Manuela is the perfect LA establishment. A great all-day restaurant that transitions beautifully from brunch to afternoon drinks to dinner. Catering both to foodies and artsy folk in the heart of the Arts District. A wonderful menu that evolves with the seasons and a killer cocktail menu. A little industrial, a little farmhouse. Indoor/outdoor ambiguous seating. Spacious dining area and bar. Open kitchen. Elegant but unpretentious atmosphere. Take that, New York.

If you’re still not sold by now, listen closely: Manuela might be one of my favorite brunch spots in all of Los Angeles (right up there with Republique). Not that it’s a huge secret, over the years it’s cultivated a consistent weekend crowd. But seriously, it’s impossible to have a bad Sunday if you haul yourself out here and spend the day eating and drinking and popping into the galleries. Manuela is tucked in the middle of LA’s Hauser & Wirth, which is an international art collective that has gallery spaces in cities around the world. It is in a reclaimed milling plant (I mean, would you assume anything less?) and usually has a couple galleries open, as well as the ARTBOOK store, which is always worth peeking in. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, they also have a chicken coop and garden so you can really be in touch with the farm to table thing.