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The Longest Metro Food Crawl: 48 Great Spots to Eat Along the Longest Light Rail Line in the World

Metro's 57.6 mile-long A Line offers riders the chance to access foods from so many countries, regions, and cultures. We picked one favorite restaurant from every stop to guide you on an epic eating tour of Los Angeles.

11:20 AM PST on December 19, 2025

Art by Ivan Ehlers for L.A. TACO.

Art by Ivan Ehlers for L.A. TACO.

Metro’s A Line really packs a wallop.

Serving as the longest line in the world, you have to put its food and drink destinations up there with any other line in L.A. Along its massive course, you’ll find Michelin-recognized restaurants, historical landmarks, local favorites, independent upstarts, and regional specialties in abundance. 

Los Angeles is an amazing city: Within stretches of its tracks and stops, you can get out and access foods from so many countries, regions, and cultures.  

Take the stretch of the A Line from Firestone to Vernon alone, which bestows edible greatness from Honduras to Jalisco, Central Texas back to Mexico, and over to Vietnam, a mere microcosm of the many communities that make up Los Angeles.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, though, as Metro’s A Line is packed with culinary highlights. We picked one favorite restaurant from every stop of this 57.6 mile-long rail line to guide you on an epic eating tour of Los Angeles. Happy trails!

A scoop of banana bread chai from Long Beach Creamery. Photo by Sean Vukan for L.A. TACO.