WHY Major Dickason’s blend. WHAT If you must drink at a chain, this estimable Bay Area institution is the one to pick. The coffee drinks are robust and made by actual baristas, the take-home beans are addictive and thoughtfully ground, and all the locations were carefully chosen to showcase Peets’ outdoor tables in lively, people-watching [...]
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WHY Can’t beat the soundtrack—great jazz on the stereo. WHAT A sophisticated, spacious spot, Perry’s is a terrific place to hold small business meetings or to work on your laptop (free WiFi). Good coffee, tasty sandwiches and Dreyer’s ice cream. WHO The hipper sorts of Northwest Pasadenans, after-school kids and employees of local nonprofits. 2051 [...]
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WHY It’s the perfect place to sit and finish your novel (the one you’re reading or the one you’re writing), while sipping coffee and eating some addictive arepas (stuffed cornmeal patties). WHAT This friendly, relaxed place is a real find in a sleeper Ocean Park neighborhood. It’s got an open, modern look and warm Latin [...]
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WHY You can hang out as long as you like, and the private room is great for a committee meeting. WHAT Maybe it’s not the best coffee in town—and the service is often bizarrely slow—but there’s something endearing about this appealingly scruffy place anyway. For one thing, the live music in the separate concert room [...]
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WHY Because it makes you want to move to Sierra Madre just to make this place your local coffeehouse. WHAT This just might be the perfect coffeehouse—robust java, funky-but-comfortable furniture and a terrifically diverse crowd. All that plus bluegrass and folk music on the weekends, WiFi, board games, sidewalk tables and homemade baked goods. WHO [...]
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WHY The many moles—black, yellow, green, red, colorado—served in tamales, with chicken, in all sorts of dishes. Good huevos for breakfast, too. WHAT A fine and most affordable Oaxacan café known for its moles and its breakfast (good cinnamon-infused coffee). Try the mole negro tamale and the huitlachoche and frijoladas, a wonderful mix of beans, [...]
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WHY To pole-vault into the league of the coolest foodies in town. WHAT One might assume from the ‘Pico Teriyaki House’ sign outside that this might be a divey neighborhood spot for a cheap plate of chicken teriyaki and shrimp tempura. And one would be very, very wrong. This is L.A.’s great ‘secret’ restaurant, where [...]
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WHY Cold-pressed apple-juice blends that are totally delish—try the apple strawberry or apple ginger. WHAT It’s not really in Beverly Hills, but a harmless bit of false advertising is no reason to shun this teeny place, which specializes in cold-pressed fruit juices, wheatgrass, carrot juices and smoothie-like banana-based creations. WHO Healthful sorts on their way [...]
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WHY For a generous, messy, not-inexpensive burger (Angus beef, turkey, chicken, salmon or veggie), prepared in a nearly infinite number of ways. Also terrific are the sweet-potato fries, crisp onion rings and thick shakes. WHAT Have a hankering for a burger with jalapeño jack cheese, carrot strings, a fried egg and apricot sauce? You can [...]
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WHY Huge slices of bagel-crust pizza to eat on the spot (the simple tomato-basil is best), or whole pizzas for takeout or delivery. WHAT The young folks just barely managing the $1,500 rent on their Venice dumps would starve if it weren’t for the constantly replenished racks of by-the-slice pizza. Eat your slice at the [...]
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