#neighborhood-restaurant

#neighborhood-restaurant

Housed in a former church banquet hall, Hermon's is an 89-seat restaurant named after the lesser-known Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood in which it resides. It is the latest addition to James Beard Award-nominated Last Word Hospitality's growing portfolio of neighborhood haunts that offer city-wide appeal, like perpetually busy Found Oyster in East Hollywood and Historic Filipinotown's Rasarumah. Chef DK Kolender (formerly of Tartine and Dudley's Market) runs the kitchen, serving a crowd-pleasing menu full of Italian, French, and continental American touches

I love my chilaquiles with ample toppings, and this one doesn't disappoint; the eggs are pedestaled by crispy corn tortillas, and then topped with refried pinto beans (that have just the right amount of thickness), avocado, queso fresco, a guajillo sauce, and Mexican pickles. It comes with fluffy rice. The Atzec soup is warming and replenishing, packing just enough heat with its tomato- and chile-based broth and has a just broth-y enough consistency to feel delightfully slurpable.