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Santa Monica's Circle Bar reopens on Main Street May 22, 2026 under Hinano Cafe and Tavern on Main ownership, with a new DJ booth and a daily Power Hour.

Koreatown's Rok Coffee & Tea opens a Studio City location on Ventura Blvd with matcha duos, mugwort duos, and a blueberry shortcake matcha exclusive.

San Fernando's Shadow Grove Brewing opens its first full-service brewpub, Where the Creatures Sleep, on Lankershim in the NoHo Arts District. Here's what to know.

Pizzeria Sei is 50 Top Pizza's No. 2 US pizzeria for a second year. The Palms dining room opened June 24, and the Pico original lives on as Sei Pizza Bar.

Crustacean Beverly Hills says its final day on Bedford Drive is Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Most outlets reported July 31. The restaurant's own site says otherwise.

Fountain Valley's Brodard, named one of California's best Vietnamese restaurants, is coming to 2ND & PCH in Long Beach. Here's what to know about the debut.

Rumi's Kitchen has begun friends-and-family preview nights at Westfield Century City ahead of its grand opening. The room features barrel-vaulted Venetian plaster ceilings, a Persian water fountain, live-fire charcoal cooking and a rooftop garden of pomegranate and satsuma trees.

101 Night Market, LA's fastest-growing weekly night market, now runs Thursday through Sunday in Van Nuys plus a new Hollywood location at 6000 Hollywood Blvd.

FOODZILLA returns to San Fernando City Hall Saturday, July 25 from 6 to 10 PM. Free and family friendly, with six more festival nights on the 2026 calendar.

Junior Cookies and Michelin-recognized Southern Thai institution Jitlada have reimagined the city's beloved mango sticky rice as a limited-time cookie, layering coconut pastry cream, fresh mango, toasted coconut, and warm coconut sauce on a signature Junior Cookies base.

The world's largest blind-tasting sake competition brings its top winners to Japan House Los Angeles this summer, with eleven Japanese breweries pouring award-winning bottles across two consecutive tasting events in Hollywood.

The all-day cafe Highly Likely opens its fourth LA location on Ventura Blvd in Studio City, with Japanese breakfast bowls, burgers, and steak frites at night.

Michelin's 2026 California Bib Gourmand additions include six new Los Angeles restaurants: Lapaba in Koreatown, Little Fish in Echo Park and its Melrose Hill sibling, Lugya'h in West Adams, Lynx in the Arts District, and Sonoratown across multiple locations.

Vignette, a new Studio City wine bar from a three-friend supper club, opens on Ventura Blvd with pho skewers, citrus-butter branzino, and roasted celeriac.

Wife and the Somm debuts its Simplicity of Summer supper series in Glassell Park: a two week, market driven prix fixe with curated wine flights and pairings.

Dine LA Restaurant Week returns August 14 to 28, 2026 with two weeks of prix fixe menus starting at $15 at hundreds of restaurants across Los Angeles this summer.

San Damian brings Enrique Olvera's modern Mexican seafood to Venice, with chef Chuy Cervantes serving ceviches, tostadas, and kanpachi al pastor on Abbot Kinney.

The best new restaurants in Los Angeles this July, from Enrique Olvera's San Damian in Venice to Daniel Patterson's Jacaranda, plus every opening worth booking.

A Bib Gourmand, Michelin's Most Promising Young Chef Award, and a James Beard TasteTwenty nod: Little Fish Melrose Hill is stacking every honor LA can offer in 2026.

Kato rises to two Michelin stars as the 2026 California Guide lands with 83 starred restaurants statewide. Here is what the new selection means for LA diners.