Food in NoHo Arts District

The first Pitfire, opened on this corner in 1997 and still the one the rest were copied from. You order at a counter, they call a number, and personal wood-fired pizzas and pasta come out to a patio and beer garden on the northwest corner of Lankershim and Magnolia. Beer and wine, paper napkins, no host stand. On some evenings there is trivia or a comic or a band in the garden.

Sun to Thu, 11am to 11pm. Fri and Sat, 11am to midnight

Part bakery, part café, with most of the seating outdoors under umbrellas at the Lankershim corner. Bread and pastry are made on site and the savory side runs to egg dishes, toasts and grain bowls. It is ordered at the counter. The NoHo branch is the Valley outpost of a Venice operation that has been going since the early 2010s.

Daily, 7am to 3pm

A smash burger counter that opened in March 2026 in the building that used to be The Alley, the recording studio where Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, Etta James and the Red Hot Chili Peppers all cut tracks. The owners kept the name and the history is on the walls. Burgers and fries during the week. Brunch on weekends. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

Wed and Thu, 4pm to 10pm. Fri and Sat, 11:30am to 10pm. Sun, 11:30am to 9pm. Closed Mon and Tue