Local Cuisine Book Talk: Unique Eats and Eateries of Los Angeles

Join us for a conversation about local cuisine!

Food and travel writer Danny Jensen will walk us through the history of LA eateries both iconic and obscure. Join for an event that celebrates the best food our city has to offer!

About the author:

Danny Jensen is the author of Unique Eats and Eateries of Los Angeles (Reedy Press), which explores the surprising stories and fascinating people behind many of L.A.'s one-of-a-kind restaurants. He's also written LA Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Los Angeles’s Hidden Treasures; Secret Los Angeles: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure; and 100 Things to Do in Los Angeles Before You Die. As a writer and photographer, his work has been published by Yahoo Travel, Culinary Backstreets, PBS, Time Out, Thrillist, and others. He’s always on the lookout for unusual landmarks, obscure histories, and under-the-radar restaurants.

About the book:

Where can you enjoy an enormous, loaded potato and live jazz? Where can you find L.A.’s only floating restaurant for a bowl of chowder? Where can you eat in a historic streetcar where Hollywood legends and mobsters once dined?

Whether you’re just visiting or have lived in Los Angeles your entire life, in Unique Eats and Eateries of Los Angeles you’ll learn the surprising stories and fascinating people behind these and many more one-of-a-kind eateries. From historic delis, diners, and food halls to experimental innovators, multigenerational immigrant-founded businesses, and mission-driven restaurants helping to improve people’s lives, this book dives deep into the places that make Los Angeles special.

You’ll head to 27th Street Bakery for legendary sweet potato pies baked by a gold medal Olympian. Ignite your imagination where Walt Disney found inspiration at the Tam O’Shanter. Get served by a robot at Kouraku, the oldest ramen shop in the United States. And learn about the matriarch behind the Yucatán-style tacos at the James Beard Award– winning Yuca’s.

Local author Danny Jensen takes you on a guided tour of many of L.A.’s most unexpected and iconic restaurants. Along the way, you’ll uncover new places to eat and a fresh perspective and deeper appreciation for the ones you know.