Are you tired of seeing photos of Little Damage Ice Cream on Instagram yet? Well, get ready for DTLA’s next Instagram food craze… Little Fluffy Head Cafe’s cheese tea drinks. If you are like me, you are asking yourself who mixes tea and cheese? Apparently it’s all the rage in Asia right now and it’s making it’s way to DTLA. We had to check it out. Little Fluffy Head Café just opened on 7th Street, ironically about a half block west of Little Continue reading
There’s a new pizza place in DTLA! Firenza Pizza has a dozen restaurants across the country, the newest opened in DTLA’s California Plaza last month. Firenza offers up 8 signature pies ranging from the Pizza Vegetariana loaded with healthy vegetables to the Big Kahuna featuring smoked ham, bacon and tropical pineapple. Or you can order up your own creation from their nearly 40 fresh toppings including house roasted garlic, creamy mozzarella ovalini and lean grilled steak. Continue reading
Quiznos Subs at 9th and Hope Streets in DTLA’s South Park shut down without warning, and overnight the signs were up for a new vegan restaurant called Bodhi Bowl. It will be a 100% vegan restaurant owned and operated by 100% vegans. It will specialize in grain bowls, salads, sandwiches and soups. Most everything on the menu is priced under $10. According to a recent post on Facebook, Bodhi Bowl is expected open in the next week. Once it opens, they will serve breakfast starting at 9am, and stay open until 9pm daily. Continue reading
The new Corporation Food Hall is now open on Spring Street between 7th and 8th Streets. Right now, it is a “soft opening” and not all the restaurants are open all the time. We stopped in Saturday and really enjoyed the food we tasted. Continue reading
If you love French fries get ready to get excited. There is a new restaurant in DTLA called Fry Madness and all they serve is fries, but not just traditional French fries. They have a full menu of amazing variations of gourmet fries. The concept started next door at Springtime in New York cafe where they offered up a few different French fry options. Those dishes were so popular, the idea to open up a separate French Fry restaurant was Continue reading
Yes, we have a new favorite restaurant in DTLA. It’s Blacksmiths, a new contemporary American cuisine restaurant located between 4th and 5th Streets, just off of Main Street. For those of you who have lived in DTLA for a few years, you will remember the location as the former home of The Must. The 5,000 square foot space on the ground level of The Jeffries Loft building features a beautiful dining room and bar with soaring ceilings plus Continue reading
I have walked past the Colburn School on Grand Avenue so many times, but I have never realized that the cafeteria style restaurant inside the performing arts school is open to the public. The Colburn Café prides itself on offering up “a unique dining experience where sustainability is a way of life.” The menu emphasizes seasonal, local ingredients from within 150 miles. Well, enough said… I decided to give it a try. Continue reading
Attention DTLA Pet Owners… Duke’s South Paw Pet Hotel and Spa is opening this fall in DTLA’s South Park. It will take over a large portion of the retail space of the Olive DTLA apartment complex at Olive and Pico. Signs featuring some totally adorable dogs are featured around the building. Continue reading
First Draft Taproom & Kitchen is set to open in South Park this fall. The bar and restaurant will move into 4,000 square feet of retail space in the Wren apartment complex at Pico and Olive. There is already a First Draft Taproom in Denver’s River North Arts District. It offers up a variety of craft beer, wine, cider and kombucha… that Continue reading
DTLAexplorer.com first told you about Miro restaurant back in March 2016. Well, it’s time to tell you about it again. The people at Miro have started a new Bottomless Bubbles & Brunch menu on weekends. The Chef has created a sweet and savory menu with classic dishes like Ricotta Pancakes and Duck Egg Omelets. And to wash it all down, the restaurant is offering up unlimited Mimosas for $14 per person. Continue reading
