The Original Pantry Cafe • 1924

A cash-only institution that hasn't locked its doors since 1924, this downtown diner serves heaping platters of breakfast and American classics around the clock, every day of the year. Owned by former LA Mayor Richard Riordan and designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, the Pantry welcomes night owls and early risers alike with starched white shirts, black bow ties, and coleslaw served at breakfast. Pull up to the counter where Marilyn Monroe and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once sat, and order the sourdough hotcakes that have fueled generations of Angelenos.