The Game Day Tray at San Pedro Fish Market. Image courtesy of San Pedro Fish Market.
The Super Bowl is always a good reason to converge and indulge. This year, the Super Bowl is even more exciting than usual for Angelenos, as the Big Game returns to LA after a nearly 30-year absence. Watch the Los Angeles Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, with a halftime show featuring Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar.
Whether you want to experience the game out with a crowd or you’d rather watch from home, see below for suggestions of where to get your fill of chicken wings, tacos, pizza, and much more.
On Super Bowl Sunday, San Pedro Fish Market takes their World-Famous Shrimp Tray to a whole new level. Their Game Day Tray is loaded with large shrimp, pastrami, sausage, pork belly, corn, seasoned potatoes, and mixed vegetables, along with a loaf of crusty, house-made garlic bread. The Game Day Tray feeds four to six, is $84.99, and can be ordered for in-person dining or pickup through February 13. More info can be found here.
Mas Veggies Vegan Taqueria, Veggie Grill’s ghost kitchen concept, offers plant-based alternatives to classic Mexican tacos. Vegan protein choices available here include Chickin’ Tinga, Chipotle Carnitas, Tejano Beef, Smokey Mushroom Asada, and Cripsy Baja Fish. Order their taco pack of six plant-based tacos for Super Bowl Sunday for $21.95 – you can get six of one style or three of two different styles. Más Veggies tacos are available for pick-up or delivery at all Veggie Grill locations.
Tailgate Platter. Photo courtesy of Black Angus.
Hollywood’s largest rooftop, I|O at the Godfrey Hotel, is hosting a Super Bowl viewing party with an enormous, 70-foot tall screen projected on the hotels’ courtyard. Savor game-day specials such as sushi, buffalo chicken wings, sesame garlic chicken wings, Chicago-style hot dogs, beer brats, lamb lollipops, baby back ribs, and Wagyu burgers. More info here.
All-day happy hour on Super Bowl Sunday? You’ll find just that at Arth Bar + Kitchen. This sophisticated modern Indian eatery in Culver City will feature four TVs to watch the game, along with $5 well drinks and $6 drafts. You may want to try the Jackfruit Masala, the chicken/paneer tikka tacos, chicken wings made with Old Monk rum, and the Lychee martini. For more information, call Arth Bar + Kitchen at 424.503.4155.
Like the idea of a SoFi-adjacent location to watch the game? Try Hyatt House LAX. The hotel’s 15th-floor rooftop, ShoresLAX, offers swaying palm trees, grilled tacos, and well-crafted cocktails, along with three large-screen TVs that assure good views from every seat. The tailgate menu, available every day through Super Bowl Sunday, includes crudité, tacos, Touchdown Tomahawk (Go) for Two, and a “superfood bowl” with salmon, spinach, shaved Brussels sprouts, quinoa, roasted cauliflower, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, and almonds. The hotel’s lobby-level restaurant and bar, Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails, has four TVs and indoor/outdoor seating. Their special tailgate menu includes Gameday Nachos, Buffalo Cauliflower, Tailgate Tacos, Buffalo Paleo Chicken Fingers, gameday drink specials and more. More info here.
Massis Kabob has been serving authentic Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food to Angelenos since 1976. For Game Day, all six locations are offering family meal game packs to go, with options such as chicken kabobs, beef koubideh skewers, Persian rice, Shirazi salad, taboule, hummus, pita bread, and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Each family meal serves four to five and ranges in price from $39.95 to $54.95. More info here.
Known for elevated vegan Mexican food and an “all agave, all the time” bar program, Gracias Madre offers some great house-made canned cocktails perfect for Game Day. Try the House Margarita made with either tequila or mezcal or the Michelada. Conversely, drink at Gracias Madre on Super Bowl Sunday and your drinks will be served with Rams and Bengals ice cubes. You can order cocktails to-go via Gracias Madre’s website or by calling 323.978.2170.
Poolside at Viceroy Santa Monica. Photo courtesy of Viceroy.
Watch the game on El Granjero Cantina’s outdoor patio at the Original Farmers Market. You’ll find hibiscus quesadillas, tacos, burritos, nachos, frozen margaritas or mojitos, and more. You can also get El Granjero Party Packs to go: one with 18 Dorados (“Golden Tacos”) for $100, or a taco kit with your choice of two proteins, rice & beans, a trio of salsas, cilantro & onions, and 18 tortillas for $120. Each Party Pack serves 6. For more information, call El Granjero Cantina at 323.879.9324.
Cafe Gratitude debuted their new Buffalo Cauliflower Pizza just in time for Super Bowl Sunday. This vegan pizza offering features almond burrata, buffalo sauce, marinara, and escabeche. You may also want to add the ‘I am Sharing’ Nachos and the ‘I am Community’ Warm Rosemary Butternut Squash dip to your order. You can order for delivery or takeout via Cafe Gratitude’s website.
Owned by the team behind Bacari, Byrdie’s Rotisserie offers a great chicken combo. A juicy whole chicken, four double-portioned side dishes (with options like truffled mac and cheese, rainbow carrots with gochujang, street corn, and fingerling potatoes au jus) and three sauces serves four for just $50. The chicken at Byrdie’s is local, raised cage-free, and never frozen. Find more info here.
Watch the Bowl near the beach at Viceroy Santa Monica. Sugar Palm, the property’s recently opened restaurant/lounge/bar, is serving its Tailgate Menu from 3 to 10 p.m. on February 13. You’ll find game bites like Playoff Wings, a taco trio, sliders, and more. Reservations can be made on OpenTable. You can also rent a poolside cabana that seats up to six. Cabanas feature a personal 55-inch HDTV, sofa seating, complimentary appetizer platter, bottle of sparkling wine, bottled water, wi-fi, and heaters.
Watch the Super Bowl at Firestone Walker’s local outlet, The Propagator Brewhouse in Venice. Their all-day 805 Tailgate Cookout features free entry, along with food and beer specials all day until closing. The cookout goes from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a DJ spinning from opening to 3 p.m. Savor BBQ burgers and brats (grilled over a Santa Maria pit), along with Firestone Walker’s beers brewed with LA palates in mind: Welcome to LA is a West Coast lager with fruity hops, while Mind Haze is loaded with tropical fruit hop flavors. More info here.
Suzanne Tracht of renowned chophouse JAR is offering an elevated fried chicken takeout dinner for Super Bowl. The Super Bowl Fried Chicken Dinner for four, priced at $200, includes Jidori Fried Chicken, Buttermilk Biscuits, Buttery Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Slaw with Celery Seed, and Meyer Lemon Bars for dessert. Your order must be placed by 5:00 p.m. on February 10 and can be picked up at Jar on Sunday, February 13 between noon and 2:00 p.m. Call the restaurant at 323.655.6566 to order, or place your order online via TOCK.
Rotisserie chicken & gochujang carrots. Image courtesy of Byrdie’s Rotisserie.
Hosting an at-home Super Bowl party? Downtown’s Tacos AF is offering a ready-to-serve taco platter. Serving 15 for $150, the platter includes marinated meats, an assortment of tasty salsas, and tortillas. To order, email hi@tacosaf.
Healthy comfort food is the name of the game at Culver City’s Akasha. Try the gluten-free Fried Chicken Feast, “Everything” Beef Pigs In A Blanket (in pastry dough with sesame, poppy, and onion, plus dijon mustard sauce), the Game Day Cookie Box, house-made chips with guac, roasted tomatillo salsa, and pico de Gallo, cheddar-jalapeno cornbread, tandoori chicken wings, and the famous Chasen’s-style turkey chili. Akasha’s Super Bowl offerings are available for pickup and delivery on Saturday, February 12 and on Super Bowl Sunday (February 13). Place your order at least 72 hours in advance via TOCK.
With locations around Los Angeles, fast-casual restaurant Urban Plates is known for its healthy, delicious, and sustainable offerings. The chef-driven eatery is highlighting its fresh chicken tenders for Super Bowl Sunday. Snack on Urban Plates’ 12 Tender Feast for $37.95: you’ll get 12 large, crispy, hand-tossed buttermilk-battered chicken tenders (available in Classic Crispy or Nashville Hot), plus two house-made dipping sauces and grilled artisan bread. The 6 Tender Feast is $19.95, while 3 tenders are $12.95.
Classic game day fare – loaded potato skins, spinach & artichoke dip, chipotle buffalo chicken tenders, and fried zucchini – congregate to create Black Angus’ Tailgate Platter. It serves 6, is just $37.99, and is available to go from all locations. More info here.
Long famous for their great Mai Tais, Newport Beach’s Billy’s on the Beach is offering an Aloha Halftime Kit to-go daily through February 13. The kit includes four of those iconic Mai Tais, along with two entrees (Beach Burger, Fish and Chips, Pulled Pork Sandwich or Fish Tacos) for $89. More info here.
