Botanica kind of looks like a lifestyle magazine come to life. That’s pretty much the point from longtime food editors and first-time restaurateurs Emily Fiffer and Heather Sperling. Their picturesque Silver Lake establishment resides just down Silver Lake Boulevard from the reservoir. The airy space features a market and bakery up front. The cafe portion houses exposed rafters and raked pink walls, a plant-lined back patio, and a seasonal, Cal modern menu.

Botanica sells plain banana buckwheat poppyseed bread in the front pastry case. To get the full effect, order Ghee-toasted Banana Buckwheat Poppyseed Bread ($12). Each butter-kissed, slightly nutty slab is seasoned with cinnamon and vanilla. Botanica toasts their banana bread, cuts it in half, and plates on bright citrus-ginger-cardamom yogurt. They shower each order with lemon zest and top with rotating roasted spring fruit and delicate edible purple flowers.