The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Year in Los Angeles, 2025 | Eater LA

"After a multi-hour trip to Costco, a larger meal than just a food court hot dog was in order. I set my sights on Glendale’s excellent (and very small) Armenian kebab spot, Mini Kabob. Operated by Armen Martirosyan and his parents Ovakim and Alvard, this may be among the best kebab spots in greater Los Angeles. The “mini” part of its name rings true when approaching the shop, located off a side street just a block from the Galleria. Peering through the doorway where a greeting table is set up, you can usually spot Armen behind the grill, deftly flipping meats and passing them on to the rest of the team to be assembled into plates with rice, hummus, and blistered vegetables. There’s no way to go wrong here, though smart orderers may go for the beef shish kebab and combo, which has chicken thigh, chicken breast, and ground pork kebab. Each plate comes piled with seasoned rice and flame-licked meat, served with thin lavash and garlic sauce for dipping. This may be the only garlic sauce in Los Angeles I like more than Zankou Chicken, and that’s saying a lot. — Rebecca Roland, editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Matthew Kang