DTLA Food Not Bombs

We serve vegan food to the houseless every week in DTLA as well as distribute donated supplies & toil

06/13/2026

It was like 80 degrees out today, so we totally had iced water and popsicles. Also on the menu was barbecue tofu, crescent rolls, corn and guac with chips, our big salad, apples, and an assortment of other fruit! Tryna keep everyone refreshed and hydrated! 🥵
As always, all homemade stuff, with the exception of the fruit, which we did not grow ourselves.

We had a buncha new volunteers/future friends/co-conspirators today, too, which is always so nice. This whole social media thing feels kinda silly sometimes, but I guess it helps and keeps us connecting with others, which is a net positive.

Like we keep getting invited to table at punk shows! Last night, a metal show gave us half their door money, amounting to over a hundred bucks. Please keep having us, we all love punk, and the DIY venues and promoters here in LA are just as valuable to our community as we are. 🙏

04/27/2026

Yesterday was so much fun at the tenth annual Anarchist Book Fair! We held down a table from open to close and were able to feed, chat, and connect with so many people. Super grateful to have this event every year where these radical concepts and ideas and move-makers are brought together in one place. We felt inspired and rejuvenated and we hope y’all did, too!

We started the day off light with a vegan ceviche, fruit, blackberry scones, and chocolate banana muffins, and then upped the ante around lunch time with three bags full of sandwiches—peanut butter and blackberry jam; deli and cheese using Tofurky, Chao, mayo, sriracha, and romaine; and hummus veggie with cucumber, romaine, red onion, mixed bell peppers, and alfalfa sprouts. We also had a pot of potato salad, a big bowl of actual salad with optional vegan feta crumbles, and chocolate chip cookies. We kept everyone hydrated with bottled water and black tea (iced or hot). A nice person dropped off two thermoses of this deliciously smoky lapsang souchong tea. As we started running outta food, we improvised some Tofurky, cheese, and bell pepper hors d’oeuvres. Everything was vegan, of course, and nearly everything homemade from scratch!

We were outside under our little awning and the wind got crazy a handful of times. There were moments where we thought it would float away into the sky, and we lost food and zines a couple times. 😅
But as always, we prevailed against all obstacles, surprises, and inconveniences.

Thanks again to anyone who stopped by for a snack and chat, helped catch something of ours that flew away, donated a buck, or bought a shirt. Our hearts are so full! 🏴💖

Hope to see some of you next weekend at our benefit gig! Tickets in bio! ✌️

04/26/2026

It was gloomy, but we made cool, light food again. Every weekend is a practice in cooking improv based on the food we are donated and what some of us chip in ourselves. With the help of some new volunteers (dare I say—friends?), we got a lot done in the modest kitchen we were working with, and ended up serving several different versions of salad: potato salad (dill pickles to make up for lack of fresh dill), salad salad (romaine, red onion, cucumber, scratch-made vinaigrette), and fruit salad (mango, papaya, and melon). At serve, we also had some sourdough bread dropped off, and a buncha free clothes to give out.

Then a few of us headed over to spend the rest of the day at the Anarchist Book Fair! We’ll be back tomorrow, too, serving up a buncha sandwiches, potato salad (with dill), fruit, and other snacks throughout the day. We’ll be right out front, so stop, say hey, and grab a bite before heading in for books, zines, and workshops. We are so lucky to have this event in LA.

(Ebbi the dog for algorithm. ☺️)

04/11/2026

Hey, you! Today’s serve was a stew with TVP, broccoli, beans, and cilantro, a lentil soup, a big salad with strawberries, handfuls of peaches, pears, and bananas, some loaves of sourdough bread (including a yummy garlic bread), muffins, water, and some ponchos for the potential rain. Free for all, as everything always should be. 🏴

A cute lil pup named Churro joined us to help serve.

You probably would love to come eat some of our delicious food, or help serve it, I bet! Well, you can! We’re here every Saturday at 12:30 in Skid Row’s Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, or just hungry mouths.

Our fundraising efforts are still ongoing, too, raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so if you have the means, please send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla! 🥺

Better yet, come hang out at our upcoming benefit show at Scribble in Highland Park on Sunday, May 3rd! Tickets are live (link in bio) for $15. Buy one even if you can’t make it, consider it a donation! We’ll have free food and four amazing local bands—Defective Children, Gumdrop, Armistice, and Cry the Monarch. 🎵🚫

04/04/2026

Hey! Today’s serve was a hearty stew with white rice, a big ol’ salad with balsamic vinaigrette, bananas, lotsa blueberry muffins, and always a big supply of water. 🍲🍚🍌🫐💧
I think we were able to hook someone up with a nice pair of running shoes, too.

Someone requested we pour our Tapatio hot sauce into a water bottle for them. We aim to please, so we obliged. Also a new volunteer just did their second serve with us and we’re all stoked on him. Maybe you’ll be next?! 🥺

Tickets are live for our fundraiser on May 3rd—link
in bio! But you can also just show up day-of. No one turned away for lack of funds, of course!

Copy and paste spiel: We’re here every Saturday at 12:30 in Skid Row’s Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, and currently raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so hit us up if you’d like to volunteer, or send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla!

03/29/2026

Wooooo! Today’s serve was spaghetti bolognese using TVP, a big, hearty salad with homemade dressing infused with broccoli (we have so much broccoli), two bowls of mixed fruit (grapes and strawberries, mango and papaya), lychee, snickerdoodle cookies, and muffins! All homemade and using donated ingredients otherwise destined for a trash heap! 🗑️🌈

We also confirmed our fundraiser concert today! It’ll be on Sunday, May 3rd at 7pm at .community in Highland Park! The song playing over this post is by , who will be playing it! How good is this song??? A more official announcement about this soon, though. 🥳

Wanna help out? Just hang out? We’re here every Saturday at 12:30 in Skid Row’s Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, and currently raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so hit us up if you’d like to volunteer, or send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla!

03/22/2026

Another scorcher today nearing 90, so we came through with approximately two tons of cool pasta salad, baked beans, roasted green beans, cantaloupe, bananas, chocolate chip cookies, vanilla cinnamon muffins, and of course plenty of water.

Wanna help out? Just hang out? We’re here every Saturday at 12:30 in Skid Row’s Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, and currently raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so hit us up if you’d like to volunteer, or send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla!

03/14/2026

Extreme heat watch in LA today! 🥵
So we made sure to come out with a refreshing and cool serve—coleslaw, our famous potato salad, oranges, pomelos, cherries, banana cornbread muffins, blueberry muffins, gluten-free cornbread cookies, and plenty of ice and water.

Everything seen here is homemade by our lovely team, and the produce is donated from our hardworking friends in !

Wanna help out? Just hang out? We’re here every Saturday at 12:30 in Skid Row’s Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, and currently raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so hit us up if you’d like to volunteer, or send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla!

03/07/2026

Today’s serve included a huge pot of vegetable soup—broccoli, carrot, onion, potato, coconut milk, white rice, green beans, a big salad (of course), bread, snickerdoodle cookies, and muffins! Rave reviews always from our neighbors who come grab food. 🌱

Dishing out the best hot, homemade vegan meals every Saturday at 12:30 in Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, and currently raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so hit us up if you’d like to volunteer, or send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla!

03/01/2026

Today we had corn chowder, roasted brussel sprouts and green beans, a ton of mixed fruit, salad, muffins, brownies, and a slew of free clothes!

Dishing out the best hot, homemade vegan meals every Saturday at 12:30 in Gladys Park. Always looking for new faces and hands to help with prep and/or serve, and currently raising funds to keep us running smoothly through the rest of 2026, so hit us up if you’d like to volunteer, or send some funds to our Venmo @ foodnotbombs-dtla!

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808 East 6th Street
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
90021

Website

https://foodnotbombsdtla.wixsite.com/foodnotbombsdtla

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