2 SoCal spots ranked among the best new – Business News
A new listing of the 19 best new eating places in the nation has been launched by Bon Appétit, and two buzzy Southern California spots have made the cut.
LA’s Broken Spanish Comedor. Opened in October of 2025, the restaurant comes from acclaimed Los Angeles chef-owner Ray Garcia, who opened the restaurant’s predecessor, Broken Spanish, in 2015, earlier than closing it in 2020.
The restaurant options a twist on Mexican delicacies with menu objects together with refried lentils, ceviche, chicharron, and tortillas.
Broken Spanish Comedor in Culver City ranked among Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants of 2026 listing. Instagram/@brokenspanishla
Garcia mentioned the Culver City restaurant is supposed to function a meet-up spot the place diners can grab a common meal with household and associates.
“You got an hour and a half? You’ve got an hour? Great,” Garcia instructed LAMag in October. (*2*)
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“The food speaks for itself,” Bon Appétit mentioned of Broken Spanish Comedor. “His [Garcia’s] dishes are punchy, bold, and assertively spicy.”
Also on the listing was Little Mountain in Montecito. Bon Appétit describes strolling into the restaurant as “like walking into a land of milk and honey.”
The Culver City restaurant serves Mexican delicacies with a twist, and guarantees a family-friendly vibe. Instagram/@brokenspanishla
Montecito’s Little Mountain focuses on locally-sourced ingredients. Instagram/@littlemountainsb
Opened in late 2025, the restaurant focuses on native ingredients together with fish and shellfish caught that day and recent produce from native farms. Menu objects embody king salmon with pistachio and embered greens, bone-in pork chop with coal roasted apple, and wooden fire-roasted chicken with yuzu and smoked chile.
“After spending many years navigating New York and the dining scene there, I decided that it might be time to search for a different place to lay roots. I’ve always chased ingredients, and California being so lush with materia prima, it seemed like the right choice for a new beginning,” govt Chef Diego Moya instructed The Santa Barbara Independent.
“Having traveled extensively, I can say that this place is magical for someone that loves bright ingredients with depth and vibrancy.”
Little Mountain’s 3,000-square-foot space options a 14-seat non-public eating room with a dramatic hearth and heat terracotta flooring.
The ritzy restaurant options a 14-seat non-public eating room with a dramatic hearth.
“Little Mountain miraculously nails the balance of California ease and deliberate refinement; simplicity itself is meticulously edited into perfection,” Bon Appétit wrote. “You’ll leave as if awakened from a coastal daydream.”
The publication additionally confirmed NorCal some love, together with San Francisco pizzeria Jules additionally making the cut.
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