Brentwood has always been associated with leafy residential streets, understated luxury and a village-like pace, but its dining and entertainment scene has become considerably more varied. New restaurant concepts are arriving along San Vicente Boulevard and in Brentwood Village, while longstanding community anchors continue to give the neighborhood its distinct, lived-in character.
The best way to experience Brentwood is not as a single restaurant destination, but as a collection of easy neighborhood rituals: hot bagels in the morning, a market lunch at the Country Mart, dinner in a restored mid-century building, an author event at Diesel, or an outdoor concert above the city at the Getty Center.
Neighborly: A New Kind of Brentwood Food Hall
One of Brentwood’s most significant recent openings is Neighborly, a multi-restaurant kitchen and marketplace on San Vicente Boulevard. Rather than operating like a typical food court, Neighborly is designed as a polished, dine-in destination where groups can order from several independent concepts while sharing the same table.
The Brentwood location brings together an unusually broad mix of names. Mini Kabob serves Armenian-influenced lavash wraps and Mediterranean plates; Mixtape, developed with Questlove, focuses on gluten-free fried chicken sandwiches, tenders and dairy-free sundaes; What’s Gaby Cooking offers California-style bowls, wraps and seasonal comfort food; and Palermo Pizza Club, from Frank Pinello, specializes in fermented Sicilian-style pizza and pasta. The marketplace also offers prepared and frozen dishes for customers who want to take dinner home.
Neighborly reflects a larger shift in Brentwood dining. The neighborhood still supports formal restaurants, but it increasingly embraces flexible, group-friendly formats that work equally well for lunch meetings, family dinners and casual weeknight takeout.
The Wilkes: A Modern Neighborhood Clubhouse
The Wilkes Restaurant & Bar brings an intimate, grown-up dining room to Brentwood Village. Opened in November 2025, the restaurant occupies a restored 1954 Streamline Moderne building designed by architect Alfred T. Wilkes, an early professional influence on Frank Gehry.
The interior blends the familiarity of a traditional British pub with refined Los Angeles design. Details include stained glass, vintage-inspired furnishings, a fireplace-centered hearth room and sound-softening mohair ceilings. The menu follows the same comforting but polished approach, with dishes such as roast lamb, fish and chips, chicken schnitzel and mussels, supported by a cocktail program centered on martinis and classic drinks.
The Wilkes feels particularly well suited to Brentwood because it does not depend on spectacle. It is a neighborhood restaurant in the truest sense: sophisticated enough for a special dinner, but warm and familiar enough to become part of a regular rotation.
PopUp Bagels: The “Grip, Rip and Dip” Morning Stop
The East Coast bagel phenomenon PopUp Bagels opened its first Los Angeles location in Brentwood in December 2025. The concept began as a pandemic-era home project before expanding into a fast-growing national brand known for serving hot, unsliced bagels with tubs of flavored cream cheese and butter for dipping.
PopUp’s intentionally simple format has helped it stand out in a city filled with elaborate breakfast menus. Customers order bagels in small batches, tear them apart by hand and dip them into rotating schmears. The Brentwood location has become an easy early-morning stop for residents before errands, work or a walk through the neighborhood.
LA Sushi Co: A Takeout-First Sushi Option
LA Sushi Co brings a modern, takeout-oriented approach to Brentwood’s Japanese dining scene. After serving packaged sushi at major Los Angeles sports venues, the company opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Brentwood, offering neatly arranged boxes of nigiri, sashimi and rolls.
The space includes limited seating, but the concept is designed primarily for pickup. It is particularly well suited to Brentwood’s day-to-day lifestyle: polished enough for a lunch meeting or dinner at home, but faster and more casual than a traditional omakase experience.
Farmshop: California Dining at the Country Mart
Inside the historic Brentwood Country Mart, Farmshop remains one of the neighborhood’s most complete food destinations. It combines a full-service restaurant with a bakery and artisanal market, serving breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner alongside prepared foods, produce, cheese, charcuterie, wine and pantry goods.
The cooking is rooted in locally sourced, California-inspired ingredients, and the setting works just as well for a weekday breakfast as it does for a long weekend brunch or dinner. Farmshop’s market makes it especially useful for entertaining, allowing customers to assemble cheese boards, desserts and prepared meals without leaving the Country Mart.
Farmshop also connects directly to the history of the Mart itself. Opened in 1948 and designed by architect Rowland Crawford, the Country Mart was conceived as a modern version of an early American and English country marketplace, with small shops gathered around a central courtyard.
Reddi Chick: An Old-School Brentwood Tradition
Few places feel more closely woven into everyday Brentwood life than Reddi Chick. First established in 1950 and family-operated by Stephen and Carol Salita since 1979, the small counter inside the Country Mart remains known for rotisserie chicken, barbecue dishes and its famously seasoned fries.
Reddi Chick is casual, nostalgic and largely unchanged by the neighborhood’s increasingly polished restaurant scene. It remains a favorite for family takeout, courtyard lunches and easy meals before a movie or community event at the Mart.
Sweet Rose Creamery: A Locally Made Finish
Sweet Rose Creamery opened at the Brentwood Country Mart in 2010 and continues to make small-batch organic ice cream in its on-site kitchen. Seasonal flavors are built around produce from California farms, alongside nostalgic staples and house-made toppings.
Its setting gives Sweet Rose a particularly strong sense of place. A scoop can be the finish to dinner at Farmshop, dessert after Reddi Chick or part of a slow afternoon spent browsing the surrounding shops.
Pizzana: Pizza with a Side of Entertainment
Pizzana has grown from its Brentwood beginnings into a larger restaurant group, but the original neighborhood location remains an important part of the local dining scene. The menu focuses on neo-Neapolitan pizzas, salads, pastas and desserts, while the brand’s schedule of trivia, bingo, cooking classes and other events adds a social dimension beyond the meal itself.
That event-driven approach makes Pizzana particularly useful for casual evenings when dinner needs a built-in activity. It works for groups, families and anyone looking for something livelier than a standard reservation.
Jon & Vinny’s and Helen’s Wines
The Brentwood location of Jon & Vinny’s serves the restaurant’s familiar Italian-American menu from breakfast through dinner, including pizzas, pastas, salads and all-day comfort dishes. The attached Helen’s Wines program adds a retail wine component, with curated bottles available to enjoy with dinner or take home.
Together, the restaurant and wine shop capture a distinctly modern Brentwood routine: an easy breakfast, a family-style dinner or a last-minute bottle for entertaining, all under one roof.
Brentwood Country Mart: Dining, Books and Community Events
The Brentwood Country Mart is more than a shopping center. Since opening in November 1948, it has functioned as a neighborhood gathering place, with restaurants, independent shops and services arranged around its courtyard. Contemporary programming continues that tradition through author talks, book signings, children’s story times, sporting-event screenings and seasonal celebrations.
Diesel, A Bookstore is one of the Mart’s strongest cultural anchors. Its calendar regularly includes author conversations and signings, making it possible to pair dinner or dessert with a literary event in the same courtyard.
The Mart also hosts family-focused programming such as summer story times, outdoor screenings and communal viewing events. These gatherings give Brentwood something many affluent Los Angeles neighborhoods lack: a real, recurring civic center built around local businesses rather than a formal municipal plaza.
The Getty Center: Art, Gardens, Dining and Live Music
Set high above Brentwood, the Getty Center remains the neighborhood’s defining cultural and entertainment destination. Admission is free with a timed reservation, and the campus combines art from the Middle Ages through the present with Richard Meier’s architecture, the Central Garden and panoramic views across Los Angeles.
A visit can be built around exhibitions, architecture tours, garden walks or a meal at the Getty’s full-service restaurant, which overlooks the Santa Monica Mountains and serves a seasonally changing menu. The center also offers casual cafés, coffee carts and the Trellis Bar & Lounge.
During the summer, the Getty’s Off the 405 concert series transforms the museum courtyard into one of the Westside’s most memorable outdoor music venues. The free series pairs contemporary performers with sunset views, monumental architecture and the lights of the city below.
The Getty also presents family concerts, talks, tours, performances and temporary exhibitions throughout the year, making it possible to return repeatedly without having the same experience twice.
A Perfect Brentwood Day
A relaxed Brentwood morning begins with hot bagels from PopUp Bagels, followed by shopping and lunch at the Brentwood Country Mart. An afternoon can include browsing Diesel, picking up provisions from Farmshop or relaxing with ice cream in the courtyard. The evening might continue with dinner at The Wilkes, or with pizza and a social event at Pizzana.
For a more cultural version of the neighborhood, begin with lunch at Neighborly or LA Sushi Co, then spend the afternoon exploring the Getty Center’s galleries and gardens. On summer Saturdays, the day can extend into sunset drinks and an Off the 405 performance above the city.
Brentwood’s appeal lies in how easily it balances refinement with routine. Its newest restaurants bring fresh energy to San Vicente and Brentwood Village, while enduring institutions such as the Country Mart, Farmshop and Reddi Chick preserve the neighborhood’s sense of continuity. Add in bookstore events, outdoor gatherings and world-class programming at the Getty Center, and Brentwood becomes more than a quiet residential enclave. It is a neighborhood where dining, culture and daily life fit together with unusual ease.
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