Smorgasburg (Los Angeles)
Market · Downtown Los Angeles ·
Local craft beer, cocktails, wine, and rotating food vendors.
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Local craft beer, cocktails, wine, and rotating food vendors.
"A family-owned, Korean-American roastery founded by 2024 U.S. Barista Champion Frank La, known for warm, high-quality roasting, hospitable service, and creative specialty drinks; the roastery and cafés have become favorites of local chefs and are brewed at notable restaurants around the city." - Julie Wolfson
"An LA-based, chef-founded footwear company launched in 2020 to make sustainable, modern work shoes for kitchen staff. Its Orbit sneaker is designed to be slip-resistant, constructed from recycled and biodegradable materials, water-resistant, and built with a high-stretch fabric for comfort; a new Illy colorway references the apron brand’s red accents. The brand’s kitchen clogs—especially an electric blue colorway—are described as spill-proof, easy to slip on and off, and feeling like a cross between a Dansko clog and traditional Moroccan babouche slippers. After losing his home in the Pacific Palisades Fire, the founder, chef Daniel Shemtob, helped catalyze extensive aid efforts: distributing free meals and shoes at LA drop-off sites, donating a share of ROVR sneaker proceeds to a disaster-relief food organization, giving 100% of profits from a Smorgasburg clog to a nonprofit serving restaurant workers, launching a Community Giveback Program that offers up to $500 plus a free pair of footwear, and co-launching a GoFundMe with a local food truck." - Francky Knapp
"A lively downtown Sunday market returning from hiatus on January 19 with new vendors, set in a multi-level parking lot where DJs serenade in the distance and crowds gather near the entrance gate before discovering a bustling set of vendor stands. Vendors called out include Band Baaja Boba (Desi-flavored boba and sodas), Black Sugar Rib Company (smoky barbecue), newcomer Bernie’s (shaved ice topped with toasted marshmallow meringue), and the I Love Micheladas crew manning the biergarten; organizers are also hosting a fundraiser for fire survivors. The market atmosphere is described as cheerful and perfect for a Sunday outing. — Mona Holmes, editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Eater Staff
"An outdoor bazaar and food market that returned after a winter hiatus on Sunday, January 19, 2025, with over a dozen new vendors including Bernie’s, Back Yard Jerk, and Menchita’s Grill; the market also pledged to donate all bar profits to World Central Kitchen and the American Red Cross of Los Angeles." - Mona Holmes
"Known for its food market, frequented by Matthew Kang." - Eater Staff
