Mornings are pastries and lines under soaring ceilings; evenings turn into a polished French dinner. Versatile and consistently good, though the daytime crowds and counter queue test your patience.
Husband-and-wife Walter and Margarita Manzke's all-day French restaurant and bakery in a historic Hancock Park building, open since 2013. · enprimeurclub.com
Pastry chef Margarita Manzke won the 2023 James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef; her kouign-amann and croissants are citywide benchmarks. · coconuts.co