Cava
Phone
(858)526-5381Alcohol
No
Finding it
Cava is in Behind Yakumi & Fat Sal's in Terminal 3 near Gates 30-38 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 30-38
Terminal 3 has 10 places to eat and 5 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Cava sits behind Yakumi and Fat Sal's in the Terminal 3 food hall serving gates 30 through 38, part of the same cluster as Alfred Coffee and Chicken and Beer. It's the row's mediterranean and salad option, a break from the sandwiches and fried chicken flanking it on either side. LAX has just this one Cava, so there's no second stand in another terminal to fall back on if the line backs up before a west-concourse departure.
What to expect
- mediterranean
- salad
Other options in Terminal 3
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Terminal 3 (Gates 30-38) Departures Level Directory — Los Angeles World Airports, checked 2026-09-04
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.