WHY It’s business in the front and party in the back at this industrial=chic café that’s equal parts coffee shrine and performance space. WHAT This small, subdued place serves impeccable brews by Intelligentsia and Ecco along with sweet and savory treats from Auntie Em’s and Breadbar. On the mezzanine level, a shop stocked with Moroccan [...]
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WHY Your friendly, neighborhood German beer hall, now with a stellar beer list and an array of snazzy sausages. WHAT Every neighborhood should have a place like this. Large, friendly and unpretentious, it’s equally comfortable for highbrow beer geeks and families with young children. In warm weather, the patio is the perfect spot for a [...]
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WHY A loungey little restaurant that’s upscale enough to impress a date but casual enough to pop into with friends. WHAT The ambience is intimate and friendly. Happy hour is the best time to come: $2 off all wines by the glass and half-off crisp flatbreads, like the one topped with burrata, cippolini onions and [...]
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WHY The hottest bar of the last few years, it takes speakeasy chic to new heights. WHAT It’s hard to believe such a classy joint hides behind such a grimy exterior. That’s the idea. This dim bar, perfumed with the scent of cigars, is a paean to bartender Pablo Moix’s sweet and fancy rum cocktails. [...]
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WHY Some of L.A.’s most original and inspired cocktails in an atmosphere that oozes discreet charm. WHAT The mellow ambience belies the rigorous attention to detail bestowed on every cocktail by Allan Katz and his crew. The location doesn’t make it easy to find (you have to walk through the Doheny’s parking lot), but once [...]
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WHY Relaxed neighborhood bar with an uncommonly good beer selection and premium burgers. WHAT If you’ve ever wished your favorite craft beer bar served decent food, you’re finally home. The burgers are large and messy, made with high-quality stuff, and they’re a buck or two cheaper than they’d be at most self-proclaimed gastropubs. Can’t decide [...]
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WHY Because people need somewhere to drink in Brentwood. WHAT Situated next to longstanding Italian restaurant Toscana, this swank, nominally Italian bar goes heavy on the Amaro, Cynar, Campari and Fernet. The cocktails are a few bucks more expensive than they deserve to be, but the décor is pretty and clever. Suitable for a happy-hour [...]
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WHY For excellent Taiwanese breakfasts and snack foods. WHAT For a couple of decades Yi Mei Bakery, which had a few tables pushed into a corner, was the place to go for morning bowls of soy milk, Chinese crullers and savory buns. Now they’ve opened a real restaurant serving the same great stuff—and more. Of [...]
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WHY Tasty beers made right in Downtown L.A. in a vast, vintage warehouse. WHAT The warehouse is still being renovated at this writing, but the beer garden/sampling room is taking shape with tastings of several of Angel City’s brews, local art on the walls, and food trucks in the parking lot. Close to the Gold [...]
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WHY Chinatown restaurants can seem all too similar, but JR stands out for hot pots, lobster specials and well-prepared standards. ; WHAT The same owners’ JR Restaurant was one of the westside’s top Chinese restaurants, and faithful customers will find many of the same favorites at this slightly slicker updated spot with white tablecloths, beer [...]
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