"One downside to your 30s is that friends start to move further away from you (i.e. they have children, mortgages, and...OK, we're bored just typing this). If you're looking for a restaurant that's easy to get to from various parts of LA, go to HLAY. Not only is this casual hangout spot located right in Koreatown, but the food—which pulls influence from Thailand, Mexico, Vietnam, and Peru, to name a few—is consistently good. Think dishes like summer tomatoes topped with bagna cauda and crispy lap xuong, shark katsu in Japanese curry, and tiki cocktails that’ll get the party momentum going early. Bonus: Ddong Ggo’s beer garden is right around the corner for post-dinner camaraderie. " - Brant Cox
Jakob Layman