Sunday Gravy is the cozy brother-sister-owned restaurant on Centinela near South La Brea, and it’s exactly as the name ascribes, with antipasto, lasagna, meatballs, and a little bit of LA with short rib ragu Italian french fries. It’s an easy stop on the way to, or from, SoFi Stadium.

Be mindful of operating hours when heading to the Serving Spoon: Though open daily, the legendary breakfast restaurant closes at 2 p.m. Order a mimosa to pair with the fried chicken, waffles, and mac and cheese.

This relatively new Inglewood restaurant fits the bill for anyone craving traditional Jamaican fare. While the oxtails, beef patties, goat curry, and pickled escovitch snapper are all well-made, the dish to get here is the jerk chicken platter — a generous portion of peas and rice, caramelized plantains, cabbage, and chicken. Order a cold Ting soda to help offset the heat.

Mexican staple Fiesta Martin opened the first restaurant in 2009, with four locations dominating South LA. The same family launched Martin’s Cocina y Cantina in early 2021 and it’s a six-minute drive to SoFi Stadium. Expect nachos, taquitos, tacos, enchiladas, and platters like the traditional chile verde with rice and beans and guacamole. And if you can’t make the game, they will definitely have it on one of the many TVs in the bright, festive room.

The Wood Urban Kitchen is the perfect NFL stop with brisket, slabs of ribs, rib tips, and traditional sides. Be sure to order the sweet potato pound cake with a cocktail before or after the game. Or simply stake out an outdoor table and order away while you watch the Chargers or Rams on TV.

Dulan’s actually has two ideal locations for SoFi Stadium. The one on Manchester is closest to SoFi (indoor seating is coming soon), while the Century Boulevard location maintains ample outdoor seating for guests to settle in and consume the signature giant portions of fried chicken, smothered pork chops, black-eyed peas, and sweet potato pie.

While they don’t serve food at Three Weavers, this Inglewood brewery has outdoor patios that make it very easy to enjoy house-made brews or even a board game before or after a visit to SoFi.

There’s a solid Belizean restaurant barely a mile away from SoFi Stadium, where oxtails, peas and rice, plantains, fried panades (the Belizean version of fried empanadas), and beloved coconut tarts are on the menu.

Woody’s is a barbecue beacon in Los Angeles. Located on an Inglewood corner that’s impossible to miss, Woody’s always has a smoke stack billowing from Market Street on the corner of South La Brea. Staff prepare barbecue on brick ovens with oak wood, and use a water hose to keep the fire down, just like founder Woody Phillips did before his death in early 2020.

Carolyn Plummer’s Sweet Red Peach is directly across the street from SoFi Stadium, and is a great stop for the kids or those with a sweet tooth. Plummer’s specialties include toffee chocolate chip cookies, apple cobblers, cupcakes, and so much more. The red velvet cheesecake will make anyone a fan.

La Fonda is unfussy, with ample space to watch a game while downing micheladas, beer, or margaritas and eating tacos, burritos, enchiladas, chilaquiles, aguachile, huaraches, tortas, quesadillas, and bowls.

A two-mile drive to SoFi Stadium, Trinistyle Cuisines is open Friday through Sunday with a rotating menu of roti, doubles, or a Sunday brunch featuring macaroni pie and callaloo with oxtail or stewed chicken. Call ahead to see what’s available and to place an order.

Ms. B’s owner Beverly Brinson moved her 30-year business to a spacious new location in 2019, where she prepares her Mississippi-inspired soul food menu with all the classics. What’s different at her new location? All of her delicious options are still in place, but the only thing that’s changed is the roomy and covered outdoor dining area.