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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Bavel · Arts District
Infatuation's top-rated LA Mediterranean (9.2). Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis's Arts District follow-up to Bestia, built around wood-fire breads and roasted lamb neck.
Saffy’s · East Hollywood
Infatuation pick (9.0). The Bavel team's kebab-house spinoff; green falafel and live-fire skewers that rewrote LA's kebab expectations.
Kismet · Los Feliz
Infatuation pick (8.4). Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson's Los Feliz room, the city's reference plate of Mediterranean-leaning vegetables and rosewater labneh.