You’re Not a Tourist: Los Angeles

Any Angeleno can tell you that the real LA can’t be found on the Walk of Fame or under the Hollywood Sign (although that is a lovely hike). Here are the insider spots us Jetsetters love, from the Pinata District to the Topanga Canyon concert hikes.

ROW DTLA

Skip The Grove or the chain stores lining Hollywood Boulevard and head to ROW DTLA. The reimagined industrial complex was originally built in 1917 along the Southern Pacific Railroad to ferry California’s bountiful produce across the country. Now it’s been redesigned as a 32-acre cutting edge retail and entertainment complex. Sample the best of LA’s up-and-coming food vendors at the al fresco Smorgasburg food market. Shop for cutting edge menswear at Bodega, oh-so-LA casualwear at Bridge & Burn, ethical fashions from a celeb stylist at Galerie.LA and design-conscious goods at Poketo. There are also plenty of places to fill your stomach, from sweets tasting at Dandelion Chocolate to seafood at Rappahannock Oyster Bar. But the real culinary star is the 38,500 square-foot Tartine Manufactory food hall with a bakery, market, coffee lab and two restaurants.