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Lizzo’s Favorite Restaurants: 14 Spots the Pop Star Actually Loves
By Brady Jonas | April 21, 2025
At some point during the pandemic, Lizzo’s TikTok turned into the only food critic I trusted.
There she was, judging vegan pizza and noodles with the authority of someone who’s actually cooked these dishes herself at home. So now, whenever I’m in a city she’s passed through, I look up where she ate. Not for the spectacle, but because—frankly—she’s got taste.
These are the restaurants Lizzo has visited, hyped, or eaten from in public, and unlike some celebrity lists, she didn’t just show up for a selfie and a comped dessert. She ate the food. So I did too. Here then are Lizzo’s all-time favorite restaurants.
Bar La Grassa – Minneapolis
800 N Washington Ave | Website | Instagram
Isaac Becker won a James Beard Award for a reason, and that reason might be the soft eggs and lobster bruschetta at Bar La Grassa. Lizzo included it in her 2022 Twin Cities culinary sweep, and it’s one of those rare Italian places where the pasta isn’t just “housemade,” it’s actually good. Just don’t go expecting marinara and meatballs.
Biscuit Bitch – Seattle
1909 1st Ave | Website | Instagram
Yes, the name would’ve gotten you in trouble with your home room teacher, but the biscuits are worth detention. Lizzo showed up here back in 2019 after a show and reportedly inhaled something sausage-laden, probably between two halves of, yes, you guessed it, a biscuit. The place feels like a dorm-room mated with a kitschy knick knack store, but if you like your carbs served with cheese and meat and eggs, this is your temple.
Chapultepec Lupita – Houston
813 Richmond Ave | Website | Instagram
The kind of place that keeps fluorescent lights on until 3 a.m. and doesn’t care if you judge them for it. Chapultepec Lupita is where Lizzo went for Tex-Mex when she was back in Houston in 2022, the same night she posted a video from the parking lot like she’d just found religion in a cheese enchilada. I ordered what I assumed she did—combination plate, heavy on the queso—and left with a sense that Houston still knows how to feed its prodigal daughters.
Craig’s – Los Angeles
8826 Melrose Ave | Website | Instagram
Craig’s is where you go when you want to eat like a regular but still spot a Kardashian. It’s not the food—though the vegan bolognese is passable—it’s the lighting. Lizzo had her 34th birthday dinner here, wearing rhinestones and a look that said, “Yes, I am the party.” I didn’t eat anything memorable, but I did spot someone from Selling Sunset.
Dimo’s Pizza – Chicago
1615 N Damen Ave | Website | Instagram
Lizzo gave Dimo’s vegan mac and cheese pizza a 10/10 on TikTok, which is about five points higher than I would’ve gone, but I’m not the one with a stadium tour. The crust has that chewier-than-you-expect quality, and the vegan cheese stays firmly in uncanny valley. Still, the fact that Dimo’s even tried to make a vegan pizza is probably the reason Lizzo loved it.
El Jardín Cantina – San Diego
2885 Perry Road | Instagram
The food here leans elevated-Mexican, but Lizzo didn’t come for the plating. She got takeout during her “Special” tour and devoured a tamal, a bacon, egg, and cheese bagel, and a box of nachos like she was doing a tasting menu in reverse. While Lizzo’s visit certainly brought them some fame, it didn’t stop the place from closing, although they’ve promised to return after a full revamp.
Golden Diner – New York City
123 Madison St | Website | Instagram
If you’ve ever wondered where Lizzo goes for pancakes when she’s in New York, the answer is a diner that also happens to serve Thai tea tres leches and our green tea coffee cake. She filmed herself eating a short stack here in 2023, unapologetically hoisting bites like she was going to fight them. The wait is absurd. The pancakes are better than they need to be.
La Plaza – Cleveland
13609 Lakewood Heights Blvd | Website | Instagram
It’s not a restaurant. It’s a taco counter inside a Cleveland grocery store, the kind with too many kinds of Jarritos and a menu printed on laminated paper. Lizzo got takeout from La Plaza Supermarket after a concert, ordered vegan tacos, and said they were “buttery and creamy, almost kinda cheesy,” which is exactly how my dating profile describes me.
Mai’s Restaurant – Houston
3403 Milam St | Website | Instagram
Lizzo’s tweet about Mai’s wasn’t detailed, just one name in a flurry of hometown shoutouts. But that’s how Houston people talk about Mai’s: like it’s in their blood. The pho is made from a long-simmered broth, the spring rolls are solid, and if you’re lucky, you’ll be there when someone from out of town realizes they’ve been sleeping on Vietnamese food their whole life.
Pappadeaux – Houston
2525 S Loop W | Website | Instagram
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen is what happens when Cajun gets franchised. But Lizzo still loves it, and so does another gorgeous diva, Beyoncé. Order the étouffée and ignore the fact that there’s probably a bachelorette party at the next table doing lemon drop shots.
Pappasito’s Cantina – Houston
2515 S Loop W | Website | Instagram
It’s the Tex-Mex arm of the same family as Pappadeaux, which means the margaritas are huge, the fajitas come sizzling, and everything smells like someone’s wearing too much cumin. Lizzo shouted it out alongside Shipley’s and Timmy Chan’s, which means she understands that food can be good and also mass-produced.
Planted Soul – Atlanta
3569 Main St | Website | Instagram
This isn’t your kombucha-and-affirmations vegan place. Planted Soul does jerk tofu and mac and cheese that Lizzo described on TikTok like she was halfway into a food trance. Deja Francis runs the kitchen, and when Lizzo posted her review, sales exploded the way they do when Oprah points at bread.
Quang Restaurant – Minneapolis
2719 Nicolette Ave | Website | Instagram
When Lizzo comes home to Minneapolis, she goes to Quang, a Vietnamese spot on Eat Street where pho isn’t made (just) for Instagram. The decor is strip-mall tan, and the broth tastes like someone’s grandmother is still in the back yelling at you to eat. No, they don’t have a Lizzo combo—but you’ll order like you’re in on something.
Shipley Do-Nuts – Houston
6602 N Shepherd Dr | Website | Instagram
How much does Lizzo like Shipley? Enough to film herself dancing out front in the parking lot. Lizzo has made a point to mention Shipley in her hometown favorites, and I see why. You walk in expecting gas-station quality and walk out with a dozen glazed things that taste like childhood and sugar and maybe a little regret.
Brady Jonas covers celebrities and their adventures for The Adventurist. He’s currently obsessed, well, actually, there are a lot of celebrities he’s obsessed with at the moment. Find many of his obsessions here.
