Sweet E's Bake Shop

When Joan’s on Third opened on the west side of 3rd Street in 1995, that part of town didn’t have much going for it. Since then, the area between The Grove and Cedars-Sinai hospital has grown into a hub of gourmet restaurants and laid-back cafes, boutiques, art galleries—and cupcake bakeries. In fact, there are so many cupcake bakeries lining this street a cupcake crawl can be organized to sample all of them.