République Café Bakery & République Restaurant
Modern French restaurant · Hancock Park
624 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Highlights
Pastry powerhouse serving French-inspired plates & brunch favorites
Pastry powerhouse serving French-inspired plates & brunch favorites
"After skipping the last five Zoom parties, you’re getting the sense that the friend group is kind of mad at you at the moment. Quick remedy - show up to the picnic with a box full of pastries from Republique. This iconic French restaurant is only about a five-minute drive from Pan Pacific and makes some of our favorite baked goods in the city. If you see the strawberry passion fruit pie or poppyseed bread behind the glass, bring them with you and all drama will be resolved. Also, you can order ahead online for takeout, so you don’t have to wait in line." - brant cox
"Is one of your friends fairly famous on Instagram? Do they refuse to eat anywhere unless they can get a bunch of good content? With Republique, everybody wins - the tiled floors, wooden tables, and high ceilings are your friend’s dream and the French food is some of the best in town. And getting drunk on champagne and eating your weight in oysters is the definition of girls night success." - jess basser sanders, amy clark, brant cox
"When you think “Republique” you probably think really good French food - but you should also think really good meat. The beef short rib with potato mousseline is incredible, and the prime beef filet with foie gras is the power move you want to make in front of your skeptical girlfriend’s parents. The inside-a-church-in-France interior is also still just as impressive as it was when it opened." - brant cox
"Republique is a pastry powerhouse (weekend lines for the bakery form well before opening), but it’s important to remember this long-standing French spot on La Brea does an excellent order-at-the-counter brunch as well. Get the decadent shakshuka, short rib kimchi fried rice, and whatever fresh baguette caught your eye on the way in." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park
"Don’t let Republique’s fancy French pastry case fool you. Their breakfast sandwich is essentially an upmarket take on the Jimmy Dean you find in the frozen aisle, and that’s no complaint. The main difference is that the version here swaps in a featherlight housemade brioche bun for the standard english muffin, but everything else tastes comfortingly familiar: the strong whiff of black pepper in the pork belly sausage, melted american cheese, and a generous swab of mayo that mixes with the runny yolk to keeping every bite saucy." - garrett snyder, arden shore, brant cox, cathy park
