Shireen Imani of Chulita
Shireen Imani, owner of Chulita. Photo courtesy of Chulita

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The Resy Guide to the Women-Owned Restaurants of Los Angeles

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Women do so much of the essential work in restaurants. And yet women struggle for recognition and visibility in so many parts of the hospitality industry. That’s not entirely the case in Los Angeles, though, where you’ll find women running the kitchen or the dining-room floor of many of the city’s best restaurants, from longstanding classics (The Cat & Fiddle) to buzzy new hotspots (Joseon).

Throughout March, Resy will honor women in the restaurant industry through our annual Women of Food series. We’re celebrating the restaurants, and the women behind them, who shape the vibrant dining scene in the city, and around the country. These women know how to hustle and are changing the future of hospitality, one dish at a time. To mark the importance of supporting women-owned restaurants, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best such restaurants in Los Angeles.

Alcazar Tapas Bar
Tara Lazar

All Time
Ashley Wells

Angeleno Wine Company
Amy Luftig Viste

Angelini Osteria
Elizabeth Angelini

Aunt Yvette’s Kitchen
Yvette Platoff

baroo
Mina Park

Barsha
Lenora Marouani

Beverly Bar
Justine Nour-Omid

The Bike Shed
Vikki van Someren

Birdie G’s
Zoe Nathan

Black Market Liquor Bar
Antonia Lofaso

Botanica Restaurant
Emily Fiffer and Heather Sperling

Brera Ristorante
Francine Diamond-Ferdinandi

Cabra
Girl & The Goat
Stephanie Izard

Cassia
Kim Luu-Ng + Zoe Nathan

The Cat & Fiddle
Paula, Ashlee, Camille, and Eva Gardner

Chao Krung Thai
Katy Noochlaor and Amanda Maneesilasan

Chulita Venice and West Adams
Shireen Imani and Grace Mahary

Cobi’s
Cobi Marsh

Cosette Wine Bar
Sasha Hagenlock

Coucou
Hayley Feldman

Crustacean Beverly Hills
Helene An

Crudo e Nudo
Leena Culhane

Dama
Antonia Lofaso

Dante Beverly Hills
Nathalie Hudson

De Buena Planta — Silverlake
Heather Tierney

Dialogue Restaurant
Ann Hsing

The Draycott
Marissa Hermer

The Dutchess
Kelsey Brito, Zoe Nathan, and Kate Pepper

Emporium Thai
Gina Sungkamee

Esters Wine Shop & Bar
Zoe Nathan & Kathryn Weil Coker

Everson Royce Bar
Hippo
Vamos Vamos
April Langford

The Factory Kitchen
Francine Diamond-Ferdinandi

Farmhouse Kitchen Thai
Kumuth Chatterjee

Fig Tree Cafe & Marketplace
Sophia Moreno-Bunge

Foxhall Steakhouse
Kathryne Illulian

Good Clean Fun
Ari Stevens Zhang

Grandmaster Recorders
Jaci Koludrovic

Harold & Belle’s Restaurant
Jessica Legaux

Hatchet Hall
Netty Ryan

Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill & Jazz
Eden Alpert

Highly Likely Highland Park
Kat Turner

Horses and its Garden
Liz Johnson

Jame
Melissa Kalb

Jemma di Mare and Hollywood
Melissa Kalb

Joseon
Debbie Lee

Kismet
Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson

L’Original Petit Trois
Petit Trois Le Valley
Krissy Lefebvre

La Bettola Di Terroni Larchmont
Shereen Arazm

Ladyhawk
Carol Braidi

Leora
Laura Klein

Lingua Franca
Lauren Lemos

Little Beast
Monique King

Local Kitchen + Wine Bar
Maire Byrne

Lolo Wine Bar
Laurie Mulstay

Lulu
Alice Waters

Malibu Farm Newport Beach
Helene Henderson

Met Him At A Bar
Mindy Voranartsomdee

Michael’s Santa Monica
Kim McCarty

Milo + Olive
Zoe Nathan and Erin Eastland

Pizzeria Mozza
Osteria Mozza
Nancy Silverton

N/Soto
Niki Nakayama + Carole Iida-Nakayama

Night+Market WeHo
Sarah Yenbamroong

Nossa Caipirinha Bar
Queen St
Holly Fox

Olivetta
Marissa Hermer

Ospi
Melissa Kalb

Oste
Jocelyn Bulow

Otoño
Teresa Montaño and Andrea Uyeda

Pizzana Brentwood
Pizzana Marina Del Rey
Pizzana Sherman Oaks
Pizzana Silver Lake
Pizzana West Hollywood

Caroline O’Donnell and Candace Nelson

Playa Provisions
Brooke Williamson

Post & Beam
Roni Cleveland

Ronan
Caitlin Cutler

Rustic Canyon
Zoe Nathan

Saltie Girl
Kathy Sidell

Sausal
Anne Conness

Scopa Italian Roots
Antonia Lofaso

Seabutter Beverly Hills
Seabutter Laguna Beach
Seabutter Westlake Village
Angie Fratkin

Si Laa
Ben, Lynn, and Nida Yenbamroong

Soban
Jennifer Pak

Stay, Zero Proof Cocktail Lounge
Summer Phoenix and Stacey Mann

Stir Crazy
Mackenzie Hoffman

Tuk Tuk Thai
Katy Noochlaor and Amanda Maneesilasan

U Street Pizza
Marie Petulla

Union Pasadena
Marie Petulla

V Wine Room
Esther Paik Vess

Violet Bistro
Dana Slatkin

Wife And The Somm
Christy Lindgren Lucchese

Xuntos
Sandra Cordero