{"id":766665,"date":"2026-05-01T20:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766665\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:43:28","slug":"new-restaurants-and-pop-ups-to-try-in-los-angeles-in-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766665\/","title":{"rendered":"New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles didn\u2019t get many April showers<\/a>, but May flowers are blooming just the same, leaving a lingering scent of jasmine as the star-shaped flower blossoms across the city. Jacaranda<\/a> trees will soon follow suit, turning the skyline of entire neighborhoods lavender as spring stretches into summer. <\/p>\n

Marine layer aside, this season invites us to get outside and make the most of living in L.A. The Metro will soon open the expansion of its D Line<\/a>, making it convenient to peruse Museum Row, the Grove and bars and restaurants along Fairfax and in Beverly Hills without a car. Local farmers markets<\/a> are more abundant than ever, with rainbow assortments of stone fruits and tomatoes. <\/p>\n

And there are plenty of patios<\/a> and rooftops<\/a> for enjoying sunny evenings and taking in city views. Keep reading if you need dining inspiration this month, like exploring a new hand roll counter in downtown L.A., a buzzy Larchmont diner that lives up to the hype and a pan-African destination for customizable \u201cslop bowls\u201d in Gardena. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles didn\u2019t get many April showers, but May flowers are blooming just the same, leaving a lingering…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":766666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[19958,1119,1582,276,2451,314658,18149,158953,6276,2961,224,5337,11395,9105,82532,59315,314657,109191,1176],"class_list":["post-766665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-bar","tag-beverly-hills","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-city","tag-entire-neighborhood","tag-fairfax","tag-grove","tag-l-a","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-may","tag-month","tag-new-restaurant","tag-patio","tag-spring-stretch","tag-stone-fruit","tag-summer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116501270331467153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}