Set Your Location >>

New American

With reviews from professional critics and active local users, Voice Places is your guide to New American cuisine in Los Angeles. Our easily searchable listings make mapping out your next meal an all-American experience.

New American restaurants in Los Angeles

Best Of

  1.

    Fig Santa Monica

    101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401

    Garcia's menu is mostly in the straightforward, French-tinged, organic-casual style we have come to associate with dining on the Westside, with nods toward both the... More »

  2.

    The Trails

    2333 Fern Dell, Los Angeles, CA 90068

    You're likely to be doing a lot of walking before you even get to the order window at The Trails in Griffith Park. The old-timey cabin is essentially kitchen only, which... More »

  3.

    Wilshire Restaurant

    2454 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403

    Wilshire is a serious, farmers-market-driven restaurant cleverly disguised as the kind of Santa Monica hotspot where one might consort with supermodels. It... More »

  4.

    Boardner's

    1652 N. Cherokee Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028

    With one of the richest histories of any bar in Los Angeles (it's said to be the last place where Elizabeth Short drank before she stepped into the night and became the... More »

  5.

    Tin Roof Bistro

    3500 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

    It's hard to reminisce about the Italian countryside when you're in a parking lot in Manhattan Beach. Still, the backyard bocce ball court tucked just behind Tin Roof... More »

  6.

    Glendon Bar & Kitchen

    1071 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024

    This swanky Westwood restaurant and bar is one of the better spots in the UCLA area for an after-dinner drink â?" or maybe dinner itself. The pizza isnâ??t... More »

  7.

    The Penthouse at the Huntley Hotel

    1111 Second St., Santa Monica, CA 90403

    One of Santa Monica's highest-flying bars, Penthouse at the Huntley Hotel is awash in white, appointed with dainty chandeliers and divvied up (by... More »

  8.

    The Blue Star

    2200 E. 15th St., Los Angeles, CA 90021

    Located in the industrial district on the edge of downtown L.A., Blue Star Cafe closes its kitchen after the lunch rush; that's when owner Kash Brouillet hands his diner... More »

  9.

    Aroma Coffee & Tea Company

    4360 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, CA 91604

    Owner Mark Gunsky transformed what was once a private home in Studio City into a full-service cafe in the mid-'90s. What initially was a coffee counter... More »

  10.

    ArcLight Hollywood

    6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028

    This fifteen-screen theatre is located on Sunset Boulevard and Vine. Amenities include reserved seating, a bar and a cafe. It also offers special... More »

Places Nearby

What's Hot

advertisement

 
Recent Critic Reviews
  • LA Weekly Besha Rodell writes for LA Weekly on Allumette

    An entree of turnips and brown rice sounds vaguely like something you'd get for lunch at a very austere, vegan yoga retreat. It does not sound like the basis for a dish that's capable of stunning a pair of seasoned restaurant writers. Yet there I was with a fellow food writer, sitting in front of a plate of turnips and brown rice, slightly awestruck. Ten minutes later, we were still talking...

    Read Full Review
  • LA Weekly Patrick Comiskey writes for LA Weekly on Superba Snack Bar

    Like so many trends in Los Angeles, the wine bar scene here seemingly took forever to develop. But in the last decade, it has burst into bloom with energy and creativity. Wine bars have become part of the city's vinous fabric, places to try new wines (or beers), to learn about wine, to nosh and, as often as not, eat a full meal, too. There are wine bar restaurants, wine bar jazz clubs, wine...

    Read Full Review
  • LA Weekly Besha Rodell writes for LA Weekly on Alma

    See more of Anne Fishbein's photos of Alma.

    On the somewhat barren corner of Broadway and Olympic, under a giant light-up sign for a next-door business advertising "hostess dancing," sits Alma. Stepping into the restaurant — with its plain storefront and nondescript, hard-to-see...

    Read Full Review
VOICE Daily Deals
More Top Restaurant Categories in Los Angeles
Browse Other Categories in Los Angeles
Browse Los Angeles Neighborhoods
 
Recent User Reviews

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Map   © 2013 Village Voice - All rights reserved.

Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Find everything you're looking for in your city

  • Happy Hour App

    Happy Hour App

    Find the best happy hour deals in your city

  • Daily Deals

    Daily Deals

    Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city