side, remembering when I dreamed of living where I do now.<\/p>\n

In the \u201880s and \u201890s, the Valley wasn\u2019t what it is now. There wasn\u2019t an Alfred Coffee or anything like that. It was a few years behind the times compared to Hollywood or Beverly Hills, where all the cool stuff that I wanted to do was usually happening. All the good record stores, all the good bookstores and movie theaters.<\/p>\n

I used to go to the Silent Movie Theater when I was a teenager or the Beverly Cinema, which is now the New Beverly<\/a>. I\u2019d go to the Nuart all the time, too. I saw a lot of important movies at the Sunset Five, which is now called the Landmark Sunset [Hollywood]<\/a> and isn\u2019t going to be showing the 2026 equivalent of \u201cGummo.\u201d<\/a> I think being in the Valley just felt like being in the Los Angeles version of suburbia and so it was like, \u201cI\u2019ve got to get out of here and go to where things are actually happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

11:30 a.m.: An old favorite<\/p>\n

After that walk, I\u2019ll go back to my place in Laurel Canyon to have a shower and get dressed and then it\u2019s off to Art\u2019s Deli <\/a>on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, which is a place that I\u2019ve been going to since 1987. I had friends that worked there in high school, too, so I was there almost every day having matzo ball soup and coffee.<\/p>\n

There used to be a lot more really good delis in L.A. My favorite actually was Solley\u2019s in Sherman Oaks<\/a>, where I used to go with my grandfather. I\u2019ve never had white fish salad that\u2019s better than what they had at Solley\u2019s, but Art\u2019s Deli is good, too. I really like their knishes, or I\u2019ll get a half-sandwich and soup. I\u2019d probably do turkey on rye with mustard, but with coleslaw and Russian dressing on the side so I can add small amounts when I want. That and a cup of split pea soup.<\/p>\n

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1 p.m.: Sweet treats<\/p>\n

Ideally after lunch, I\u2019ll get dessert at Humphrey Yogart<\/a>. It\u2019s sort of a funny joke that I\u2019ve become this classic movie person and there\u2019s this frozen yogurt place inspired by the name Humphrey Bogart, but I\u2019ve actually been eating Humphrey Yogart since before I knew who Humphrey Bogart was.<\/p>\n

They take frozen yogurt \u2014 sweet or tart \u2014 add mix-ins, and then put it in this crazy blender that\u2019s like a giant drill with a handle that comes down. I like to do sort of a fake Cherry Garcia with cherries and some kind of nut, but they also have an option called Killer Chocolate where they take plain tart yogurt and add a dark chocolate syrup, which I really like. I\u2019ll add orange and espresso to that, and sometimes I\u2019ll have them put sprinkles on top because sprinkles are amazing. <\/p>\n

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2 p.m.: Movie magic<\/p>\n

I love to go to the movies. On Sundays at the Los Feliz Three<\/a>, they do something called \u201cSunday Print Edition\u201d where they show a 35mm print and have somebody come and talk about it, which is always cool. Or if there\u2019s a festival happening at the Egyptian or something I wanted to see at Vidiots, maybe I\u2019d do that.<\/p>\n

I think the Egyptian<\/a> is probably my favorite movie theater in L.A. It\u2019s historic, it\u2019s beautiful inside, and I find that the projection and programming are both very good. It\u2019s also close to where I live so that\u2019s convenient and, assuming they\u2019re open, you can go have a drink or food at Musso and Frank after, which is perfect.<\/p>\n

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4 p.m.: Dodgers and drinks<\/p>\n

Usually on Sundays, the Dodgers play at 1 o\u2019clock, but if it\u2019s a nationally broadcast game sometimes it\u2019ll be on at 4 o\u2019clock. If that\u2019s the case, then I\u2019d like to go to Colombo\u2019s<\/a> to sit at the bar, have a drink, and watch some of the game.<\/p>\n

I think I\u2019d have either a vodka martini, a Manhattan on the rocks, or maybe a glass of wine. Colombo\u2019s is my favorite place to watch a Dodger game that\u2019s not a sports bar. I don\u2019t really love sports bars anyway, but if it\u2019s a big World Series game maybe I\u2019d go somewhere in Koreatown that\u2019s more sporty to watch. But for sitting in a dark bar to watch an hour and a half of a game while you have one or two drinks, Colombo\u2019s is perfect.<\/p>\n

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6 p.m. Dinner at Da Prato<\/p>\n

Right now, I really like Da Prato,<\/a> which is run by this chef Elisa Da Prato, and she\u2019s calling it a supper club. It\u2019s in this strange almost-loft space on 2nd Street downtown, and I\u2019ve been there three times since early July. Each time it\u2019s gotten busier and busier, too, so I think word of mouth is growing.<\/p>\n

She just makes very beautiful traditional but artistically done Italian food. Everything is homemade, and it\u2019s very L.A., but at the same time, it feels like you stumbled into some small place in an alleyway in Rome because it\u2019s informal and they only have a small staff. It\u2019s such a great experience, but you have to think of it in a European way because it\u2019s not a place where you\u2019re going to get in and out in 45 minutes. You\u2019re going to have several courses, you\u2019re going to linger over your food, order a couple bottles of wine, and everything\u2019s going to be very relaxed and wonderful.<\/p>\n

If I can\u2019t go to Da Prato or if I need a more \u201cspecial occasion\u201d place, I\u2019d do Jacaranda<\/a>, which was started by chef Daniel Patterson and his wife, Sarah Lewitinn. I\u2019ve been internet friends with Sarah for 15 to 20 years, so I went a couple times when they were doing it as a pop-up in their house, and now I\u2019ve gone once since they opened the official restaurant. I\u2019m not normally a tasting menu person because some places it can feel like too much food, but Daniel\u2019s cooking is so phenomenal and you can absolutely manage to eat all 12 courses without feeling like you want to die.<\/p>\n

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10 p.m.: Skincare and sleep<\/p>\n

After dinner, I\u2019d head home and maybe take a little walk to burn off dinner a bit. Otherwise, it\u2019s time for my nighttime routine, which is boring middle-aged lady stuff like skincare and taking magnesium<\/a>. I try to be asleep by 10, but oftentimes the only time I really have to read a novel or to read for pleasure is in the 10 minutes before bed. So I\u2019ll read a physical book or my Kindle or put on a show that I\u2019ve seen 1,000 times if I just need something to fall asleep.<\/p>\n