LA FOOD!

Before we left on the trip, I glanced at my e-mail inbox and found an e-mail from Sarah attached with an itinerary FULL of our food stops we wanted to try in LA.

To help us feel better we also added in runs/walks to these restaurants/shops to help us completely justify ourselves HAHA.

Here are some of our favorite places we tried–

Literally an ice cream sandwich but within a churro instead of a cookie… can you ask for much more?!

I had the chocolate cookie ice cream in the middle and it was scrumptious.

This was some of the best Mexican I’ve EVER had. We ordered a chicken tostada, shrimp taco, queso taco, the chips & guac and the corn. Every bit of it was SO good. This is a hole-in-the-wall type restaurant but you will leave 100% satisfied I promise. It’s over by The Grove.

This place is famous for THEIR PANCAKES! Right in West Hollywood. And YES. That is a frosted flake waffle. The pancake on the left is a honey oat pancake. YUM. I am not even a pancake fan and loved these! I ordered the eggs and didn’t love like them too much. Definitely get pancakes if you go here!

I mentioned this in my last post, but McConnell’s might be the BEST ice cream I’ve ever had!! I am screaming, sorry.

If you are ever in Santa Barbara or Grand Central Market in LA you HAVE to go. Their churro ice cream.. I have zero words.

Pono Burger is near 3rd Street and the dining area is within an old storage unit from the war which is AWESOME. All the food was all organic & fresh and Hawaiian inspired. I loved how tiny the sweet potato fries were! We also all shared the oatmeal shake which was DELICIOUS as well. We told the waitress we didn’t want the 1/8 cup of beer added to the milkshake and she was SO confused haha. Three girls not drinking on a Friday night? Whaaa?

All of the restaurants in the Beverly Hills hotel are pretty expensive but we all went and shared breakfast at the Fountain Coffee Room and loved it. You go downstairs in the hotel and you watch them prepare all the food in the teeny restaurant! Some people don’t love watching their food get cooked but I actually love it.

This place is near UCLA campus and they have hardly changed their prices since they opened up shop in 1983! This entire ice cream sandwich was only $1.75!!! The line was about 30 minutes long but that didn’t stop us from indulging.

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Obviously Acai bowls are currently #trending so we went to Nekter one morning and shared two acai bowls. As a first timer at Nekter I really did like it! I say like because I think I like Ivie’s better in Provo. But for a fresh, healthy breakfast it was a good choice!

Last but not least we absolutely LOVED Malibu Farm!!!

I’m screaming again… sorry.

This is a restaurant absolutely like NO OTHER. You drive up to Malibu and go inland a little bit and all of the sudden you feel like you’re in the South. It’s not just a restaurant. It’s an entire EXPERIENCE. You can go play life size jenga, ping pong, chess, corn hole, use paddle boats etc.while waiting or even eating your food. Besides the incredible atmosphere of the restaurant the food was great too! We had the pretzels, salads, and s’mores. Definitely a must see if you are ever in the area!

Eat up!