{"id":5516,"date":"2025-05-06T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/los-angeles-6-best-new-restaurants-opening-in-may-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:14:03","slug":"los-angeles-6-best-new-restaurants-opening-in-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/los-angeles-6-best-new-restaurants-opening-in-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles\u2019 6 Best New Restaurants Opening in May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In Los Angeles, April showers bring May flowers\u2026and <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/list\/los-angeles-new-restaurant-openings-spring-2025\/\">new restaurant openings.<\/a> As the weather warms up and the buds of spring launch into full bloom, <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/list\/los-angeles-best-new-restaurants-april-2025\/\">L.A.\u2019s culinary scene comes to life<\/a>, with locals and visitors itching for an early taste of summer. All over the city, from Downtown to the Westside, several new eateries are gearing up for a fresh start as they open their doors for the first time. In Santa Monica, the Shore Hotel\u2019s long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/company\/shoreside\/\" title=\"Shoreside\" class=\"company-link\">Shoreside<\/a> restaurant is finally setting sail, while <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/company\/cento\/\" title=\"Cento\" class=\"company-link\">Cento<\/a> Pasta Bar gets ready to welcome its seafood-focused sister restaurant in West Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Even Grand Central Market, a Los Angeles institution that has been around for more than 100 years, is saying hello to fresh new flavors and concepts. Looking to enjoy dinner in a garden setting fit for spring? By the end of May, Descanso Gardens will open its seasonally-driven farm-to-table concept, and <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/company\/lucia\/\" title=\"Lucia\" class=\"company-link\">Lucia<\/a> will bring Afro-Caribbean cuisine to the heart of Fairfax Avenue. Whether you\u2019re looking to enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/list\/downtown-los-angeles-neighborhood-guide\/\">a fast-casual lunch in DTLA<\/a> or an upscale Korean BBQ concept in Koreatown, these are the best L.A. restaurants opening this May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '618909876214345');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Los Angeles, April showers bring May flowers\u2026and new restaurant openings. As the weather warms up and the buds of spring launch into full bloom, L.A.\u2019s culinary scene comes to life, with locals and visitors itching for an early taste of summer. All over the city, from Downtown to the Westside, several new eateries are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-usa-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5518,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions\/5518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}