{"id":52897,"date":"2015-09-17T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T17:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/?p=52897"},"modified":"2015-09-23T04:34:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T04:34:32","slug":"good-eats-in-the-ona15-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/2015\/09\/17\/good-eats-in-the-ona15-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Good eats in the ONA15 neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

It would be impossible to try to include all of the amazing food that LA has to offer in a single blog post (or even many blog posts). We will leave that up to Jonathan Gold and the food staff at the LA Times.<\/a> But you’re going to be in one of the best dining cities in the world for a few days, so even if you can’t leave the area around the hotel, you should eat well.<\/p>\n

In the Hotel<\/h3>\n

ONA15 host hotel Hyatt Regency Century Plaza<\/a> is home to Breeze Restaurant<\/a>, which is actually two eateries in one.\u00a0 At breakfast and lunch, it serves\u00a0farm-to-fork California cuisine, and at night it becomes Pan-Latin inspired Viento. Paleo, gluten-free and vegan dietary options are available (of course, this is LA), as well as sushi at lunch.<\/p>\n

The Lobby Court and Patio<\/a> bar offers plenty of seating and light food and drinks, with live piano every evening. X bar, also on the Lobby Level,\u00a0 is open Monday through Friday evenings, with Happy Hour food and drink specials<\/a> from 4-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Join Parse.ly<\/a> for coffee daily at 9 a.m., in the California Lounge area, just outside the keynote ballrooms. The hotel will also set up kiosks on the Plaza Terrace with grab-and-go breakfast (from\u00a07-9 a.m.) and lunch items (11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) for busy attendees all three days of the conference.\u00a0Also, the Starbucks<\/a> on the Lobby Level will be open until at least 4:30 p.m. daily (special for ONA15).\u00a0 If\u00a0 the line is too long, there are two other Starbucks<\/a> in the immediate area of the hotel, as well as other places in nearby office buildings (and a Coffee Bean & Tea in the nearby mall) to get your caffeine on.<\/p>\n

Snacks & The Mall<\/h3>\n

If travelers are looking for snacks and refreshments to tide you over to\u00a0 meals in Pacific Time,\u00a0 there are a number of markets within walking distance of the hotel, including\u00a0Gelson’s Market<\/a> in the\u00a0 Westfield Century City Mall and Mrs Winston’s Green Grocery (which also has a huge salad bar!) at the adjacent 1999 Avenue of the Stars.
\n\"FullSizeRender(18)\"<\/a>The Westfield Century City — a gorgeous outdoor mall across the street from the Hyatt — also has a giant food court with a variety of unique offerings from fresh ramen, bibimbap<\/span> in hot stone bowls and Peking duck stuffed bao to burgers, sushi and kabob.<\/p>\n

The mall also has a fresh juicery (Juice Served Here!<\/a>), froyo<\/a>\u00a0and cupcakes<\/a>, in addition to a number of full service\/sit-down restaurants and bars. Highlights include:<\/p>\n