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14 Fantastic Places to Pack Your Freezer With Frozen Dumplings in LA

Enjoy fresh dumplings — fried, boiled, or steamed — right at home

byFarley ElliottApr 6, 2020, 1:22pm PDT

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byFarley ElliottApr 6, 2020, 1:22pm PDT

Things have calmed slightly around Los Angeles during the coronavirus pandemic. Grocery stores have largely returned to life, restaurants are doing all they can to continue to offer takeout and delivery (as well as grocery items themselves), and the city continues to await further word on when physical distancing efforts to fight COVID-19 can be curtailed. Luckily, that leaves plenty of time for folks to stay home, dine with family or roommates (or on video chat), and watch TV — ideally with a whole bunch of piping hot dumplings at the ready.

The below 14 places offer relatively inexpensive bags of premade, frozen dumplings of all kinds, from Armenian to Chinese to Taiwanese and beyond, perfect for taking home, dropping into the freezer, and having on hand for any night of the week when cooking truly seems like just too much to handle. The restaurants are listed from west to east.

Little Fatty

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Mar Vista’s Little Fatty has a variety of six, eight, and 11-piece dumplings to take home, all priced at $9 at under.

3809 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066

(310) 574-7610

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Go Go Gyoza

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Chef Brandon Kida of Hinoki + the Bird has launched Go Go Gyoza, a delivery-only gyoza option around Los Angeles, complete with instructions for cooking up at home before serving.

10 W Century Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 552-1200

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Tashkent Produce

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This Uzbek market in Valley Village offers a variety of unique treats, including freezers full of handmade dumplings.

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5340 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Valley Village, CA 91607

(818) 752-7222

Northern Cafe

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Northern Cafe has expanded to multiple different locations over the years, but the Beverly Grove location remains among the busiest in the chain, particularly now for frozen dumplings.

8459 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

(323) 592-3493

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Dumpling Monster

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$20 gets a 25-piece tray of frozen dumplings to take home at West Hollywood’s Dumpling Monster.

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7318 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 60, West Hollywood, CA 90046

(323) 450-9790

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ixlb Dimsum Eats

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IXLB Dimsum Eats has been doing a variety of inexpensive dim sum specialities in Hollywood for a few years now, and continues to let customers take away batches of different dumplings for take-home dining.