Food in Inglewood

Connie Cossio's place on Imperial Highway does the Nayarit coast: pescado zarandeado, a whole butterflied snook grilled over wood, plus aguachile, smoked marlin tacos and shrimp. It is a low building with a patio and a bar, paper on the tables, and the fish comes out on a board for the table to pull apart. The zarandeado takes time, so order it when you sit down.

Mon to Thu, 10am to 8pm. Fri to Sun, 11am to 9pm

Adolf Dulan built his name on soul food across South Los Angeles, and this Manchester Boulevard location carries it on under his family. You read the steam table, point at what you want, and carry the tray to a table. Oxtails and smothered chicken bring people back. Peach cobbler does too. The restaurant fills up with Inglewood regulars rather than with arena traffic.

Every day, 11am to 8pm

The giant donut on the roof went up in 1953 and the stand under it has not changed shape since. You order at a walk-up window on the side of the building, there is no seating, and people eat standing next to their cars in the lot. It runs 24 hours a day, which is the whole reason to know about it in a part of Inglewood where almost nothing else does.

Open 24 hours, every day

Harold Sparks opened this on Centinela in 1983 and it has been Inglewood's breakfast table since. Chicken and waffles, salmon croquettes and grits come out of a small kitchen onto a short counter and a handful of booths. There is usually a wait on a Sunday and it turns over quickly.

Mon to Fri, 8am to 2pm. Sat and Sun, 8am to 3pm