There’s nothing that LA eatery Cube doesn’t offer. Seriously. It’s a restaurant, artisan cheese bar, gourmet market, and a pasta factory. Think about it: a factory that makes pasta. There is so much eye candy that once you walk in you’ll wonder why you bothered going to any old dull cafe.

Because a place where you can buy lobster mushrooms, puzzone di moena cheese from Trentino, salty pastured-pork fennel sausages from the Bay Area’s Fatted Calf, a tin of imported elder flowers, and Italian black truffle sauce, is a place you’ll want to just keep exploring. Located off of La Brea, seating at the wooden tables and outdoor patio can be as much of a challenge ...