Little Tokyo
Nestled betwixt Downtown (proper), the Arts District and, ahem, Skid Row, to form a misfit tetrad of walkable neighborhoods, Little Tokyo is home to your next favorite restaurant coffee shop bar spot. Est. 1886 (i.e. in LA terms, pre-historic), it’s one of few remaining US Japantowns, and the well-documented taciturn cultural pride has protected its authenticity, skewing it less tourist-trap and more Taste of Tokyo.
Little Tokyo Market
Café Dulce
Shojin
DoubleTree by Hilton
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Marugame Monzo
Cafe Demitasse
Jason Markk
Chado Tea Room
Torigoya
Izakaya Honda-Ya
Sushi Gen
Shin Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen
Daikokuya
SoHo Nails & Spa
Jist Cafe
Manna Korean BBQ
Far Bar
Wolf & Crane
XLanes
Max Karaoke Studio
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Marugame Monzo
- Address
- 329 East 1st Street
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Whilst Japanese-Italian fusion may not prompt thoughts of congruence, Tokyo’s latest haute cuisine trend has invented a dish with miso-infused carbonara and udon noodles. Monzo often overflows into the street as regulars queue up for a seat by the glass-enclosed kitchen, to watch the chefs pound, roll, stretch, fold and dust balls of fresh dough before they’re cut with surgical precisions (and alarming swiftness).