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.

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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).

Marugame Monzo
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Marugame Monzo
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Marugame Monzo
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Marugame Monzo
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Cafe Demitasse

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