The eight-seat Sag Harbor diner that turned pancakes into an hour-long wait for celebrities and locals alike is packing up its griddle for a four-day run through Los Angeles. Babe's on Tour: LA 2026 kicks off September 10 and rolls through four neighborhoods before wrapping up September 13, bringing the tiny Hamptons breakfast spot's classic banana chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes to a city more accustomed to viral tacos than East Coast diner counters.
According to the Beverly Press & Park Labrea News, the tour will hit restaurants in the La Brea, Larchmont, West Third Street and Beverly Hills areas, with each stop pairing Babe's signature pancakes with a specialty dish dreamed up alongside the host restaurant. Babe's itself is an eight-seat diner in Sag Harbor, New York, and it has already attracted members of the New York Knicks and New York Yankees, along with Justin Bieber, Meg Ryan, Neil Patrick Harris, Emma Roberts, Alix Earle and cast members from Love Island, per the same report.
The diner opened in May at 51 Division Street in a space previously occupied by Nikki's Not Dog Stand, co-founded by Greenberg's Bagels owner Julian Cavin, his wife Martine Langatta, and record executive Jonny Shipes, according to James Lane Post. Cavin relocated from Brooklyn to the East End and converted the former hot dog stand into a year-round diner. He previously co-founded Brooklyn's Greenberg's Bagels in February 2020, building a brand around high-profile culinary collaborations and pop-up events, per Forbes.
A Tiny Counter, an Outsized Following
Back home, the flagship location's compact footprint — a retro counter with eight red leather stools and an open kitchen — has meant wait times routinely exceeding an hour during summer 2026, as reported by the Hudson Valley Post. Babe's maintains a strict no-reservations policy, meaning celebrities and locals alike wait in the same line for a stool. That scarcity is part of what makes a four-day, multi-venue LA tour such a departure from how the diner normally operates.
Four Stops, Four Collaborations
The tour opens September 10 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Mish Delicatessen on La Brea Avenue, located at 127 S. La Brea Ave. Mish opened in June as a modern Jewish deli from James Beard finalist Chef Eric Greenspan and veteran restaurateur Bill Chait, according to the Los Angeles Times. Greenspan reportedly spent two years researching pastrami and wood-fired bagel recipes after departing his prior executive role at Tesla's Hollywood diner concept, and for this stop Mish will serve the Zeidenstein, a specialty collaboration built from scrambled eggs, pastrami, a latke and new-school American cheese sandwiched between two classic pancakes with maple syrup.
From there, the tour moves to Cookbook in Larchmont, at 310 N. Larchmont Blvd., on September 11 from 9 a.m. to noon, where the specialty collaboration will be raspberry jam pancakes. Cookbook Market was acquired in 2020 by James Beard Award-winning chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo's Joint Venture Restaurant Group, which expanded the neighborhood market concept from Echo Park into Highland Park and Larchmont Village, per The Founder Hour. Shook and Dotolo are prominent LA restaurateurs best known for Jon & Vinny's and Carmelized Productions.
The tour continues September 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at Uncle Paulie's on West Third Street, at 8053 W. 3rd St., where the collaboration dish is a cacio e pepe bacon, egg and cheese creation. Uncle Paulie's launched on Beverly Boulevard in 2017 before expanding to West 3rd Street, establishing itself as a go-to LA destination for East Coast-style Italian delis and specialty sandwiches, as Hoodline previously reported.
The tour wraps September 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at Leora in Beverly Hills, located at 9346 Civic Center Drive, Suite 125, inside UTA Plaza. Leora will serve both a Jerusalem bagel with French butter, blueberry compote and Maldon salt, and Babe's classic, banana chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes prepared in the diner's own style. Leora operates as an all-day Mediterranean-California café adjacent to United Talent Agency, serving talent and media industry professionals in central Beverly Hills, according to Love Beverly Hills.
Getting a Seat Without the Usual Membership
The tour is presented by Dorsia, the reservation platform that typically operates on a members-only subscription model, with annual fees ranging from $200 for basic access up to $25,000 for its premium-plus tier, according to Pearl. Dorsia contracts directly with venues to monetize prime availability or fill off-peak seatings under that model. For Babe's on Tour: LA 2026, however, bookings through Dorsia were made accessible to the public without requiring a paid membership, per The Daily Brief.
This isn't Dorsia's first viral LA activation. The platform previously brought a two-night, sold-out counter event to Budonoki in Virgil Village in April, featuring Kyoto omurice chef Motokichi Yukimura — an event for which Hoodline reported seats sold out almost instantly due to limited capacity and social media buzz. Dorsia has also managed exclusive VIP dining activations tied to Coachella earlier this year, part of a broader pattern of using short-run culinary pop-ups to draw new users to its platform.
For Los Angeles diners curious whether the Sag Harbor hype translates three thousand miles west, the answer arrives in installments over four mornings this month — one neighborhood counter at a time.
