Blueys Kitchen in Santa Monica is an all-day cafe that's ideal for a quick, healthy meal (or just a pastry and coffee).

An all-day spot serving coffee, wine and beer, and great cafe food, Paper Or Plastik is a spot on Pico that you need to know about.

Forn Al Hara is a Lebanese bakery in Anaheim serving the kind of breakfast you’d drive very long distances to experience.

K&A is one of our favorite quick breakfast spots in Anaheim.

Okayama Kobo is a Japanese bakery in downtown Anaheim that serves our favorite breakfast pastries in the city.

Bloom & Plume is a very colorful, very vibrant coffee shop in Historic Filipinotown.

Gigi’s is a Cuban bakery and cafe in Historic Filipinotown with some of the best sandwiches and pastries in town.

Clark Street Bread’s first stand-alone bakery in Echo Park is bigger, better, and buttery-er.

Waffle Love is an order-at-the-counter cafe in Northridge with good version of both sweet and savory waffles.

Joe's Cafe is an excellent weekday breakfast spot in Granada Hills.

J. Nichols Kitchen in Marina del Rey is the kind of good-at-everything spot every neighborhood needs.

Bob's Hawaiian Style Cafe is a diner in Gardena that feels just like eating in the 808.

Aloha Food Factory in Alhambra is serving some of the best Hawaiian food in LA - especially at breakfast.

Azay in Little Tokyo is a daytime restaurant serving incredible Japanese food - and slightly mediocre French fare.

Banadir Somali Restaurant is an Inglewood institution, and one of our favorite Somali restaurants in all of Los Angeles.

Sapp Coffee Shop is a Thai Town staple that serves a boat noodle soup you never knew you needed so badly.