Los Angeles GUIDE - food, workouts & adventures

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Welcome to the K&K Los Angeles Guide! As a health and wellness guru who has lived in the city of angels for (almost) my whole life, I think I know a thing or two about the best places to explore, eat, and sweat ;) Read below for a list of my favorite restaurants, workouts, and adventures all over the city!
West LA
Food
☆Pressed Juicery – juice, healthy fro-yo
☆Kazu Nori – hand roll sushi bar
☆Erewhon – the Disneyland of health food
☆Bigg Chill – best froyo
☆Il Pastaio – authentic Italian food
☆South Beverly Grill – amazing dinner spot
Workouts
★Pilates Platinum – most challenging and fun pilates workout
★Corepower Yoga – heated classes with and without weights
★Body by Simone – dance cardio with strength training and toning
Adventures
✫Westwood Village – UCLA's college town
✫Brentwood country mart – shops and restaurants
✫Brentwood farmer's market – every Sunday morning
✫Rodeo Dr/Beverly hills – designer stores
Santa Monica
Food
☆Beaming Café – acai, juice, to-go food
☆Kreation Café – Mediterranean brunch, smoothies, juices
☆Blue Plate Taco – healthy Mexican food
☆Flower Child – build your own plate of protein + sides
☆True Food Kitchen – health conscious plates
☆Bondi Harvest – amazing Australian cafe
☆Kippy's – VEGAN. ICE. CREAM.
Workouts
★Hot8 Yoga – super heated, some weights, yoga barre
★Unplug Meditation – beautiful meditation classes
Adventures
✫Temescal canyon hiking – hiking trails in the Pacific Palisades
✫Santa Monica pier – rides and carnival food
✫3rd street promenade – walking shopping mall
West Hollywood
Food
☆Gracias Madre – vegan Mexican food
☆Cha Cha Matcha – matcha bar
☆Cecconis – fancy LA-inspired food
☆Rawberri – cocowhip
☆Toast – best brunch in LA
☆Joan’s on 3rd – yummy salads and sandwiches
☆Wanderlust Hollywood – unreal cafe AND yoga studio
Workouts
★Y7 – yoga with hip-hop music
★Model fit – barre and toning
Adventures
✫Melrose – cool shops and street art
✫Fairfax Flea Market – best flea market every Sunday
✫Hollywood Sign hike – amazing views of all of LA
✫The Grove - beautiful outdoor shopping mall
Venice Beach
Food
☆Cafe Gratitude – vegan food
☆Great White – Australian cafe
☆Moon Juice – beautiful smoothies and lattes
☆Gjelina – eclectic small plates
Workouts
★Barry’s Bootcamp – HIIT training with treadmills and weights
★Ceremony Meditation – meditations, crystals, and workshops
Adventures
✫Venice boardwalk – hippie shops, henna tattoos, skate parks
✫Venice canals – beautiful walking paths
✫Beach!
✫Abbot Kinney – chic boutiques and creative restaurants
✫1st Fridays food trucks – Abbot Kinney food festival every month
✫Mystic Journey Bookstore - crystals!!!
Silverlake
Food
☆Sqirl – amazing breakfast bowls
☆Honeyhi – healthy brunch
Adventures
✫Griffith Observatory – amazing views and observatory
Downtown
Food
☆Grand Central Market – incredible food vendors
☆Bottega Louie – fancy lunch and boulangerie
☆Cleo – small plate Mediterranean food
Adventures
✫The Last Bookstore – cool place to explore books and art
✫The Broad – modern art museum with interactive installations
✫City Hall building – incredible views from the top floor observation deck
Malibu
Food
☆Sunlife – incredible acai bowls
☆Malibu Seafood – super fresh seafood
☆Reel In – pick fish and seasoning + sides to make a plate
☆Malibu Farm Café – yummy food with an even better view
Adventures
✫beach beach beach
✫El Matador Beach – beach where lots of commercials are filmed
✫Escondido hike – hike to mini waterfalls and caves
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