WHY For the duck confit sandwich, made with Breadbar’s ciabatta, Le Marechal cheese and a fig spread. People drive across town for this sandwich. WHAT Call ahead or stop by to order cheese platters for a party or one of the superb sandwiches—the duck confit is most famous, but we’re also terribly fond of the [...]
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WHY Hearty stews made from chickpeas and lentils accompany plenty of vegetable side dishes, like greens with garlic or tomatoes with green pepper, while the fluffy injera bread adds healthy touches like flax, sunflower seeds and sesame. Flaxseed and barley also make appearances in smoothie-like drinks. WHAT Most of the Ethiopian restaurants on Fairfax serve [...]
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WHY For the quintessential grill-your-own Koreatown experience—it’s a great place to bring out-of-towners. WHAT You’ll smell like meaty smoke all night after dinner here, and you won’t mind a bit. It’s one of Koreatown’s best-known places, a dive with brusque service and a constant wait for a table. The panchan (side dishes) aren’t as complex [...]
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WHY Wonderful pizzas, panzanella, perfectly dressed salads and toothsome pasta dishes. Delivery, too! WHAT Back in the early days of Melrose, Evan Kleiman set the L.A. standard for casual, affordable trattorie serving robust and delicious food. Today Angeli continues to be a standard-bearer. An L.A. treasure, and a great place to have a private party. [...]
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WHY Deeply satisfying rustic cooking at prices that might inspire you to entertain more. WHAT Evan Kleiman and her trattoria, Angeli, are known for irresistible Italian fare—small pizzas, bruschetta, frittura mista, roast chicken—but the catering operation can go beyond Italian to do Provençal, Indian, American, even Irish food. The universal theme is a homey rusticity [...]
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WHY Noodle dishes are the stars—standouts include pad see euw (drunken noodles) and boat soup noodles, and they’re served every night until 4 a.m. WHAT This venerable spot offers a late-night Thai fix that’s hard to beat, despite the bare-bones atmosphere and crowded parking lot. Good food at a great price, and it tastes even [...]
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WHY Tasty oat bran muffins and other healthy treats. WHAT This friendly café is well located in central Santa Monica, just a short walk from the Promenade. The coffee drinks are carefully made, and the food is actually good for you: veggie burgers, quesadillas, organic salads. Try to score a table on the patio. 530 [...]
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WHY Excellent double-shot cappuccino and highly entertaining evening performances. WHAT ‘Death Before Decaf’ is the motto at this neighborhood café, and the baristas deliver the goods. As for the décor, think first apartment for theater majors—walls painted red and purple, old movie-theater seats and velvet drapes in bold colors. There’s also free WiFi, plentiful tables [...]
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WHY Delicious ‘infuzions,’ friendly people. WHAT This tiny coffeehouse just north of the Promenade draws a local, non-tourist crowd all day long. There’s free WiFi, but the tables are too small to allow for hours of leisurely Facebooking. The coffee’s fine, and the café’s signature ‘infuzions’—fruit-based iced-blended drinks—are delicious. WHO Local office workers and shoppers, [...]
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WHY Where else can $45 buy you ‘coffee & counsel’—a cuppa joe and twenty minutes of legal consultation? WHAT Corporate law was a grind, so Jeff Hughes combined his desire to become a ‘people’s lawyer’ with his love of a good coffeehouse to create this unusual place. You can drop in or make an appointment [...]
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