Photographs: Jakob N. LaymanSee the best of 2013—your guide to the must-see places and things to do in LA.

Best of 2013: Best places to go and things to do in Los Angeles

Your essential guide to LA is here: Time Out’s best of 2013 picks include LA’s best music venues, shops, museums and more.

Tuesday December 24 2013

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Wait, what? 2013 is almost over? The end of the year always sneaks up on us. Just before we start looking ahead to 2014, we at Time Out Los Angeles get a little nostalgic for the best of 2013: the local LA bands that made it big, hazy but awesome memories of Coachella and other LA festivals, the dishes we ate and drinks we sipped at Los Angeles restaurants that just blew our minds (we counted 100 of them for you, #foodporn photos included!), spending hot summer days at best beaches in LA, former Disney child stars twerking... Wait, actually, scratch that last one. We'd like to forget that ASAP. Reminisce about the rest with us, and here's to an equally-or-more-awesome 2014.

Best Los Angeles events in photos: 2013

Coachella 2013

Check out our complete festival coverage from artist profiles to live reports.

Exxopolis

The colorful, inflatable domes of Exxopolis take over LA's Grand Park.

Best Halloween 2013 costumes we saw

Whether it's sexy, authentic or just plain creative, we've seem some amazing costumes

See more slide shows of 2013 LA events

Mega concerts, neighborhood festivals, massive celebrations—we saw it all this year and picked out the best photos of 2013's many worthwhile events.

Best restaurants and bars in Los Angeles: 2013

Bestia

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PettyCash Taquería

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No Vacancy

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Valerie Confections

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Best LA bands and live music events of 2013

Local Natives

The band with humble beginnings in Silver Lake headline their first show at the Greek Theatre.

The Flaming Lips at WBR Summer Sessions

The Flaming Lips fans lined up around the block last Friday for what turned out to be Warner Brothers Records' most successful Summer Session this season.

Deltron 3030 Live at The Fonda

Deltron 3030 visits Earth after 13 years of silence and we got to go behind the scenes.

Local bands that hit it big in 2013

These LA-based performers made this year their bitch—and if you don't know, now you know the best of 2013.

Best new LA stores: 2013

Acne Studios

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Aesthetes have gone gaga this year waiting for Acne’s much-ballyhooed debut of its largest studio (ever)—a whopping 5,000 square feet of the...

MUJI

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The just-opened MUJI store in Hollywood is an exciting edition to the shopping pantheon of the city as this US flagship offers a number of firsts, including...

Elisabeth Weinstock

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It’s hard to get more opulent than Elisabeth Weinstock’s snake- and exotic skin-covered accessories. Try a painted anaconda flask ($225), a...

Mohawk Man

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Now the male-focused other half of Silver Lake’s to-go boutique Mohawk General Store is elevating the Eastside dude’s shopping experience one Dries...