
The 4 reservations you need to make now at LA’s hottest 2023 restaurant openings

by Kristin Braswell
Updated July 11, 2023
Los Angeles is influencer central, so it’s no surprise that its hottest new restaurants are also camera-ready trendsetters. Experimental Indian street food snacks and genre-defying small plates—they’re just some of what the city’s most dazzling restaurant openings of 2023 are serving right now.
There’s no better way to kickstart the summer than to check out these four stellar debuts that include the newest restaurant from Top Chef star Jackson Kalb.
This kaleidoscopic group of restaurants proves why LA’s culinary landscape is shining brighter than ever—read on for a guide to the four places making a splash in the City of Angels right now.
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