Philippe The Original

A pedestrian-only Mexican market street packed with toy and novelty stalls, taquitos at Cielito Lindo, and free museums including the city's oldest house.

An ice cream counter in the Far East Plaza with hundreds of rotating flavors, so an adventurous kid and a plain-vanilla kid both leave happy.

Chinatown's birthday-cake institution since 1938. Kids press against the case for sugar butterflies, pineapple buns and the famous strawberry whipped cream cake.

A splash pad with inch-deep water and a playground with a soft, wavy rubber surface and climbing structures, right by City Hall. There's a Starbucks inside the park for the grown-ups.

A family-run mochi and manju shop in Little Tokyo since 1903. Kids get to pick their own rainbow rows of sweets straight from the case.

Free contemporary art museum with a scavenger hunt for kids (finish it and claim a prize), a quiet room for sensory breaks, and a kids' audio tour narrated by LeVar Burton.