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The Best Restaurants & Coffee Shops in Los Angeles (Plant-Forward Edition)
The best restaurants and coffee shops in Los Angeles from a former Angelena β plant-forward, gluten-free-friendly picks that are actually good. Updated regularly.
Bodega Wine Bar Review: Santa Monicaβs Best Day-to-Night Spot
My Bodega Wine Bar review: the Santa Monica hybrid thatβs a co-working coffee shop by day and a date-night wine bar by evening, with good bites throughout.
Bricks & Scones Review: LAβs Best Outdoor Cafe to Work From
My Bricks & Scones review: the Larchmont cafe with LAβs best outdoor work setup β where we hosted our Make Writing Your Job subscriber co-working sessions.
Layla Bagels Review: The Beverly Hills Bagels Worth the Hype
My Layla Bagels review: the incredible LA bagel shop with a newer Beverly Hills location β the half-bagel sampler strategy, cashew cream cheese and all.
M Cafe Review: The LA Spot Where You Leave Feeling Great
My M Cafe review: LAβs clean-eating stalwart β gut-friendly, loaded with vegan and gluten-free options, and you leave feeling great every time.
Paper or Plastik Review: Still My Favorite LA Coffee Shop
My Paper or Plastik review: the Mid-City LA cafe Iβve loved for over a decade β part ballet studio, part coffeeshop, all inspiration.
Rosemary and Thyme Review: Order the Potatoes
My Rosemary and Thyme review: the Pico LA spot where the potatoes are excellent, the vegan salad earns its name, and lunch meetings run long.
Tataki Sushi Review: The Best Happy Hour in San Francisco
My Tataki Sushi & Sake Bar review: the best happy hour in San Francisco β $7 rolls and nigiri, real plant-based options, receipts to prove the habit.
Constance Tea & Matcha Review: SFβs Only Fresh-Milled Matcha
My Constance Tea & Matcha review: the Outer Richmond shop stone-mills matcha fresh daily, and the pure koicha is smooth in a way tins never are.
Jane on Fillmore Review: The Best Cafe in SF to Actually Meet Someone
My Jane on Fillmore review: solid matcha, great gluten-free pastries, and the best cafe logistics in San Francisco for meeting an actual human.
Kiss of Matcha Review: San Franciscoβs Best Fruit Matcha
My Kiss of Matcha review: the SF shop that takes fruit matcha seriously, with three locations across the city. First tasting notes, updated as I work the menu.
Maruwu Seicha Review: The Strawberry Matcha With Hokkaido Milk
My Maruwu Seicha review: the Japantown matcha shop whose strawberry matcha with Hokkaido milk is my standing order β and the milk my body actually likes.
Q Specialty Coffee Review: The Yuzu Matcha Worth the Sugar
My Q Specialty Coffee review: the California St cafe whose yuzu matcha and cloud matcha are the best treat-tier matcha drinks in San Francisco.
Proposition Chicken Review: Fried Chicken for Him, Crispy Tofu for Me
My Proposition Chicken review: the SF spot where the fried chicken is great and the crispy tofu is actually good β not βgood for tofu.β Good.
Rich Table Review: The Best Produce in San Francisco, Cooked Right
My Rich Table review: market-first cooking, the famous sardine chip, and why this is my special-occasion pick in San Francisco.
Souvla Review: The Fast Casual Greek Spot That Outclasses Sit-Downs
My Souvla review: why the SF Greek counter-service spot is not even secretly good β just extraordinary β plus the frozen Greek yogurt move.
Super Duper Burgers Review: The Lettuce-Wrap Veggie Burger Hack
My Super Duper Burgers review: the veggie burger, lettuce-wrapped, with hummus dressing β the healthyish order that beats the default. Plus those cheese fries.
Wise Sons Review: The Best Gluten-Free Bagel in San Francisco
My Wise Sons review: the Bodega breakfast sandwich on their gluten-free bagel is the best GF bagel situation in San Francisco. My receipts prove the habit.
The Best Restaurants in San Francisco (From a Local Who Keeps the Receipts)
The best restaurants in San Francisco, from a local food obsessive: places that are actually good (not just expensive), with healthyish and plant-forward picks throughout. Updated regularly.
The Best Matcha in San Francisco, Ranked by a Matcha Snob
The best matcha in San Francisco, ranked from freshly stone-milled koicha to strawberry treat drinks β by someone who quit coffee entirely and never looked back.
The Best Fast Casual Restaurants in San Francisco (Souvla, Super Duper & More)
My picks for the best fast casual restaurants in San Francisco: Souvla, Super Duper Burgers, and Proposition Chicken β with the healthyish orders I actually get.
Jalebi Street Review: The Best Indian Street Food in San Francisco
My review of Jalebi Street, the Haight Street chaat spot serving the best Indian street food in San Francisco β what to order, and why itβs worth breaking gluten-free for.
How to Become a Seven-Figure Writer (The Anti-Starving-Artist Roadmap)
The problem with most writers isnβt talent β itβs scale. Hereβs the seven-figure writer roadmap from my book Write for Money and Power: three income pillars, three skills, and a 12-month plan.
How to Start a Paid Substack Newsletter (From Blank Page to First Paid Subscriber)
A paid newsletter is like an ATM wired to your words β mine has made $1,000 before breakfast. Hereβs how to start a paid Substack from scratch: niche, offer, pricing, and your first paid subscribers.









