"Normally a festive place for beach-style feast, Little Belize comes from Laverne Smith and her sisters, who took ownership of the restaurant nine years ago in 2012. It’s been said that the LA area has the most Belizeans in the U.S., with notable restaurants Belizean Paradise, the Blue Hole, Tracey’s, and Saraba Garifuna as the community’s other stalwarts. At the moment, there’s only a smattering of outdoor tables at the moment as service is mostly inclined to takeout. However on Sundays, the restaurant builds an indoor-outdoor dining with more tables and a live band, and by mid-March, they’ll expand dinner hours and reopen the dining room. Currently, the daytime-only operation is enough to draw locals to the crispy fish panades, tinted almost orange and fried to perfection, while the stew chicken is probably the most popular plate on the menu. Cooked tender and slathered with a peppery gravy, it comes with rice, beans, and potato salad to help round it into a solid lunch. The oxtails are another popular dish worth ordering." - Matthew Kang
