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NEED-TO-KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD

Downtown L.A. Arts District
This walkable section of DTLA welcomes creative types from all over-which in turn draws
a steady stream of cool boutiques, innovative eateries, and galleries and museums

Hauser & Wirth

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901 EAST 3RD ST.
View contemporary art in
this 116,000-square-foot
former flour mill, open
Wednesdays through
Sundays. Don't miss the
all-things-art bookshop,
Artbook, or the courtyard
restaurant, Manuela, which
sources fruits, veggies, and
herbs from a garden just
steps away.
hauserwirthlosangeles.com

Bestia
The Broad
221 SOUTH GRAND AVE.
Billionaire philanthropist Eli
Broad and his wife, Edythe,
commissioned this $140
million museum to display
their 2,000-piece collection. With works by Jeff
Koons, Andy Warhol, and
Roy Lichtenstein, it checks
all the modern-art boxes.
(The building's honeycomb
facade is a masterpiece,
too.) thebroad.org

2121 EAST 7TH PLACE
Consistently rated one of
the best restaurants in Los
Angeles since it opened in
2012, this Italian hot spot
driven by a husband-andwife chef/pastry team
serves up inventive rustic
dishes like roasted marrow
bone over spinach pasta
and pizzas topped with
gorgonzola, honey, and
sausage. bestiala.com

Café Gratitude
300 SOUTH SANTA FE AVE.
Even non-vegans will
enthusiastically skip to
this gorgeously designed
space to order from the
all-day 100% plant-based
menu, which emphasizes
gratefulness in its dishes'
titles. Try the Humble Indian
Curry Bowl, or take an Enlightened Energizing Green
Machine smoothie to go.
cafegratitude.com

Bestia's Ori Menashe
and Genevieve Gergis

EightyTwo
707 EAST 4TH PLACE
It's all fun, games, and
drinks at this hybrid arcade
bar. Bring quarters for the
50 game machines, try
tastes from the nightly rotating food trucks, or head
to the patio for a gamethemed craft cocktail, such
as the Wizard Mode-a
blend of whiskey, cold-brew
coffee, and vanilla black tea.
eightytwo.la

House of Woo
209 SOUTH GAREY ST.
Here, you'll find designer
Staci Woo's lines for men,
women, beach, and baby, all
manufactured in Downtown
L.A., plus home wares like
indigo-dyed throw pillows
from local artisans. See
artists at work, too, in the
onsite workshops.
ilovewoo.com

Alchemy Works
826 EAST 3RD ST.

Alchemy
Works

This rotating gallery/event space/retail shop with a "Made in California" focus
helps make this area unique. You'll find trendy Warby Parker frames for your
glasses, local leather goods from Clare V., and one-of-a-kind collectibles like
a vintage Fiat. alchemyworks.us

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