Vespertine sprang into survival mode after the shutdown, embracing takeout menus immediately. The result? A multi-course meal, in your own home.

Orsa & Winston serves a multi-course menu that successfully bridges Japanese and Italian flavors. In the pandemic, it's offering a limited menu, as well as a three-course tasting menu. Orsa & Winston was recently named the Los Angeles Times Restaurant of the Year.

Six years in, owners of République have perfected the template for the all-day modern American restaurant. The place is a perpetual motion machine. Order pastries, or several courses for a pre-fixe dinner.

Bestia grabs the notion of California-Italian cooking by its neck, and then pummels it with chiles, salt-cures it in squid ink and buries it in burnt breadcrumbs. Bestia's takeout options can be two-fold. A pre-fixe menu per person, or slightly modified favorites a la carte.

The menu, surpassingly light and vegetable-intensive, has the carefully layered flavors, the touches of heat, tartness and herbal intensity that we have grown to expect from the best new kitchens. Try the mezze meal for two.

Bar Amá is California’s embassy for Tex-Mex — the downtown L.A. staple provides queso to the masses. You can also see some favorites from the recently closed Bäco Mercat on the menu. It was in our top ten in the 101 Best Restaurants for 2019.

Hippo is a Highland Park pasta restaurant that’s more than a pasta restaurant: It’s also Matt Molina’s foray into comforting, compelling and modern California cooking. Don't miss the fettuccini with pork ragù.