I Love L.A.
Finding it
I Love L.A. is in Departures in Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
Terminal 1 has 13 places to eat and 8 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 3:30am.
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
Doors open at 3:30am, among the earliest of any shop in this batch, timed to Terminal 1's first bank of Southwest departures rather than a leisurely mid-morning start. It closes at 10pm or with the last flight, whichever comes later, so a delayed evening departure doesn't automatically mean a shuttered storefront. It's the only LAX location, sitting in departures near Brookstone, Kiehl's and MAC Cosmetics rather than off in a corner of the terminal. The name and the hours together suggest it's built around the earliest and latest edges of Terminal 1's schedule rather than the middle of the day.
One of 2 I Love L.A. locations at Los Angeles International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 5).
Other options in Terminal 1
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.