Build-your-own pizza Napoletana. All day, every day.
Go: b/c pizza
Order: depends on your mood
Foodies know: #POTD. Follow @800degreespizza on Instagram to see the Pizza of the Day, which is HALF OFF, PEOPLE.
My favorite salad ever ever ever in this cute little gem of a cafe.
Go: for a healthy lunch
Order: The Salad (that's really what it's called)
Foodies know: it's 'spensive but worth it
The original custom ice cream sandwiches. A UCLA tradition.
Go: when in Westwood
Order: one chocolate chip, one snickerdoodle, with cookie dough ice cream (or... whatever combo you like)
Foodies know: go before 8pm to avoid lines; you can get dozens of cookies to-go; day-olds are super cheap
Westwood's hippest coffee shop.
Go: for coffee and Sugarbloom pastries
Order: white velvet latte, cafe nico
Foodies know: no outlets; park in the free two-hour lot on Broxton
A hidden gem on Westwood Blvd. for lunch or dinner.
Go: for a gourmet but unpretentious lunch or a fun dinner (I always recommend this to students whose families are visiting UCLA... it's the best "nice" restaurant near the Village)
Order: chicken torta, vanilla cream soda, gooey chocolate chip cookie
Foodies know: they have an amazing deal during DineLA for lunch (sandwich or salad, cream soda, cookie)
Tiny, but famous, classic donut shop.
Go: on National Donut Day... or every day
Order: the peanut butter and banana-filled donut (or PB & J)
Foodies know: say hi to Stan if he's there :)
Best Persian food in Westwood.
Go: when in Tehrangeles
Order: boneless chicken kabob plate, Persian quinoa salad, eggplant dip
Foodies know: Saghar, the owner, is awesome
My favorite place to eat in the Village.
Go: for the food truck experience in a brick-and-mortar space
Order: Ultimate Taco, carnitas fries, short rib quesadilla
Foodies know: it used to be a food truck (The Lime Truck); taco Tuesdays = cheap tacos
