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    4.2 (45 reviews)
    Closed 5:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    Atiana S.

    Cafe Triste is perfect! The Monday night jazz show was absolutely phenomenal. We started off with glasses of wine as we are relatively new to wines and weren't sure which one we'd like to get a bottle of. My friend got a "pink" wine and I ordered an orange. Both were beautiful choices but the winner for both of us was the pink. It was a nice well priced bottle. The server was so kind with our questions and attentive. We immediately asked for the bread and butter with cornichons and he was able to snag us a piece. The bread was lovely and soft and the BUTTER... it was perfectly salted and tasted amazing. Thank you so much for providing us a perfect night.

    Megan A.

    Café Triste is such a gem in Chinatown. The vibes were immaculate--relaxed, cool, and effortlessly stylish. I loved their selection of natural wines, and the cheese and chips were so good. A perfect spot to unwind with great wine and even better atmosphere. Can't wait to come back!

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    L. W.

    Very cute wine bar in Chinatown. I wasn't that impressed with the wine selection but the bartenders were extremely friendly and that goes a long way. The snacks were okay but it was still it was a good time.

    Jonathan Y.

    Stopped by for some wine and really enjoyed the cozy and inviting atmosphere. A great spot to unwind and relax. Definitely coming back!

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    Audrienne S.

    Cafe Triste is the perfect spot to catch up with friends! It is an excellent addition to Chinatown. The staff is very knowledgeable on the wine selection and make great recommendations. It can get pretty busy so I would recommend getting in a little earlier at like 7 or 7:30 pm to avoid the crowds and grab a bottle of wine and some bites. The ambience is fantastic and I think it is the perfect spot for a bestie date! With the longer summer nights and the outdoor patio, it is beautiful to catch golden hour at Cafe Triste. I can't wait to come back for some summer dates here!

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    Sian S.

    Loved the atmosphere, a great place to grab drinks with friends or come on a date. Dimly lit interior and a small outside patio give European vibes. There's a lot of seating inside and plenty of room for privacy if that's what you're looking for. Boyfriend and I came here for post-dinner drinks on our 2-year anniversary. The crowd was very Silverlake-LA but it was nice to be surrounded by people our age. Good selection of bottles, but a lot less selection if you're just doing a glass like we did. Food looked well-priced but we didn't try. Planning to come back with more friends!

    Gina K.

    Cafe Triste is a perfect spot for a wine night! There's lots of street parking after 6 PM, plus a paid structure right next door, making parking easy. The vibe is trendy and minimal, and the staff is super friendly and knowledgeable about natural wines--they recommended the perfect wine for us. Definitely try the olives! We also loved the Carolina gold rice with shrimp and the pork shoulder with passion fruit sauce--the pork was so tender, and the rice was perfectly cooked. Can't wait to come back!

    Alis A.

    A cute little wine bar in Chinatown. Cafe Triste is apparently more iconic of a spot than I could've expected. I don't know what we drank but I know it was good. They focus on natural wines and bites, but they should really focus on getting idk maybe food heating equipment because what was the butternut squash doing so cold and sad? It made me feel like I was eating from an almond mom kitchen but I get the vibe. I might've made the same butternut dish if I was really drunk and proud in my own kitchen but I definitely wouldn't go out to eat that. It was creative but not it. If it was warm I wouldn't cry. Can I buy you a toaster oven for Christmas, Triste? Anyways, the ambiance here is definitely like you're in your own dim little apartment, except the door is open and it's really sociable, which I loved. We got there early and enjoyed the peace but as we were leaving it was just getting filled with people. Service is also very personal and the staff is very good at that. I'd come back here

    holly j.

    This place is just the best. I love it. Wines are superb, staff excels, food is fun and delicious. Sometimes on Tuesdays they have tastings, which I highly recommend. If you have good taste and like cool cozy European vibes, you should check out CAFE TRISTE.

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    Stumbled on this place with my family. Had wonderful wines on the street patio. Staff were pleasant. What a lovely gem.

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    Vibes great wine bar Euro cafe vibes. If location weren't kinda outta the way I'd go here all the time.

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    great atmosphere, cute people and delicious food! really impressed with the quality of ingredients and thoughtful dishes.

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    Wife and the Somm - Winter Chickory Salad

    Wife and the Somm

    4.4(322 reviews)
    3.3 miGlassell Park
    $$$
    Locally owned & operated
    Outdoor seating

    "I know a dark, secluded place A place where no one knows…read moreyour face A glass of wine, a fast embrace It's called Hernando's Hideaway, olé" --Ella Fitzgerald, 1963 OK, this may date me, but this is what I immediately heard playing in my head when we finally found Wife and the Somm this weekend. Glassell Park is a hidden neighborhood in Los Angeles, anyway, and if you don't know what you are looking for, you might zip right past W&S, as we did. Parking is hit and miss, but there are side streets and you will find a space if you give yourself an extra 15 minutes before you come. The neighborhood is mysterious to me, sort of pricey grunge & hipster, iykwim. But! Once you are inside, you are in a completely different world. Bright, clean, genteel, muted, with dappled sunlight dripping through various apertures and alighting in a soft glow here and there on shining metal tables. It's beautiful. Some catchy upbeat contempo-pop music streamed steadily at just the right volume overhead. I found myself resisting the temptation to get up and dance. There are several rooms from which to choose, but I wanted to be seated on the wine-red suede banquette that gave me a view of the whole restaurant and out onto the tree-canopied street. From the time we arrived to the moment we left about an hour later, we were showered with warm smiles and attentive service. And the food? Exquisite. See my pictures. It was hard to choose. One tiny disappointment was they were out of the biscuits that I wanted to start with, but I enjoyed the crusty tender Clark Street bread slices served with warm creamery butter instead. It only got better from there. The two bowls we ordered were filled with fresh vegetables, cooked to perfection, topped with an egg prepared as we requested, i.e., over medium. The portions are modest and it was all so good, we didn't take anything home. We ordered coffee and were brought two tall steaming mugs of Americano, smooth, dark, and delicious. Best of all was the Lemon Lavender cake, a seasonal specialty. Honestly, it might be one of the best, moistest, most flavorful and elegant cakes I have ever had. So fantastic, that I just ordered some lavender buds (if I don't collect them from our garden) to replicate it at home. I don't drink much alcohol but if I did, I would head here for one of their experiences or tastings -- they have a formidable list. Check all this out. And hurry if you want to have Lemon Lavender cake.

    Parking is nearly impossible--especially on a weekend night--so be prepared for that going in…read more Service was extremely slow. It took almost 40 minutes just to receive water and wine. Our server was kind and mentioned being a sommelier, but the wine service felt underwhelming at best. The pacing between courses was also very drawn out. That said, most of the food was lovely. The only miss was the scallops, which seemed underprepared and were oddly floating in a citrus broth. We would have been happy to overlook the slow service and enjoy a long, relaxed evening catching up with friends--until the end of the night. After we had already paid our bill and were in the middle of dessert, we were abruptly and quite rudely told we needed to leave because they were closing. I didn't even get to finish my dessert, and one of our guests had to abandon a half-full glass of wine as we rushed out. After waiting nearly an hour just to begin our meal, being pushed out the door like that felt incredibly disrespectful. Such a disappointment, because I was really excited to try this place. The food is good and the atmosphere is charming--but the overall experience, especially how we were treated at the end, left a bad impression.

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    Grilled Pacific Halibut over white gazpacho

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    Propaganda Wine Bar - 50 under 50 LATimes

    Propaganda Wine Bar

    4.7(262 reviews)
    1.4 miArts District, Downtown
    $$
    Free parking
    Outdoor seating

    One of my favorite places in LA. Good wine, charcuterie, and pizza! Love the focaccia here! Service…read moreis always great. I'm allergic to dairy and they were able to accommodate my allergies. I like being in the outdoors seating area for ambiance, but inside is great for more intimate atmosphere. It's a great place for a date or to catch up with friends. I've even come here for happy hour by myself because I was craving their pizzas lol

    We stopped in during our Arts District stroll specifically for the wine flight, and it delivered a…read morewell-curated, Italy-leaning experience. The list clearly favors organic and biodynamic producers, which I always appreciate--minimal intervention, letting the terroir and varietal speak without unnecessary manipulation. The flight format was flexible, offering around five selections with the option to choose three pours. I went with a sparkling red, an orange wine, and a white--each bringing its own personality to the table. The sparkling red was lively and slightly unconventional, the orange wine had that textured, skin-contact complexity, and the white rounded things out with a clean, expressive finish. Our server elevated the experience by guiding the tasting order, which made a noticeable difference in how each wine showed. It's always a good sign when the staff understands how to pace a flight rather than just drop it off and walk away. We didn't explore the food menu this time, so I can't speak to the full program, but purely from a wine perspective, it lands at a solid 4 stars for me. The space itself is ideal for a relaxed midday tasting--plenty of seating, with a great outdoor setup. The tall greenery creates a sense of privacy without feeling closed off, making it just as suitable for a casual date as it is for catching up with friends. Honestly, if you've got a flexible workday and don't need to be on camera, this is a pretty perfect spot to post up with a glass and ease into the afternoon.

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    Propaganda Wine Bar - Top 50 under 50 LATimes

    Top 50 under 50 LATimes

    Propaganda Wine Bar - Valet parking on Friday & Saturday

    Valet parking on Friday & Saturday

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    The Cellar - A Wine Library - Another one of our favorite servers/ sommelier

    The Cellar - A Wine Library

    4.5(605 reviews)
    7.4 mi
    $$

    Great wine selection. We went on a Saturday around 5:30 p.m. before the evening rush and ordered a…read morecheese and fruit charcuterie board along with several glasses of wine. We ended up staying until about 9:30 p.m. and never felt rushed or pressured to order more. The staff was very friendly and made excellent recommendations, especially considering we were a bit picky -- one vegetarian, one pescatarian, and the other only likes dessert wines!! Definitely coming back with less picky people

    Waiter Manuel. This…read moreis a review reflected on you, solely. Being kind is the moral of the story, from the beginning you were passive agressive with your comments and tone. Being in a party of 4 girls coming from high tea, we were dressed in elegant dresses, first comment was asking if we were coming from church, followed by eye flutters, short "okay" with an upward inflation to a joke about the day, an impatient comment about hurrying up and trying the wine while we were talking, asked for water when we were out, were left to pour the rest of our wine, didn't ask how the food was all the while was attentive to the table behind us, the cherry on top comment was when we were discussing the bill at the end, he was hovering at the table behind ours, then when we were ready, we asked to split the bill into 2, my portion on mine and the rest on another card, he then said "this isn't like a drive through, we can't do it that way" so I asked him to explain his comment, cause it was passive agressive and rude. After he wasnt able to becuase he wasnt expecting me to call out his rude comment, I had to then break it down and specify what I had ordered, he then sold "okayyyy....so how much, cause we don't itemize?" I had to again express for him to specify how they do it cause he has still yet to explain where his attitude is coming from and explain how they do their check splits, from my understanding it just felt like he wanted to play dumb and make me to the math, one I did he was like "ohh, okay" should have asked for the manager but we paid and left, I hasnt had this experience before being a returning customer, but he needs an attitude adjustment as his attitude was completely out of pocket. Do better Manuel, you alone got your place of work a 1 star. The rest of the staff was kind, facility beautiful and food and wine was good. This restaurant is not reflected in the 1 star.

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    The Cellar - A Wine Library - The coolest atmosphere.

    The coolest atmosphere.

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    Mazal - Oyster mushroom

    Mazal

    4.7(427 reviews)
    1.0 miLincoln Heights
    $$

    I came here just after they opened, there were already some people inside. The cheese bourekas were…read moreflakey, light, and filled with feta. The Mini falafels come with 8 and are bite size on the tahini plate- I loved putting all the tahini on it. The Charred broccoli was exactly what I wanted, it's crispy and comes with a lemon garlic aioli. The Maghrebi potatoes come in thick, crispy slices on pickled lemon red pepper tahini. The Shawarma oyster mushrooms also another hit. We also ordered flat bread special which was feta & pomegranate seeds. Overall I was just so impressed with every dish. For dessert we ordered the halva & S'mores bourekas which was light & not overly sweet for a finish. Parking- street parking

    The best hummus in the WORLD, bar none. And the most incredible pita bread I've ever had! I love so…read moremany things on the menu that I over-order every time but the next day I'm happy to have whatever combo of leftover couscous, spicy Moroccan carrots, and kale salad (which holds up really well as leftovers because kale). This review is long overdue because I first fell in love with Mazal as I impatiently anticipated their opening. I lived nearby and watched the progress as the owner and his father spent nearly two years building out the beautiful interior of the restaurant themselves. Everything about Mazal is a labor of love involving their entire family, including menu items that are grown in their orchard. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, whether you are in the dining room or on the patio. I'm back in LA frequently now and come to Mazal nearly every time. In addition to the hummus you have to have spicy tahini (or the new-to-me adorable mini falafel and tahini plate). My other new favorite I'll definitely have again is the shawarma oyster mushrooms, air-fried and served on cannellini bean purée with mint chimichurri. Everything is incredibly fresh and delicious. You don't want to miss the bourekas (the assortment of five cheese bourekas is something I dream about), the maghrebi potatoes (on tahini!), and the marble halva (take it home if you don't have room after all of the aforementioned must-haves and thank me later).

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    Mazal - Indoor seating

    Indoor seating

    Mazal - Baba ghanoush

    Baba ghanoush

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    Covell - Inside

    Covell

    4.3(523 reviews)
    3.9 miLos Feliz
    $$

    Another reviewer nailed it when she said this wine bar had great vibes and was reminiscent of some…read moreof her NYC haunts. I absolutely agree. There was a split second, when we were sitting outside, I totally had a NYC summer flashback having drinks with friends in friendly neighborhood bars. The staff here is friendly and helpful. Even if you're a wine newbie, it's not intimidating. We'll be back.

    If you're looking for a great local wine bar in Los Feliz for date nights or catching up with…read morefriends, Covell is such a solid spot. My gal pal and I came here on a Friday evening for wine flights and bites, and it reminded me why this place has remained such a neighborhood staple over the years. I hadn't been back in at least a decade, so it was nice to see the place still lively and thriving post-Covid. The inside bar was completely packed, but we lucked out and snagged one of the little outdoor tables. We shared the tater tots and a charcuterie board, while my friend got the Croque Monsieur. Everything paired perfectly with the wine flight we ordered from a visiting winemaker from Spain. His name escapes me, but it was such a cool experience getting to hear him talk through each wine personally. Covell does a great job bringing in unique guest winemakers and making wine feel approachable and fun rather than intimidating. I also love that they occasionally host live music, comedy events, and other happenings -- it gives the space a warm, community vibe. Whether you're looking for a casual date night spot or somewhere to catch up with friends over good wine, this place really hits the mark. The staff have always been incredibly friendly and knowledgeable about the wines they serve, which makes the experience even better. Definitely one of those special little Los Feliz gems that has stood the test of time.

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    Covell - Cheese Plate with 3 Cheeses

    Cheese Plate with 3 Cheeses

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    Cheese Plate and Pate

    Covell - Scottie-Boy natural orange wine. From Buellton. Sweet with a semi sour finish.

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    Scottie-Boy natural orange wine. From Buellton. Sweet with a semi sour finish.

    Dunsmoor - Edna's Sour-Milk Cornbread

    Dunsmoor

    4.3(606 reviews)
    3.4 miGlassell Park
    $$$

    Probably the best meal we've had to date. Everything was absolutely divine…read more I made reservations as soon as OpenTable let me. You have to get on their notifications list and snag a spot as soon as possible. Pro tip: sit at the bar so you can watch all of the action! We ordered the chicken liver, cornbread, endive salad, ribeye and cabbage. We finished our meal with the date pudding. Everything was soooo good. I need to come back and try more of their menu items!

    Wooooowwww!! This place! The service is amazing. We had 2 people check in to see if we wanted…read moredrinks. Another for food. And another to clear our plates and table between apps and mains. The food was divine. Cornbread is an absolute MUST!! Its exterior has an exquisite crunch with a soft interior and the honey and salt and butter with the hatch chilis are just the perfect combination. Baby albacore took me by surprise with its freshness and crunch to add some texture. The chili stew was an item I was hesitant about as I do not like pork. However I couldn't taste the pork and it was so delicious with the side of homemade tortillas! The dates were warm and nutty and was nice paired with the sourdough. The liver was my least favorite but the caramelized onions were awesome! Food is served family style. This place is perfect for a date night or a nice meal after work with coworkers/friends. Enjoy!

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    Dunsmoor - Another view from my seat at the chef's counter

    Another view from my seat at the chef's counter

    Dunsmoor - Cornbread inside

    Cornbread inside

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