CA · Brunch
Harry is professionally sceptical of brunch. The queue is not a quality signal. The Bloody Mary menu is not a quality signal. The places below have survived Harry's scoring methodology and are worth your Saturday morning.
LA brunch mythology is mostly Westside fiction. The correct move is east: Boyle Heights for the scrambled eggs with chorizo that cost eight dollars, the Vietnamese egg coffee in Little Saigon, the Korean rice porridge that nobody else in the country is doing at this level. The avocado toast is a performance for visitors.
| No hype discount | Brunch venues accumulate Instagram followers faster than Michelin stars. Harry cross-references tourist signal against local review patterns. A place that locals go to on a weekday morning is different from a venue that trained its front-of-house to suggest tagging the location. |
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| Harry Score | The composite score from Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor and critic signals. Brunch has a high floor for bad scores — the category attracts mediocrity. A high Harry Score here means it consistently outperforms the genre, not just the competition next door. |
| Worth It score | Brunch is the meal most likely to charge you $26 for eggs. The Worth It score flags places that charge a reasonable price for what they deliver — and flags the ones where the atmosphere is the product and the food is the afterthought. |
555 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014, USA
639 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90014, USA
1580 Industrial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, USA
624 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
720 Virgil Ave #4, Los Angeles, CA 90029, USA
70 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA
6547 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA
120 N Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
317 S Broadway A-6, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA
800 W Olympic Blvd A150, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA