Downtown Arts District for food lovers

Chef Ori Menashe of Bestia with a roasted suckling pig.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Cassoulet featuring seven-hour lamb, pork garlic sausage, duck leg confit and white beans at Church & State bistro in the downtown Arts District.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee Co. has taken over the former Handsome Coffee in the Arts District.  (S. Irene Virbila / Los Angeles Times)

“On the Bird” sandwich served at Bread Lounge in downtown L.A.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Barista Frank Valerio gets a cup for a coffee drink he is preparing at Stumptown Coffee at 810 S. Santa Fe Avenue in 2013.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Mandilli di seta (handkerchief pasta, ligurian almond basil pesto, fiore sardo) served at Factory Kitchen  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

The cacao pasta parcels with braised ox tail, burro fuso, grana padano, pine nuts and currants is one of the dishes offered at Bestia.  (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

Spencer Moody works on the coffee roaster at Stumptown Coffee at 810 S. Santa Fe Avenue in the Arts District in 2013.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Church & State, a French Bistro in the Arts District is packed on a Saturday night in 2014.   (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Food is served on the outdoor patio at Bread Lounge in the Arts District.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Bags of single origin coffee beans line the counter at Blue Bottle Cafe Co. in the Arts District.  (S. Irene Virbila / Los Angeles Times)

A waiter at Bestia talks with a table at the Italian restaurant from restaurateur Bill Chait and husband-and-wife team Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis in 2013.   (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

Porchetta (rolled pork belly, red onion, carrots, fennel, celery) served at the Factory Kitchen  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Andrew Lambert checks on fruit and produce at the grocery store Urban Radish in the Arts District.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Urban Radish is an upscale grocery in the downtown Arts District.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Some of the bottles on offer in the wine section at Urban Radish.  (S. Irene Virbila / Los Angeles Times)

Yoga instructor Gloria Baraquio and owner Kimberly Helms chat in the restaurant in 2014 at The Springs, a vegan business in the Arts District featuring yoga, juice, vegan food, wellness massage and more.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

The Springs, a vegan business in the Arts District has many healthful features in one place.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Wine is poured in the main dining room at Factory Kitchen, a minimally redecorated loft space in 2013.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)