New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in September 2026

Los Angeles Times · Danielle Dorsey, Stephanie Breijo · 2026-11-02 21:51 UTC

Add a Moroccan restaurant on Melrose, a cozy Venezuelan cafe in East Hollywood and Levantine-tinged pastries from a Santa Monica bakery to your dining agenda this month.

Clockwise from top left: Dining room at Sous Sous, lamb tagine from Marrakesh L.A., pastries from Louma Bakery, passion fruit-lime icebox pie from Chainsaw cafe, seafood paella from Picala.

(Myung J. Chun, Stephanie Breijo, Danielle Dorsey / Los Angeles Times, Tom McGovern / For The Times )

Shh. If you listen closely, you can hear the opening bells of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” jingling lightly in the distance as we round the corner from Halloween straight into the holiday season.

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