Originally Posted by
Efrem
(The two linked articles don't say which side of security the restaurants they discuss are on, other than the first one for TBIT only, but I assume they're mostly airside. Please correct me if that's wrong, too.)
Other than Starbucks in T4 and T6, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in T5 and Dunkin’ Donuts in T7, the only landside restaurants at LAX that I am aware of are the ones listed for TBIT.
All the other restaurants which are reviewed in the articles that I linked are behind security.
I know that this does not apply to your situation, however, you can enter and clear security at all LAX terminals with a same day boarding pass for a flight departing from any terminal.