when you’re hungry, downtown delivers (over 30 restaurants)

by Rich Alossi on June 27, 2008

31 comments

1 JEremy R { 06.27.08 at 5:00 pm }

Ahhh, delivery. Very NY

2 brian { 06.27.08 at 6:12 pm }

THIS is a beautiful post. Thanks, guys.

3 Peter K. Stris { 06.27.08 at 6:15 pm }

My wife, Radha Pathak, and I are two of the owners of Saffron. We would appreciate any comments from angelenic readers about our evening delivery. Most of our dinner delivery right now is to the office towers in our area, but are working on ways in which we can more broadly serve the downtown community. Thanks, Peter

4 Sean Carroll { 06.27.08 at 6:55 pm }

Thank you! This might be the most useful post in the history of the blogosphere.

5 Anonymous { 06.27.08 at 9:52 pm }

maria’s doesn’t yet make deliveries and colori kitchen doesn’t make deliveries at night. just clarifying.

6 Rich Alossi { 06.27.08 at 9:59 pm }

Thanks, #5. I’ll add the info to Maria’s and remove Colori, since this post is for dinner/evening deliveries.

7 Michael { 06.28.08 at 7:02 pm }

Liliya China Bistro also delivers. They’ve got some GREAT food! It’s right off of 2nd Street. We order there weekly.

213.620.1717

http://www.liliyachinabistro.com/

8 Danny { 06.28.08 at 7:15 pm }

Oh Boo; Spring Street Smokehouse BBQ doesn’t deliver on weekends. Too bad, it looks delicious. Guess I’ll wait till Monday.

9 Rich Alossi { 06.29.08 at 5:23 pm }

Updated. Thanks for the suggestions!

10 Downtown Shan { 06.29.08 at 7:40 pm }

Great article! We love reading about restaurants that deliver! Don’t forget PASTA ROMA also delivers to South Park…mnmm good pizza! They have a great website! http://pastaroma.com/

11 m { 06.29.08 at 11:06 pm }

Another addition for the list is Senor Fish. I believe they deliver on week days from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. (or did when I checked last, which was a few months ago). They have the best grilled fish tacos and great burritos as well. They’re in Little Tokyo at 422 E 1st St (tel. 213 625-0566) and online at http://www.senorfishla.com/.

Thanks for the list!

12 john 2.0 { 06.30.08 at 9:09 am }

pizza next door…
Think they are closed on sunday

13 Rich Alossi { 06.30.08 at 9:17 am }

Added Pasta Roma (looks great!) and Pizza Next Door. Senor Fish was on the list until I read that they only deliver for large orders. I’ll call them to confirm their policy.

14 Alaia { 06.30.08 at 4:58 pm }

Thanks for the list - and thanks for grouping it by type. Bookmarked!

15 Deidre { 07.02.08 at 2:22 pm }

Hi-
We are starting a summer special and I was wondering if there is anywhere on your site that we can post this? It’s called :

Beat The Heat
Each Monday thru Thursday from 4pm til 7pm we have
a great special to offer you.

$2 domestic beer and $3 import beer or house wine
plus all pizzas half off !

Now that’s one great way to beat the heat!

16 Deidre { 07.02.08 at 5:00 pm }

I forgot to mention that this special is for our Downtown location only. The address is 108 W. 2nd Street @ Main.

17 Billy { 07.03.08 at 7:49 pm }

Thanks for the list! The only think that would make this better would be to list Delivery Hours. I’m a late night person, and dinner delivery doesn’t matter for me if it stops at 7:30! Maybe also listing the neighborhoods would help (Old Bank, Little Tokyo, South Park, etc).

But kudos on an EXTREMELY helpful post!

18 Veronica M. { 07.03.08 at 8:54 pm }

Wolfgang Puck Bistro does not deliver, I just confirmed via phone.

19 Veronica M. { 07.05.08 at 4:45 pm }

Also, Falafel Express delivers within 3 miles

20 Rich Alossi { 07.05.08 at 5:28 pm }

Wolfgang Puck used to deliver. That’s unfortunate.

I didn’t include Falafel Express because they close at 5:00pm. If they stay open later (and deliver later) then I’ll add them in. Thanks, Veronica!

21 AFS { 07.05.08 at 8:01 pm }

menu pages los angeles a website that lists rest.’s in LA provides a complete list of places that deliver.
great site that always adds new places as they come on line.

22 Ira Lu { 07.06.08 at 10:02 am }

There’s also a free service called Seamless Web that allows you to order, pay and tip online using you credit card. Just type in your address and Seamless Web gives you a list of participating restaurants that deliver in your area. You can browse the menu, which has a good description of the items, add options (chicken, beef, 1/2 order, etc…), leave additional delivery instructions and check out. You get an estimated time of delivery and email confirmation of your order. Seamless Web can even save your favorite orders for convenience.

This service isn’t as well developed as it is in NYC and the participating restaurants for DT are scanty, but you can fill out their online form to request restaurants to be added. Seamless Web will consider approaching a restaurant if there’s enough demand.

I’ve used the service a few times and loved it. Just a word of warning, most DT restaurants charge a delivery fee. Seamless Web itself does not charge the user any sort of fee. I think they make their money through large corporate accounts. http://www.seamlessweb.com

23 Daysouffle { 07.06.08 at 9:40 pm }

I tried to have food delivered from Jerry’s Mexican Grill on Saturday and was told they no longer deliver on weekends. Another very good Mexican place that does deliver on weekends is El Rancho Restaurant. They’re very quick and are open from 7am to 7pm every day.

24 Rich Alossi { 07.06.08 at 10:23 pm }

Thanks for the El Rancho mention. It’s too bad we have to have one or the other — weekend delivery versus late closing times. Argh!

25 Kelley { 09.19.08 at 11:06 pm }

Thanks for the mention of Purgatory! We’re the only place downtown that makes everything, dough and all, from scratch. We’ve go real HANDmade pizza in a horrible location, but we’ll deliver pretty dang far. Nice to see you’ve got us as a favorite.

26 Christy { 10.17.08 at 8:21 pm }

Thank you Angelenic.com for telling us Downtown residents about Purgatory Pizza! I’ve lived downtown for 6 years and never heard of them till I read this article - They Are The Best! They deliver to us here at 6th and Main. Great food, friendly service, great prices - It’s our new favorite pizza place!! If it weren’t for your site we never would have found our new fave pizza place. THANKS!! ;-D

27 kellsy { 11.14.08 at 1:48 pm }

I think Pizza Next Door might be the best pizza in downtown. There was a time when I would order delivery from them almost every weekend. One saturday I called and requested delivery (same as always) and was told they don’t deliver to my location and they never have because its too far. Unless I’m completely crazy, I know this isn’t true. I live less than a mile away from them and I’d recieved delivery several times and tipped very well. So…. I’m not sure what the deal is with that. But I was a consistant customer and that seems like bad business practice to me. Next time I’ll try Purgatory Pizza.

28 Ruben { 11.21.08 at 6:47 pm }

Yikes!!, Finally Chinese Food thanks for the Infor. YUMMY I’ve had it with Pizza and Burgers…

29 Peter { 12.05.08 at 5:55 pm }

Spring Street Smokehouse Barbecue doesn’t deliver.

30 El Rancho Mexican Restaurant { 01.03.09 at 1:41 am }

Thank You for posting our information on your page. We really appreciate it and we appreciate all of our costumers patronage. We have also have been catering for office parties or any occasions.

Thanks for keeping El Rancho in Los Angeles for over 34 years!

31 Joanne { 03.28.09 at 2:03 pm }

For the best Thai take out try T.G Express the price and amount no one can beat really no one i have try them all T.G Express is the best…..!