Nitya's Guide to Highland Park

Nitya
Nitya's Guide to Highland Park

Food scene

Always hopping, this place has great mapo tofu and dan dan noodles. They're woodear mushrooms and clamshell bun are pretty amazing as well. You really can't go wrong with anything here.
84 locals recommend
Joy
5100 York Blvd
84 locals recommend
Always hopping, this place has great mapo tofu and dan dan noodles. They're woodear mushrooms and clamshell bun are pretty amazing as well. You really can't go wrong with anything here.
The best donuts with unique flavors like Angry Samoa (just like the girl scout cookie), Nutellavision, Compassion fruit, and, our favorite, X-Ray Speculoos.
159 locals recommend
Donut Friend
5107 York Blvd
159 locals recommend
The best donuts with unique flavors like Angry Samoa (just like the girl scout cookie), Nutellavision, Compassion fruit, and, our favorite, X-Ray Speculoos.
Great jazz, cocktails, and $1 oysters
51 locals recommend
ETA
5630 N Figueroa St
51 locals recommend
Great jazz, cocktails, and $1 oysters
Hip taco spot. Can definitely recommend the potato tacos.
188 locals recommend
HomeState
4624 Hollywood Blvd
188 locals recommend
Hip taco spot. Can definitely recommend the potato tacos.
One of the best Nashville hot chicken sandwiches (and vegan!)
Wolfie's Hot Chicken - Highland Park
4939 York Boulevard
One of the best Nashville hot chicken sandwiches (and vegan!)
Famous LA ice cream shop
105 locals recommend
Scoops
2143 West 182nd Street
105 locals recommend
Famous LA ice cream shop
This place opened during the pandemic. So they have one of the best outdoor spaces around.
13 locals recommend
Nativo
5137 York Boulevard
13 locals recommend
This place opened during the pandemic. So they have one of the best outdoor spaces around.
Delicious soft serve ice cream and pretty great ice cream pies
24 locals recommend
Magpies Softserve
2660 Griffith Park Blvd
24 locals recommend
Delicious soft serve ice cream and pretty great ice cream pies
Probably the best Israeli food around. The carrots, beet, and babaganoush are all amazing. And the vegan bourekas are a must have!
9 locals recommend
Mazal
110 North San Fernando Road
9 locals recommend
Probably the best Israeli food around. The carrots, beet, and babaganoush are all amazing. And the vegan bourekas are a must have!
Great produce and lots of fun treasures. We never miss it. Thursday evenings!
48 locals recommend
South Pasadena Farmers' Market
920 Meridian Ave
48 locals recommend
Great produce and lots of fun treasures. We never miss it. Thursday evenings!
76 locals recommend
Tierra Mia Coffee
1202 N Alvarado St
76 locals recommend
If you know what a real New York bagel tastes like, you'll likely love these.
25 locals recommend
Belle's Bagels
5022 York Blvd
25 locals recommend
If you know what a real New York bagel tastes like, you'll likely love these.
It's been owned by the same family for over 100 years
38 locals recommend
Galco's Old World Grocery
5702 York Blvd
38 locals recommend
It's been owned by the same family for over 100 years
Great coffee shop on Fig
39 locals recommend
Kindness & Mischief Coffee
5537 N Figueroa St
39 locals recommend
Great coffee shop on Fig
Some of the best and most unique coffee and tea drinks in the city
21 locals recommend
Kumquat Coffee Co.
4936 York Blvd
21 locals recommend
Some of the best and most unique coffee and tea drinks in the city
Simply delicious.
82 locals recommend
Triple Beam Pizza
5918 N Figueroa St
82 locals recommend
Simply delicious.
Hopping vegetarian breakfast and lunch spot. Expect to wait a little, but know that it's worth it.
198 locals recommend
Kitchen Mouse
5904 N Figueroa St
198 locals recommend
Hopping vegetarian breakfast and lunch spot. Expect to wait a little, but know that it's worth it.
Great Chinese-Peruvian spot with a great outdoor setup.
Chifa
4374 Eagle Rock Boulevard
Great Chinese-Peruvian spot with a great outdoor setup.
Vegan LA thai spot that delivers (in every way)
6 locals recommend
My Vegan Restaurant
633 S Arroyo Pkwy
6 locals recommend
Vegan LA thai spot that delivers (in every way)
Excellent dumplings
15 locals recommend
Mason's Dumpling Shop
5803 N Figueroa St
15 locals recommend
Excellent dumplings
The breakfast sandwiches and cookies and coffees oh man. The owners are lovely. He'll likely take your order. She's a really talented chef who does lots of fun experiments with Korean flavors and excellent bread. Also, it happens to be a bike shop.... and destination and meeting point for cyclists.
10 locals recommend
à bloc | coffee | cycling | community
5025 York Blvd
10 locals recommend
The breakfast sandwiches and cookies and coffees oh man. The owners are lovely. He'll likely take your order. She's a really talented chef who does lots of fun experiments with Korean flavors and excellent bread. Also, it happens to be a bike shop.... and destination and meeting point for cyclists.
Solid green juice made by lovely people for a really reasonable price
Bionicos La Palapa
5560 N Figueroa St
Solid green juice made by lovely people for a really reasonable price

Activities in the Neighborhood

Fantastic trails with some of the best views you'll get in Los Angeles. You can see DTLA and what feels like the entire Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountain range.
112 locals recommend
Ernest E Debs Regional Park
4235 Monterey Rd
112 locals recommend
Fantastic trails with some of the best views you'll get in Los Angeles. You can see DTLA and what feels like the entire Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountain range.
Really cool space with a couple of little stages set around LA's oldest bowling alley, redone to expose the machinery.
253 locals recommend
Highland Park Bowl
5621 N Figueroa St
253 locals recommend
Really cool space with a couple of little stages set around LA's oldest bowling alley, redone to expose the machinery.
Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library
6145 N Figueroa St
17 locals recommend
Arroyo Seco Golf Course
1055 Lohman Ln
17 locals recommend
San Pascual Stables
221 San Pascual Ave
Secret stairs are a fun feature of Los Angeles, for the view and the workout. These are in nearby Pasadena.
Secret Stairs
420 Elmwood Drive
Secret stairs are a fun feature of Los Angeles, for the view and the workout. These are in nearby Pasadena.
More secret stairs :) Great view of the Eagle Rock hills and Highland Park. Heads up - these are steep!
Eldred Street Stairs
More secret stairs :) Great view of the Eagle Rock hills and Highland Park. Heads up - these are steep!

Bars

Fun speakeasy with a dance floor and a dj. Just know that it's actually hidden behind the barber shop
23 locals recommend
Blind Barber
5715 N Figueroa St
23 locals recommend
Fun speakeasy with a dance floor and a dj. Just know that it's actually hidden behind the barber shop
Tasty cocktails and a nice outdoor space
45 locals recommend
Good Housekeeping HLP
5635 N Figueroa St
45 locals recommend
Tasty cocktails and a nice outdoor space
Local brewery with one of the best beer selections around.
148 locals recommend
The Hermosillo
5125 York Blvd
148 locals recommend
Local brewery with one of the best beer selections around.
Fun bar with really nice beer garden in the back.
79 locals recommend
Block Party Highland Park
5050 York Boulevard
79 locals recommend
Fun bar with really nice beer garden in the back.

Stores

The closest dispensary
Green Earth Collective
4801 York Blvd
The closest dispensary
Great selection a short walk from the house!
20 locals recommend
Highland Park Wine
5918 1/2 N Figueroa St
20 locals recommend
Great selection a short walk from the house!
One of the closest grocery stores in the area. Good selection, pricing varies.
55 locals recommend
Fresco Community Market
5914 Monterey Rd
55 locals recommend
One of the closest grocery stores in the area. Good selection, pricing varies.
Love this little store. Kombucha on tap, coffee bar, basic produce and gourmet grocery items, sandwich counter in the back.
35 locals recommend
La Tropicana Market
5200 Monte Vista St
35 locals recommend
Love this little store. Kombucha on tap, coffee bar, basic produce and gourmet grocery items, sandwich counter in the back.