It’s Back: 7 dineLA Menus to Make Room for

dineLA is back!! With over 300 restaurants participating in this year’s Restaurant Week, each offering special, discount menus from January 18th-31st—now’s the time to round up the homies and find your new favorite LA spot.

Simbal | Little Tokyo

Recently named one of  Zagat 2016’s “Los Angeles’ Hottest New Restaurants” alongside the likes of Broken Spanish, Cassia, B.S. Taqueria, Birch, and many more, Simbal’s innovative Pan-Asian menu like marinated duck in ginger and sesame oil, ginger caramel braised Jidori chicken thigh, and lemongrass grilled pork ribs.

Simbal will be featuring their 2 course dinner + dessert menu for $39. For a detailed list of their full offerings, visit their dineLA web page.

MAMA Shelter | Hollywood

MAMA loves Los Angeles and you’ll love MAMA. Nestled on the corner of Selma and Wilcox, MAMA is a welcome addition to the Hollywood neighborhood.

Rise n’ Shine with MAMA’s continental breakfast or try some of their lunch selections like the brussel sprout Caesar Salad or Le Royale with cheese—a burger with lettuce, tomato, cheddar, and MAMA’s cottage fries. If you’re in the mood for some late night dining, the boutique hotel and restaurant will take care of you with some baby back ribs with cole slaw, or a white seabass with forbidden black rice and corn salsa.

For more information, visit MAMA Shelters full dineLA page.

Cafe Gratitude |  Larchmont Village

The go-to destination for LA’s herbivores will be serving up some epic lunch deals during dineLA’s restaurant week. Choose from their carefully crafted, fresh, 100% organic dishes. Will you be ACCEPTING (a sushi bowl with blackened tempeh, kale, wakame, avocado, cucumber, scallions, cilantro, basil, wasabi, probiotic brown rice or quinoa) or will you be LOVELY (a gluten-free, fruit cobbler with coconut cashew ice cream).

Peep dineLA for Cafe Gratitude’s full menu specials for the week.

Blue Plate Taco | Santa Monica

Serving up some fresh and light Mexican cuisine in LA’s most frequented beach, Blue Plato Taco Santa Monica is the place for the best organic, sustainable sourced ingredients in town. Serving lunch for $25 a pop, patrons will be offered a two course meal with the choices like the tuna ceviche (fresh tuna, cucumber, avocado, radish, jalapeños, and sriracha aioli), carne asada (grilled Hanger steak, chipotle sweet potato gratin, and hatch green chilé stew) or the taco combo (served with rice and beans or slaw).

Ven aquí for the Blue Plate Taco’s full list of offerings.

Willie Jane | Venice

One of the few Abbott Kinney restaurants participating in  dineLA Restaurant Week, Willie Jane will showcase their specialty Low-Country Coastal Southern cuisine. This year, chef Govind Armstrong will be serving a three course dinner at $49 a head with selections like the cast iron salmon with melted leeks and mushroom, a crab fritter with a soft herb salad, and smoked aioli. For dessert, indulge in a spiced layer cake or hazelnut chocolate butter cream.

Visit dineLA for Willie Jane’s full dinner menu.

The Roof on Wilshire | Mid-City West

Chef Eric Greenspan takes an innovative and disruptive turn on our favorite comfort foods at The Roof on Wilshire. Boasting stunning views of the West Los Angeles neighborhood atop the Hotel Wilshire, Chef Eric Greenspan will offer $15 lunch specials for Restaurant Week. Expect the Wilshire Grilled Cheese (sourdough and gruyere cheese, roasted peppers, date puree, and served with fries or a salad) or the Bowl of Goodness (quinoa, butternut squash, haricot vert, broccoli with hoisin, sriracha, and avocado).

Check out their entire selections for dineLA here.

Gracias Madre | West Hollywood

One of LA’s most popular (and Instagramable) Mexican spots, Gracias Madre is about to bless us with $15 lunch. This year, their dineLA menu will feature gorditas (served with salsa verde, avocado, and cashew crema), winter empanadas (served with roatsed root vegetables, kale, tomato habanero jam, cilantro mint chutney, and cumin lentils).

Check our their full dineLA lunch menu here.