PBJ LA is a sandwich shop located in Grand Central Market in Downtown LA featuring gourmet nut butter and jelly sandwiches. Payvand, Brad, and Jimmy, the three founders of PBJLA aim to delight peanut butter and jelly lovers with inventive combinations of organic, exotic nut butter, superfoods, artisanal jams, and more. PBJLA is not your mom’s peanut butter and jelly. We take something that was already great and make it exponentially better with surprising, absolutely delectable mash-ups of flavors and organic, healthy ingredients – every item being house-made from scratch. PBJLA creates the perfect place to indulge without guilt. Get it to go, get it delivered, or stay a while and order in.
Plant-based dessert stop for house-made peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, plus almond milk drinks. Based on 230 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.0 stars. Price $
Address:
Grand Central Market, 317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (323) 879-3440
Website: https://www.pbj.la/
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Shreya Bhaskare
Really great concept and place! I got the Ol’ Fashioned, which has pecan butter and it was fantastic.
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Eva Komarkova
It was great to see that this place uses coconut sugar and the menu offers very nice variety of pb sandwiches, but…but I d like to emerge a hygienic habits of the staff. The girl was a very nice person, but she didn’t change her gloves walking from cash desk to the corner where she was going to make my sandwich, with the same gloves she took a piece of bread and started to make it without any hesitation. Then other customer comes in the middle of this process. She comes to them and press the button on display, touches the screen with the same gloves. Then she turns back to make another sandwich meanwhile mine is toasting, then something falls on the floor and she picks it up with the same gloves. Then she hands me my sandwich…I didn’t eat the outside bread and just ate the banana jam with peanut butter and chocolate chips (‘Elvis’ filling). It was not bad but I’ve totally refused to eat the bread because of the past events. That’s not okay and I think should be addressed. So please, tell the staff there and pressure them to change their habits because their gloves are not for them or the fashion but for our food. I d gladly come back if this was changed. But till then I am not feeling safe to eat there…
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Jacqueline Telljohann
Stop #2 at Grand Central Market was this PB&J shop. It looked really interesting, but no one was around to order. Luckily after 10 minutes or so, someone came back.
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Jeffrey Liu
Not a bad place to go to get a unique twist on the classic Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich. Was recommended the Red Eye (for coffee lovers) and the Old Fashioned. The combination of flavors is decent but it definitely felt a little overpriced. Would recommend to other people but would warn them about the price.
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Gabriel Vazquez
I must admit, I like the fact that all the ingredients are locally made with organic ingredients. But this one was not for me. Ordered an Old School which unfortunately had to ask for a different jam as it was made with strawberries and it is the one thing I do not eat. A $5.50 sandwich as specified in their menu turned out to be almost $9, I assume because they had to use a different jam (blueberry) and I was offered the option to have it toasted. Flavor wise, not impressed and did not meet that expectation of bringing back those childhood memories. Definitely would give it another try.
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Kristina DiAngelo
High quality ingredients and great service. Try a sample of the filling before you decide which one to get! I recommend the Old Fashioned.
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Priscilla Usmani
I first laughed at the thought of gourmet PBJ, and figured that I had to try it cause I LOVE PBJ.
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Chelsea Josette Dy
I am very amazed at this simple yet unique concept. At first, I didn’t realize how they can make pb and j sandwiches so special but this place have very creative sandwiches and flavors! They have both savory and sweet options and they use very fresh ingredients.
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Sandra Chavez
Definitely a twist on the old pb and j, I think it’s a little over priced. Staff was super friendly, the place in general really crowded for a Wednesday. Definitely not my type of flavors, I ordered the Indian son ordered the red paid a little over $26 for 2 sandwiches and 2 milks.
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Hannah
Saw this place in the directory for Grand Central Market and wound our way toward it. The menu looked so fun; we ordered the Ol’ Fashioned toasted and the Superfood. Both were excellent. The process of filling and pressing the sandwiches (round bread!) was very fascinating to watch.
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