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Brunch cafés in Los Angeles

Weekend plates on Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard, Hillhurst and Vermont in Los Feliz, the Venice boardwalk and the Westside along Pico and Sepulveda.

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Brunch cafés in Los Angeles are spread from the Westside to the Eastside: Westwood & West LA has the most, ahead of Silver Lake & Echo Park, then Los Feliz and Downtown. Most serve breakfast and lunch through the afternoon and close by 15:00 or 16:00; a few in Los Feliz keep cooking into the evening.

Numbeo's October 2026 figure for a meal at an inexpensive Los Angeles restaurant was US$26.50, in a range of US$20 to US$50.1 Brunch at a table-service café adds a tip: in a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, 57% of US adults said they would tip 15% or less for an average sit-down meal.2

Local tip: All Time on Hillhurst Avenue takes reservations, which saves the weekend wait; Fig Tree in Venice opens at 08:00, before the boardwalk crowd builds.

Where these cafés are: Westwood & West LA (4), Los Feliz (2), Silver Lake & Echo Park (2), Downtown & Arts District (2), Hollywood (1), Venice (1), Fairfax & Melrose (1), Beverly Hills (1), Culver City (1), Koreatown (1).

At a glance

16Cafés listed
13With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: The Grain Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Thu 06:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 06:00–23:00 · Sun 07:00–22:00).
  • Most listed streets: West Olympic Boulevard (2).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (25%), open late (19%), bakery café (13%).

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Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard

Lady Byrd Cafe, at 2100 Echo Park Avenue, serves bread from Larder Baking Co., pours Jetty coffee and has beer and wine.3 It opens at 08:30 on weekdays and 09:00 at the weekend, closes at 21:00 most days and at 15:30 on Wednesday.3

Bodega Park, at 2852 Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, is a coffee-and-sandwich café open Tuesday to Sunday, 08:00–15:00, and closed on Monday.4 For a brunch after 15:00 in this part of town, Lady Byrd is the one still serving.

Los Feliz: Hillhurst and Vermont

All Time, at 2040 Hillhurst Avenue, serves breakfast and lunch daily 08:00–15:00 and dinner 17:00–22:00, and takes reservations.5 Between 15:00 and 17:00 the kitchen is closed, so a late brunch there needs to start by early afternoon.

On North Vermont Avenue, WKNDR at number 1820 serves daily from 08:00 until 22:00. In East Hollywood, Bolt EaHo at 5648 Hollywood Boulevard opens at 08:00 every day and closes at 16:00 at the weekend. Koreatown’s breakfast stop is Olympic Cafe House of Breakfast, at 3728 West Olympic Boulevard.

Venice and the boardwalk

Venice was founded in 1905 as a seaside resort town and stayed independent until Los Angeles annexed it in 1926; its Ocean Front Walk is a 4-kilometer pedestrian promenade of performers and vendors.6

Fig Tree, at 431 Ocean Front Walk, is a beachfront café serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, with a garden patio facing the sand.7 It opens daily at 08:00 and closes at 19:30, or 20:30 on Friday and Saturday.

The Westside and Downtown

Kiff Kafe, at 12229 West Pico Boulevard, serves Tuesday to Sunday from 09:00 and closes at 15:00, or 16:00 on Saturday. La Prime Caffe, at 1716 South Sepulveda Boulevard, opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday and at 08:00 on Sunday. Lazy Daisy is at 1101 Gayley Avenue in Westwood Village.

Clark Street, at 9123 West Olympic Boulevard, runs daily 08:00–15:30, and Shaky Alibi at 7401 Beverly Boulevard 08:30–15:00. Downtown, Pitchoun at 545 Olive Street is open 08:00–16:00 at the weekend, and sandcouch cafe at 555 West 7th Street daily 07:00–17:00. The Grain Cafe on Venice Boulevard in Culver City opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday and has vegan options.

Sources

  1. Cost of Living in Los Angeles, Numbeo (updated October 28, 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. Tipping Culture in America: Public Sees a Changed Landscape, Pew Research Center (November 9, 2023), accessed October 2026
  3. Lady Byrd Café: Our Vendors, Lady Byrd Cafe, accessed October 2026
  4. Bodega Park: Coffee and Sandwiches, Bodega Park, accessed October 2026
  5. All Time Los Angeles, All Time, accessed October 2026
  6. Venice, Los Angeles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  7. Fig Tree: Oceanfront Coastal Dining, Fig Tree Venice, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Brunch in Los Angeles: questions

Where can you have brunch in Echo Park and Silver Lake, Los Angeles?

Lady Byrd Cafe at 2100 Echo Park Avenue opens at 08:30 on weekdays and 09:00 at the weekend, with bread from Larder Baking Co. and Jetty coffee. Bodega Park, a coffee-and-sandwich café at 2852 Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, is open Tuesday to Sunday, 08:00–15:00.

Is there a brunch café on the Venice boardwalk in Los Angeles?

Yes. Fig Tree, at 431 Ocean Front Walk, is a beachfront café serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, with a garden patio facing the sand. It opens daily at 08:00 and closes at 19:30, or 20:30 on Friday and Saturday. Ocean Front Walk is a 4-kilometer pedestrian promenade.

How much does brunch cost in Los Angeles?

Numbeo's October 2026 figure for a meal at an inexpensive Los Angeles restaurant was US$26.50, in a range of US$20 to US$50. Table service adds a tip; in a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, 57% of US adults said they would tip 15% or less for an average sit-down meal.

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