Bar Amá

These are just some of the dishes that have inspired me – the food that I was nurtured with by the women who raised me.

"Fideo and borracho beans with cilantro and pork belly simmering on the stove, the spicy warmth of menudo every Christmas and New Year’s, egg salad with a fried egg between a butter toasted bolillo, and puffy tacos stuffed with lengua carnitas and crushed avocado then doused with pequin chile-vinegar salsa. Bar Ama is my interpretation of their Tex-Mex." --Josef Centeno

03/25/2021

The okra everybody loves — blistered okra with fenugreek tomato sauce. 📷: | The patio is open 4-10pm Tues-Sat and 4-9pm Sun. 🧡

03/20/2021

On the B-side menu — our all-time favorites from , like this fava and eggplant dip with lebni and za’atar. Pickup/delivery or on our patio. Tues-Sat 4-10pm and Sun 4-9pm. 🧡🧡🧡

03/18/2021

Tacos dorados for takeout/delivery or outdoor dining — Nacho Alley is open 4-10pm Tues-Sat and 4-9pm Sun. 🧡

Photos from Bar Amá's post 03/18/2021

Sunset on the patio—outdoor dining is open 4-10pm Tues-Sat and 4-9pm Sun. The queso and margaritas are flowing, and as is our annual tradition, today they are green (cilantro queso, avocado margarita, hierbas verdes puffy taco). 🌱🌿🍀🥑

Photos from Bar Amá's post 03/11/2021

It never rains on nachos! 🌞 That’s what they say. 🤷🏽 The patio is open. In case of 🌨: Nachos kits to-go for pickup or delivery.

03/05/2021

We’ll be opening outdoor dining on Tuesday, March 9! Happy to say that our team already have started to receive vaccinations. 🎉You can make a reservation via OpenTable (link in profile). Seatings are available Tuesday-Sunday 4-10PM. Nacho Alley returns!

02/27/2021

Friendly breakfast-burrito reminder: Hash brown, cheesy scrambled eggs, bacon, avocado, serrano-cilantro mix, chipotle mayo, dry tepin salsa and crema wrapped in flour tortilla. 🌯

02/23/2021

We were closed yesterday (currently closed on Mondays), but luckily, every day is National Margarita Day . 🧡

02/18/2021

Oxtail birria with flour tortillas, shredded cabbage, onion, limes and herbs. Sending warm thoughts to Texas!

02/11/2021

For Valentine’s Day, the deadline to order via Tock is Friday at 5pm for pickup on Saturday or Sunday. ♥️ Steak ranchero and lobster Diablo are on the menu. 🥩 🦞 Margaritas are romantic too. Links in profile.

Photos from Bar Amá's post 02/10/2021

Thank you for including ’s oxtail version in this story about all of L.A.’s flavors of birria, . 🙌 ... “On a recent, rainy weekend in Los Angeles, the chef Josef Centeno had put oxtail birria on his menu at Bar Amá. The meat was opulent, like a confit, infused all the way through with flavor, cooked so it slipped off the bone in your teeth, in places as gelatinous as the shreds of tomato in the thick, abundant sauce capped with spiced, scarlet-colored fat.

He packed it all up with hot flour tortillas, raw red cabbage and cilantro, radishes, onion and salsa, each one in its own tiny to-go container so you could fix it the way you like.” 🧡

02/05/2021

We will be open special hours on Super Bowl Sunday, noon to 7PM so we can accommodate pre-kickoff orders. Order for pickup or delivery / Super Bowl wings available via Tock. All links in profile. Thank you! 🧡

02/03/2021

Chicken wings with Bus Driver hot sauce are back for Super Bowl Sunday. We’ll open at 2pm on Sunday so you can pick up wings, nachos, peel-n-eat shrimp and margarita and michelada kits! bar-ama.com/super-bowl 🏈🍗🍺

01/29/2021

Oxtail birria is back on the menu for a chilly weekend. 🌧 Also check out the Valentine’s Day menu (🦞+🥩), now available on Tock. ♥️ Links for pickup, delivery and pre-order in profile. 📷:

Photos from Bar Amá's post 01/28/2021

Didn’t buy GME but still feelin’ up—thanks, ! is on the list of “17 Superb Downtown Los Angeles Restauramts.” Along with so many greats! We’re here for pickup and delivery ( and ). Plus weekend fried chicken dinners, available via too. Where you can also pre-order Valentine’s Day dinner. All the links are in our profile. Thank you for all of your support! 🧡 Stay safe!

01/22/2021

On the B-side menu: crispy shrimp Bäco 🍤 with Mexican sriracha, Tex-Mex ranch and cabbage slaw. Pickup and delivery Tues-Sun 3-9pm (closed Mondays). Have a good weekend! 🧡

01/21/2021

“We are striving to forge our union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man. So we lift our gazes not to what stands between us but what stands before us.” on repeat 🧡

01/20/2021

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Spend $46* and get FREE sangria-for-two today in honor of the 46th president of the United States! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

01/19/2021

Even in bad times, it’s ok to try to be happy. #🧀

01/09/2021

The first week of the new year kind of felt like a lifetime—but here’s hoping the rest of 2021 brings you new hope and strength and health and happiness. (Might even return to Twitter now.) We’re here all weekend 3-9pm for pickup and delivery. Stay safe!

12/27/2020

NYE fried chicken dinner, along with caviar nachos, bottles of Sumoll natural bubbly, (bye!) 2020 punch and more available via . https://www.exploretock.com/barama/

12/19/2020

Tex-mas Eve pork roast available for pre-order til Monday. bar-ama.com/holidays (links in profile)
Whole pork roast + sides for two or four people. Or order pork roast a la carte.
Available for pickup on Thursday between noon and 4pm. 🎄
Email [email protected] if you have any questions. 🧡

Photos from Bar Amá's post 12/15/2020

An homage to queso, and chips. 🧀 A cheese reprieve.

12/11/2020

🎄Pre-order Amá’s holiday dinner for two or four people for pickup on Christmas Eve between noon and 4pm. Order from or go to bar-ama.com/holidays for more info ❄️

• Chicory salad with pear, candied pecans & Tex-Mex ranch
* Cumin-butter roasted carrots
• Roasted baby potatoes with sage brown butter
• Slow-roasted Tex-Mex pork shoulder
* Dulce de leche flan with whipped cream

Optional wine pairing (plus wines a la carte too):
Koehnen Wine Co. "Orange Wine" Skin Contact Marsanne
Jordi Llorens "Ancestral de la Cristina" Pét-Nat Macabeo

Winter cocktails to-go:
Cranberry sangria and peppermint margaritas

Thank you! 🧡

12/03/2020

To-go: Pork pibil quesadilla with cochinita pibil, Jack cheese, roasted pineapple 🍍, and pickled onions. Pickup and delivery 3-9PM Tues-Sat. Thank you for your orders! 🧡 bar-ama.com / / /

12/01/2020

Carne guisada chalupa (carne guisada on a crispy tortilla) + Tex-Mec street corn. Our takeout hours are now Tues-Sat 3-9PM. 🧡 Order for pickup at bar-ama.com or pickup/delivery at / / .

Photos from Bar Amá's post 11/29/2020

Signed and wrapped copies of the Amá cookbook are available in our merch store — www.bar-ama.com/merch — or shop your favorite local bookstores. Here are some of ours 🧡 📚:

Photos from Bar Amá's post 11/28/2020

The weekend fried chicken dinner for two comes with pickled beet salad, puffy Bäco bread, rice pudding with caramel (and the lebni with za’atar is an optional add-on). 🍗 Available on Tock (link in profile). 🧡

Photos from Bar Amá's post 11/27/2020

Some favorite veg and salads from our to-go menu: blistered okra with smoky tomato sauce / Amá habanero green goddess salad / cucumber avocado salad. 🥗

11/25/2020

Nacho Alley ✨ will be open tonight until 10pm and closed for Thanksgiving. Starting Friday we’ll be offering delivery and pickup only—and we hope to see you 😷 at our takeout window🪟. Thank you to everyone who has visited our outdoor alley annex. 🙏🏽 We put a lot of heart into it, with your health in mind always. We want to do our part to keep everyone safe so we sincerely hope the county’s decision to close outdoor dining for the next few weeks is part of a comprehensive plan that will show real results and not what today feels like an ad lib half-measure. Bar Amá is a small, independent, POC-owned business—not just a business but a lifelong dream. Please support your favorite independent restaurants, run by people who are doing their best for their employees and their community. Thank you! Much love to you and yours over the holiday. We’ll be closed Thursday and back open Friday for takeout! ✊🏽🧡⚡️

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Address


118 W 4th Street
Los Angeles, CA
90013

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 11pm
Tuesday 11:30am - 2:30pm
5:30pm - 11pm
Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pm
5:30pm - 11pm
Thursday 11:30am - 12am
Friday 11:30am - 3pm
5:30pm - 12am
Saturday 11:30am - 10pm
Sunday 11:30am - 11pm

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