Los Angeles Food Not Bombs

Los Angeles Food Not Bombs Every Sunday, starting at 2:30pm, We cook at 1069 Sanborn Avenue in Silverlake, then serve a free meal in Downtown LA. (Just off Hollywood Blvd. Questions?

Along with Food Not Bombs chapters all over the world, we get together once a week to cook and serve a filling, fresh, vegan meal for anyone who wants to eat with us.
- We cook from 12 - 6 p.m. at 1069 Sanborn Avenue on Wednesdays
- We cook from 1 - 6 p.m. at 1069 Sanborn Avenue on Sundays


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Learn more about FNB history and different chapters around the world at www.foodnotbombs.net. FAQ
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/faq.html


COOKING TIMELINE
As we continue to de-centralize, here is a timeline of what needs to happen when so that anyone can lead.

12:00pm - Start 25 lbs of dry beans boiling and boil the water.

2:00pm - Head to the Hollywood Farmers Market for food pickup. between Serrano and Harvad)

2:30pm - Set up kitchen, clean bowls, wash cutting boards, wash knives, and wipe down tables.

3:00pm - start chopping onions

3:30pm -
1. Drain beans and refill with boiling water
2. Start 2 rice cookers of rice (fill to 1/2 with rice, then boiling water, add salt and oil). Rice takes about 40 min to cook
3. Begin to carmalize onions in stew pot
4. Add other veggies, hardest first

4:15pm - start the 3rd rice cooker, rice takes about 30 min to cook

5:00pm -
1. no more hard veggies in the stew
2. Check the yellow supply bin for plates, utensils, gloves, hot sauce. Pick up anything missing at Smart and Final
3. Take last rice off the heat (make sure it's done first)

5:30pm -
1. Start prepping the salad
2. Spice the beans and stew

5:45pm - Start packing up to head downtown

6:00pm - HEAD OUT to Skid Row to share some goodness! If there are no more people to share with at Pershing, head to 6th and San Julian to share the rest

Afterward, bring pots, supplies, and utensils back to 1069 Sanborn and give them a rinse for storage. Call Chuck at 323-926-8054. THANKS! You're the best!

09/23/2026

I try to keep our IG light, funny, and positive because doing mutual aid is indeed very fulfilling and heartwarming.

(And the cute clips are good for the algorithm that brings volunteers, which makes what we do possible week after week)

However, I’ve noticed that we’ve been running out of food faster and the line at our distros have gotten longer.

There is a sense of accomplishment when we have cooked and fed so many people, but I can’t deny the heartbreak when we turn people away after we are out of food.

Rising costs groceries and benefits getting cut really feel like they are taking a toll on the most vulnerable of us.

We’ll keep doing what we can, but I hope more of yall get in on the mutual aid scene, because you are truly needed more than ever before

09/17/2026

We at Food Not Bombs are continuing our mission of feeding the people and community building!

We believe Mutual Aid is one of the most fundamentally fulfilling practices a person can bring into their lives!

Making food and feeding people, not for profit, but for the inherent humanness of it, is the most fun thing to do! Ever!!

Thank you so much for 🪰 𝐋𝐗𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐗𝐒 🪰 for bringing their incredible music to distro!

I asked them to play music for us, to raise awareness that mutual aid doesn’t have to be a thing where you go “volunteer to help a good person”, it’s actually just a super fun and fulfilling thing to do!

08/18/2026

LA Food Not Bombs has been on fire!

We are still meeting every single Sunday to cook free food for the people!

We decided to give some attention to the distro, to demonstrate that mutual aid can be an incredibly fun celebration!

We are trying something new out, inviting musical guests to accompany our dinner! We want to feed people’s body with food, and their spirits with soulful art!

Very special thanks to
Tara Zorthian and Frank Hurricane
For gracing us with their incredible talent!

I think I can personally only plan about 1-2 of these special distros a month, but please continue to help make LAFNB run, with your volunteering! Even when there isn’t a special musical guest!

We have so much more planned, so please keep supporting us! We are trying to do the work!

For more information about volunteering, just DM us!

We truly think that mutual aid can be the most fun and enriching part of your week!   To celebrate, we will be hosting a...
08/12/2026

We truly think that mutual aid can be the most fun and enriching part of your week!

To celebrate, we will be hosting a series of our favorite musicians, who will be performing LIVE during our distro, where we feed 200 people!

This ain’t no regular show! It will be your chance to participate in radical community building and recource sharing! While we are listening to amazing music!

If you are coming from a privilaged place, try to bring some food, potluck/picnic style, to share with all of our neighbors.

Sunday 8/16 7pm
Corner of 6th and Maple

Tara Zorthian
Frank Hurricane

Hey everyone!Sorry about the lack of updates.One of our volunteers who has been with us the longest, my best friend, and...
07/17/2026

Hey everyone!

Sorry about the lack of updates.

One of our volunteers who has been with us the longest, my best friend, and dog named PB passed a few weeks back and I just haven’t been in the right mental space to keep up with social media. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

He always added to the vibe and LAFNB and was loved by all. He will be sorely and overwhelmingly missed!

Rest in Power lil guy!

We have been serving every week tho!

However, our folding tables went missing and we had to make do with serving out of a truck a couple times. Do you have a folding table you could donate or sell for cheap?

—-

I’ll get back to messages soon as well!

Sometimes our FNB crew brings their kids, and sometimes they bring their parents!Something about including your people f...
06/16/2026

Sometimes our FNB crew brings their kids, and sometimes they bring their parents!

Something about including your people from all different ages is so beautiful.

It’s really nice to be with a whole array of ages! Feels more like a holistic community.

Call for action!We won’t have access to our kitchen for a little bit, but we won’t miss a day in serving free food to ou...
06/09/2026

Call for action!

We won’t have access to our kitchen for a little bit, but we won’t miss a day in serving free food to our hungry neighbors!

We would love your participation in our potluck style serve this Sunday!

Just bring any plant based dish, no need to be fancy! No real need to humongous portions, just enough for a family meal!

Bring the dish straight to 6th and Maple and we will have a table set up!

Bringing instruments and music is encouraged as well!

Our fundraiser was a huge success!!!So much fun!Big thanks to   station.sushi  For performing!!Big thanks to the Bicycle...
05/06/2026

Our fundraiser was a huge success!!!

So much fun!

Big thanks to


station.sushi


For performing!!

Big thanks to the Bicycle Kitchen for having us!

is truly the coolest spot in LA

Big thanks to for screen printing!

We def made enough money to keep doing our little mutual project for a good while longer!

Huge thanks to Hail Mary Pizza for donating pizzas for all of us!!



If you’re in the mood pizza, why wouldn’t you go to a pizza place that supports the actual community???

And their pizza is hella delicious!!!

Tell them Food Not Bombs sent ya!!

Big! Gigantic! Huge announcement! Are you ready??? Ready to rock???LA FNB fundraiser bash coming to ya this Saturday!!!A...
04/27/2026

Big! Gigantic! Huge announcement!

Are you ready??? Ready to rock???

LA FNB fundraiser bash coming to ya this Saturday!!!

A long time honored tradition, we are so honored to be back at the Bicycle Kitchen! One of the coolest spots in all of Los Angeles 🚲

We got fun, we got games, we got rafffles, we got food!

WE GOT MUSIC AND WE GOT FREAKING KARAOKE

🚨🚨🚨

We’ll be posting about it all week but you better save the date!

Alllllll the proceeds will go directly towards feeding our beloved neighbors in DTLA!

Dress your best, look to impress, come find friends and a new lover.

Come on down!!!

02/12/2026

Last Sunday we were so honored to have members of the Community Self Defense Coalition and Union Del Barrio come by share about their work.

They are on the front lines in protecting us and our neighbors from the forces of ICE and DHS.

Direct, lived experience is so valuable when we come together to organize.

Going forward, Food Not Bombs will be doing our part to bring together all of the groups around Los Angeles doing important mutual aid and direct action work!

Please join us, and become part of the community!

DM for more info.


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