"While pastry chef Ellen Ramos worked at Cha Cha Cha LA, she invented a pastry that became her signature creation: an LA-shaped churro. At Santa Canela, her cozy Highland Park bakery offers that as well as other sweet and savory options inspired by her LA childhood (and restaurant tenure), including concha croissants, pepita-infused financier cakes, a kale and cured beef focaccia sandwich, and champurrado-flavored maple doughnuts. Grab a cappuccino too." - Mona Holmes