Questlove Opens Hen Burger Restaurant Mixtape in Los Angeles

May 20, 2025

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Multi-hyphenate musician, producer, and DJ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is opening a burger spot with a twist in Westlake Village meals corridor, Neighborly. Mixtape, which opens Could 19, has all of the indicators of an old-school burger joint with mushy serve “Saturdaes,” double-stacked patties, and hen tenders — however with none beef, gluten, or seed oils. All of the burgers at Mixtape are made with hen or veggie patties and served on gluten-free buns.

In an announcement, Thompson says that Mixtape is impressed by his childhood recollections at nook joints and late-night restaurant stops after exhibits. “With Mixtape, we’ve taken acquainted favorites and reimagined them with clear, conscious elements that don’t reduce corners,” he says. “It’s about delivering the identical consolation and taste you crave, simply made higher.” This isn’t Thompson’s first foray into meals — he beforehand opened the now-closed fried hen stand Hybird, and is an investor in (and vocal fan of) Not possible Meals.

Chicken patty with melted cheese and burger toppings at Mixtape — OGB Royale Burger.

Crispy chicken sandwich on a bun with pickles — Solely the Classics.

At Mixtape, the signature Solely the Classics Hen Sandwich comes with gluten-free crispy hen, mayo, and dill pickles on a toasted and buttered sesame seed brioche bun. For burgers, the OGB Royale affords a alternative between a single or double hen patty, with American cheese, dill pickles, grilled onions, and lettuce, whereas the Yard Barbecue burger tops the patty with barbecue glaze, pepper jack cheese, pickles, and ranchy slaw. The vegetarian Eat Your Greens veggie burger is served with a shiitake mushroom, chickpea, and brown rice patty, plus a citrus glaze, avocado, mayo, pickles, arugula, and Champagne French dressing.

Gluten-free hen tenders can be found in a full-sized or kid-sized field set, each served with waffle fries and a Parker roll, whereas the full-size field provides in a black eyed pea slaw. The waffle fries and a black eyed pea slaw are additionally each out there to order as sides.

Mixtape serves its tackle the sundaes referred to as Saturdaes, with dairy-free ice cream and gluten-free toppings. Within the Strawberry Graham Jam Saturdae, a swirl of vanilla mushy serve is topped with strawberry sauce, oat streusel, graham cracker crumbles, whipped coconut topping, strawberry mud and freeze-dried strawberries. To fulfill a chocolate craving, strive the Loaded Darkish Chocolate Brownie Saturdae with chocolate cookie crumbles, a crumbled brownie, almond brittle, cocoa nibs, whipped coconut topping, and darkish chocolate syrup.

Mixtape joins an already spectacular lineup at Neighborly, together with pizza from the Cheese Retailer of Beverly Hills, Glendale’s Mini Kabob, and fare from cookbook creator and chef Gaby Dalkin. Whereas meals halls might as soon as have been synonymous with nostalgia-driven mall meals courts, they’re carving their very own place amongst Los Angeles’s eating places and gaining extra respect as eating locations. Alongside Neighborly, South LA’s Mercado La Paloma is residence to Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Holbox, and shortly, a brand new upscale meals corridor with eating places from Japan will open in West Hollywood.

Mixtape is situated inside Neighborly at 4000 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Westlake Village, CA 91362. The meals corridor holds hours from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.