"San Francisco’s super-popular Tartine Bakery has opened up a new location in Hollywood - and this one is a lunchtime spot showcasing their truly fantastic house-baked breads. That means a menu filled with great dishes like a tomato and beet tartine and the BLTA (the “B” is for bologna), not to mention excellent pastries - the bacon and chive savory scone was our favorite. They’ve also got a good rice porridge we expect to eat three times a week during the winter." - Brett Keating
"A pioneering bakery that helped redefine a city's pastry standards with legendary sourdough and croissants, establishing a high bar for texture, fermentation, and flaky laminated pastries since its opening in 2002." - Regan Stephens
"Unlike Tartine’s original (and now closed) location at The Row DTLA, Tartine Sycamore in Hollywood is alive and well - and settling in as the casual cafe the area desperately needed. The menu is filled with solid dishes like the smoked salmon tartine and the spicy chicken sandwich, not to mention excellent pastries - the bacon and chive savory scone is our favorite. Though the space can definitely get crowded during peak lunch hours, there always seems to be a spare table open for you and your laptop." - brant cox, brett keating
"“Do you know what’s secretly a Thai restaurant? Tartine Sycamore. It’s run by chef Dan [Rabilwongse], my Thai brother. He’s a fancy French chef, but all these little things finally crept onto his menu after he left Bouchon. I was like, “This is so exciting, dude.” Their fried chicken sandwich has a lacto-fermented papaya salad on it, and it’s marinated with all Thai spices, so it tastes Thai. There’s also a porridge, a jook! Very Thai-style. And a nam salad, which is based off his mother’s recipe. She put nam on the map in Thailand, and even sold it in Bangkok Market at one point. Now he’s making it out of Tartine.”" - kat hong
"Tartine’s Hollywood location has provided the surrounding neighborhood the all-day cafe space that it desperately needed. The menu is filled with excellent brunch dishes like the smoked salmon tartine and a fried chicken sandwich with lacto-fermented papaya salad on top, not to mention excellent pastries - the savory and herbaceous bacon and chive scone is our favorite. Though the space can definitely get crowded during peak lunch hours, there always seems to be a spare table open for you and your laptop." - brant cox, arden shore