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All Time
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We’re deep into the age of the LA mega-restaurant. Massive spots are taking over entire blocks of downtown, and famous chefs from other cities have finally realized we have the best produce in the country and want to know what serving a fresh eggplant in January feels like. The more restaurants they bring in, the more LA seems like it’s on the fast track to becoming the Vegas strip—a sprawling museum of the best restaurants from everywhere else.
Take a deep inhale and unclench your crystals. Because as long as places like All Time keep dotting the landscape, we have nothing to worry about. This Los Feliz cafe is the completely original version of LA dining.
Located on Hillhurst a few blocks south of Griffith Park, All Time looks like it’s just a coffee shop when you walk in. That’s because it is a coffee shop. Come any day before 2:30pm and you’ll find people hanging out in the mostly-outdoor space, getting work done on laptops, and eating pastries and egg dishes that are way better than they need be.
But we aren’t giving a place an 8.0 because they have a nice patio and a good breakfast burrito. All Time’s rating is earned because of their full-service dinner that transforms the place from a neighborhood cafe to a restaurant you should consider driving across the city to experience.
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All Time is fine dining on the concrete front patio of a Los Feliz coffee shop. The dinner menu changes semi-frequently, but know that whatever is scrawled on the brown piece of paper that night will be very good. Expect some version of their “good ass” salad, maybe a lamb ragu, a few giant pieces of meat, and if you’re lucky, a burrata-and-tomato-covered focaccia that deserves to be its own religion.
To be clear, All Time is not just a coffee shop—and their food doesn’t come at coffee shop prices. Most big dishes fall in the $30-$40 range, so you’re definitely going to spend some money here, but that’s what makes All Time different. Dinner here feels somewhat fancy, without all the annoying things that come with a fancy night out. No valet, no whispering sommelier—you can even wear shorts if you want. And if that’s not the platonic ideal of LA dining, we don’t know what is.
Famous chefs and their mega-restaurants will keep coming to LA—and many of them will be good. But when you need a reminder of what a real LA restaurant is, go to All Time.
Food Rundown
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Grandma’s Foccacia
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Good Ass Salad
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Cavatelli
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Breakfast Sandwich
Big Steak Event
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