One of Southern California’s most popular bakeries is undertaking a bold expansion path. After a pandemic job loss at Venice’s Gjusta, baker Jyan Issac built a following in 2020, first selling to neighbors and friends. Jyan Isaac Bread quickly expanded
operations to a pizza shop in 2022, became a fixture at farmers’ markets throughout the region, then a full-scale Santa Monica bakery and cafe offering breakfast, lunch, and brunch, plus a commissary bakery in Culver City. With the opening of Jyan Isaac Bread in Silver Lake on Monday, November 2 (in the former Say Cheese next to Trader Joe’s on Hyperion Avenue), those residing east of the 405 can easily get the baker’s much-discussed French onion grilled cheese sandwich, bagels, and seeded sourdough loaves.
Isaac’s team will open at 7 a.m., serving bagel sandwiches as well as bread, bagels, and pastries, then shift into lunch with pizza slices, salads, and sandwiches that include chicken katsu on a Shokupan Texas toast. Starting in 2027, opening hours will extend into the evening as the business transitions into a wine bar serving breads, cheese, charcuterie, and tinned fish. Thanks to M. Winter Design, there’s a fresh look by using locally sourced materials, local furniture makers, custom cabinets, and vintage lighting found throughout the area. Jyan Isaac Silver Lake can seat 32 indoors and 16 on the nearly complete outdoor patio.
This opening, one of the year’s most anticipated, does come with some controversy surrounding the landlord, who bought the building in 2021. The previous tenant, Say Cheese’s owner, Glenn Harrell, told the Los Angeles Times that the property owners increased his monthly rent by 300% before terminating his lease in April 2025.
Starting Monday, November 2, Jyan Issac Silver Lake will be open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, and for weekend brunch 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2800 Hyperion Avenue, Silver Lake, CA 90027.
Taking a beat on new Koreatown karaoke bar permits
Councilperson Heather Hutt, who presides over the 10th District, introduced an emergency motion to ban permits for new karaoke rooms and bars. Los Angeles Magazine reports that Hutt is also pushing for an additional $75,000 to bolster police enforcement surrounding current permitted businesses. NBC4 reports that some Koreatown karaoke businesses are allegedly suspected of illegal activities, including selling alcohol after 2 a.m. and prostitution.
A pastrami (and Los Angeles dining culture) appreciation post
Writer Emily Wilson penned an affectionate New York Times profile about one of Los Angeles’s oldest delis and its owner, Langer’s Delicatessen. Back in 2022, Eater New York’s former critic, Robert Sietsema, compared Langer’s with the Lower East Side’s iconic Katz’s Delicatessen.
Online awareness at Boichik
Bagel lovers, please note: Exercise awareness when ordering from Boichik Bagels. The operators posted on Instagram that an online impostor is using the business’s images, food descriptions, and likeness, and offering food at a discounted price. They’re asking the public to stay vigilant and only place orders through the company’s main website.
A full-on luau at Hermosa’s Tiki Kai
There’s likely no better way to celebrate one year of business than with a luau. Especially if you’re at Tiki Kai in Hermosa Beach. On November 5, the tiki bar and restaurant will offer cocktails, pork belly, and a whole pig carving to accompany live entertainment. There are two seatings at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Secure a seat via OpenTable.
More for the table:
- TikTok is now in the Los Angeles restaurant game, having launched its Must Eat guides. The program launched in Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area as a community-generated guide to finding places to eat. The tool will highlight TikTok creators who will highlight notable restaurants in their respective markets.
- In case you missed it, Eater contributor Bill Esparza wrote a story celebrating massive tortillas de harina, a Guatemalan specialty.
