This is the place that makes L.A. feel like a small town. It's outdoors, so it takes advantage of our year round warm weather, it's got character, history, charm, it's food-centric and people-centric. In fact, it's a place where you actually see people, from all over the world, actually walking around in L.A.

A perfect bistro from Chef Ludo. Instant transportation to Paris.

If a bakery can be a work of genius, this is it. From Zoe Nathan, an American treasure, she has the gift of the delicious touch.

You go into what looks like a Vermont country store, get fantastic New York deli, and eat it outside, where it’s Malibu. Maybe the best sandwiches in L.A.

A microcosm of the melting pot that is L.A., and a show of power and strength in claiming the title of the best food city in America right now. Old and new, hip and traditional, many cultures and cuisines, side by side in a hundred year old building.

Gourmet tacos from an Alain Ducasse trained chef, Wes Avila, who came home to make tacos for the people. We win again.

I didn't say it, The New Yorker magazine said it: the best pastrami sandwich in America. They're right. Just remember this number: 19.

A giant step in the right direction. Father Greg Boyle's vision - to rehabilitate and help at-risk youth. They bake bread, run a cafe, make their lives better, and make the world better through their work, which just happens to be delicious.