The Best Persian Food in Los Angeles
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The best Persian food in Los Angeles, according to the experts: Bon Appétit, Esquire, and The New York Times have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Azizam comes out on top.
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Darya Restaurant and Taste of Tehran hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.
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Rank 1. Azizam
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The barbari bread is baked fresh each morning, which tells you something about how seriously this casual Silver Lake cafe takes Iranian cooking. Azizam runs on the kind of labor-intensive prep that doesn't announce itself, from herb-packed sandwiches to the kofteh Tabrizi, a single family-size meatball in tangy broth. Named to the New York Times Restaurant List and the L.A. Times 101 Best, it landed on Bon Appétit's Best New Restaurants list, too.
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- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants
- Esquire Esquire: The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 2. Darya Restaurant
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Rank 3. Taste of Tehran
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Rank 4. Berenjak
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Dim enough to feel genuinely clandestine, with tall dripping candles and banquettes you sink into and forget to leave, this Iranian restaurant in the Arts District is the LA outpost of a London original. The menu leans into the Iranian diaspora, with kebabs doing the heavy lifting. It sits inside Soho Warehouse, so the corner booth may or may not contain a movie star, which is either a draw or a reason to keep your eyes on the bread.
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Rank 4. Rumi’s Kitchen
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Duck fesenjoon with pomegranate and walnuts is the kind of dish that makes you wonder why Persian food doesn't get more attention in this city. Rumi's Kitchen is a full-service Persian restaurant that started in Atlanta and has landed at Westfield Century City, bringing herb-heavy stews, saffron-marinated kebabs, and a menu that reads like a very convincing argument for going somewhere other than the food court upstairs.
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