The Best Armenian Food in the United States
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The best Armenian food in the United States, according to the experts: The Infatuation, The New York Times, and the Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Cafe Los Feliz comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Los Angeles and Denver.
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Yerord Mas and Zhengyalov Hatz hold the next two places.
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Rank 1. Cafe Los Feliz
Armenian Bakery
Cafe Los Feliz is a neighborhood bakery and cafe on Hillhurst, where the line for the soujuk breakfast burrito is a cross-section of Los Angeles. Soujuk is a spicy, dry-cured Armenian sausage, and it arrives with salsa and chipotle aioli in case the kick wasn't loud enough. Locals and the occasional TV face queue up in the same sunglasses, which in this city counts as an equalizer. It's counter service, so wear whatever you slept in.
The awards
- The Infatuation Soujuk Burrito · The Best Breakfast Burritos In America
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Rank 2. Yerord Mas
Armenian
The pita comes straight from a pizza oven on the sidewalk, still puffed with steam when it hits the table. Yerord Mas is a tiny, no-frills Armenian restaurant in a former doughnut shop on San Fernando Road, and no, they don't do takeout. The chef pulls from diaspora kitchens across Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond, treating the differences as a single, coherent argument for why Los Angeles exists. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List.
The awards
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
Why #2, not #3
Both places show 69. This one's exact Score is 68.7 and the next is 68.5, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #2 Yerord Mas (this place) 68.7
- #3 Zhengyalov Hatz 68.5
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Rank 3. Zhengyalov Hatz
Armenian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
Why #3, not #2
Both places show 69. This one's exact Score is 68.5 and the one above is 68.7, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #2 Yerord Mas 68.7
- #3 Zhengyalov Hatz (this place) 68.5
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Rank 4. Ochag Bar & Grill
Armenian
An Armenian and Caucasian grill tucked into an Aurora strip mall, where the khachapuri arrives topped with egg and cheese and the beef dumplings, called khinkali, are large enough to require a small plan of attack. The menu runs from hearty stews and hand-pulled noodles to eggplant rolls stuffed with garlic-walnut spread. Georgian wine, from a region that considers itself the cradle of viticulture, is the right call alongside any of it.
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Denver