LUXE City Guides - Los Angeles
Los Feliz
Furny/Fash/Food Don't start driving 'round this hip hood too early, as they're all nursing hangovers. Zap yours with an artisanal shot from Kinfolky / 1936 hillhurst Ave / 323 741 8483 / marucoffee.com, then fuel up at people-watcher / 2128 Hillhurst Ave (see Restaurants/Relaxed) / before pootling down Hillhurst, turning right on Franklin and second left onto Vermont. Amble down to find at #1818 / 323 660 1175 / skylightbooks.com / and their ace at #1814, then alkalise at #1816 / cloverjuice. com. Pass at #1760 (see Clubs) to reach #1720
/ 323 638 0271 / a quirky cabinet of Japanese hippie-chic. Back in your ride, bear left onto Hollywood Blvd, then cruise south (the street becomes W Sunset Blvd) and park near the intersection with Sanborn. Cross W Sunset for
at #4011 W Sunset and #4017 / mohawkgeneralstore.com / with provisions for the best dressed. Skip over Sanborn to find charming florist, at #3936 / 323 662 2808 / clementinefloralworks.com / on the right. Exit into the courtyard and catch a whiff of
at #3926-8 / 323 644 7511 / cheesestoresl.com / then take note of bistro (see Rest/Relaxed) and attached (see Bars) before joining the beards in the #3922 (see Coffee) queue. Follow them to
at #3906 / 323 515 7385 / bucksanddoes.com / for casj rags, and #3902 / 323 274 4430 / shopsonomama.com / for wabi-sabi and minimalist esoteric wares. Fellas get a style injection at #3814 / 323 953 5134 / mrktla.com / opposite
at #3817 / 323 666 2228 / thesecret headquarters.com / comics zone. Pecky? Choices. Either manoeuvre a quick pause at casual at #3823 / 323 663 6885 / foragela.com / a fave among locavores who lunch, or push on for your own hunter-gatherer moment at the splendid
/ #3700 / Tue pm & Sat am / and TaiwanChin-easy morsels at / 1521 Griffith Park Blvd / 323 668 1128 / pineandcrane.com / on the corner. Packed GallicMex cubby / 323 725 7800 / troisfamilia.com / is also here at #3510 (only open daytime). Appetite truly satiated, strap back into the car, watching out for Micheltorena St on the left. The blue corner storefront at #3339 houses / 323 665 2476 / clarevivier.com / local leather lady, and around the corner at #1404 Michel-torena is whimsical lifestyle lair
/ 323 660 2000 / dreamcollective.com. Exit left then swing left again onto W Sunset, with eyes peeled to the right for #3208½ / 323 660 1122 / gogosha. com / station of slick specs, and at #3322 is buzz Thai street-food player (see Restaurants/Smart) for a chilli hit and ice-cream sandwich. Roll on a few more blocks, then turn left into Silver Lake Blvd, to find #1618 / 323 660 1500 / lawsonfenning.com / a trove of awesome MidCentury furny, and at #1620, organic delight / #1626 / 323 522 6106 / botanicarestaurant.com / bringing the same-name mag to life. Nesting next door is egg-tastic / 323 660 4315 / shopyolk.com, repping lovely gifts, jewellery, bags and homey bits plus kidswear. All that remains? #1637 / 323 660 2255 / leoysterbar.com / to sea-and-be-scene over bivalves and a glass of vino. Cheers, me dears!
Maru Coffee Dresden Room New High (M)art General Store of Silverlake
Bar Stella Intellegentsia and Does Sonomama
MRKT Secret Headquarters
Skylight Books Art Annex Clover Juice
Lake Farmers Market Pine & Crane
Trois Familia Dream Collective Cafe Stella Gogosha Optique Night Market + Song Forage The Cheese Store Clare Vivier Lawson-Fenning Botanica Yolk Little Dom's Mohawk Mohawk Man
Clementine Bucks Silver L&E Oyster Bar