WHY For kebabs and fresh seafood dishes to take home or back to the office (or eat in your car). Try the salmon tacos, mahi mahi burger, falafel or lamb kebabs. WHAT A tiny hut next to Gerlach’s Liquor (which stocks a surprisingly impressive collection of wine) turns out delicious and inexpensive food with Middle [...]
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WHY For one of the guiltiest pleasures of all: a low-class corn dog on a stick, washed down with super-sweet lemonade. WHAT Now found in malls across the nation, this simple, goofy chain started right here on Muscle Beach in 1946. A good amusement when you have out-of-town guests. WHO Tourists, bike-path cruisers and little [...]
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WHY A tasty turkey burger, good hot dogs and all-around decent fast food served until 3 a.m. on weekends at modest prices—in a high-priced neighborhood. Oh, and free parking! WHAT An L.A. classic on the Sunset Strip, Carney’s is a standard fast-food joint in an atmospheric old train car plopped in a parking lot. The [...]
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WHY Fried (Baja-style) fish tacos, ceviche and al pastor tacos and burritos. WHAT A vividly colorful stand that looks like it should be in a Mexican beach town, La Estrella has a crowd day and night. We prefer the meat dishes at El Taquito Mexicano, but the fish tacos are winners. WHO High school kids, [...]
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WHY Excellent prepared and deli foods, pretty produce and a butcher that carries four kinds of beef: Kobe, Midwestern prime, certified Black Angus and hormone-free Angus. WHAT A family-owned market that’s kind of like a small Whole Foods (and Whole Foods is just down the street), Vicente Foods has L.A.’s best selection of products (preserves, [...]
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WHY Ground-in-house meats, Harris Ranch prime cuts, very good tri-tip and some wild game. They corn their own beef—try it. WHAT It looks like your basic corner mom ‘n pop market, which is what it was when it started back in the ’40s. But today Jim’s is the West Valley’s best source for quality meats [...]
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WHY For posh prepared foods and high-end groceries, delivered for westsiders. WHAT Mindy Weiss, a high-end event planner, turned this little market into a sort of foodie boutique. Besides basic grocery-store staples, you’ll find naturally raised Angus beef from Montana Legend, prepared foods from Pasadena’s Kitchen for Exploring Foods, desserts from the Cake Divas, eco-friendly [...]
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WHY High-quality marinated meats. WHAT Carnivores, rejoice: This is the place to go for prime and choice Midwestern beef, along with an array of marinated meats: tri-tips, carne asada, pollo asada, butterflied legs of lamb. Vegetarians can be diverted by all the beautiful produce. Howie’s Ranch Market, 14 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, 626.355.8267 [...]
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WHY For rich and beautiful (if sometimes too sweet) cupcakes; try the dark chocolate, lemon and cinnamon. If you call your order in ahead, you won’t have to wait in line. WHAT We don’t get the cupcake frenzy, but if you’re among the obsessed, you will make a pilgrimage here, if you haven’t already. What [...]
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WHY French-style sorbets, strawberry goats’ milk ice cream and creamy, rich cinnamon or white peach ice cream—not to mention the profound romance of lavender ice cream made with crushed lavender petals. WHAT Now that this sophisticated ice cream is sold at Surfas, Whole Foods and Beverly Glen Marketplace, Angelenos don’t have to trek to Redondo [...]
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