WHY Lobster chile relleno with tamarindo-hoisin sauce, grilled salmon with mole pipian and a spinach-garlic quesadilla, and grilled half-chicken with two moles. WHAT This nouvelle Oaxacan café serves very good, modestly priced southern Mexican dishes in a colorful dining room or out on a quiet walled patio. Note that while it shares a name with [...]
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WHY Delicious and affordable tamales, enchiladas, chile verde and other Mexican classics. WHAT The Gallegos family has been feeding Angelenos well for generations. If you’re really on a budget, you can pick up trays of tamales, carnitas, beans and salsa from the deli, or if you can spend a little more, they’ll bring everything to [...]
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WHY The best falafel in town, crisp on the outside and tender within. Succulent schwarma, too. WHAT This tiny diner has been attracting falafel addicts for more than 25 years, and the lines still haven’t abated. 5101 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, 323.663.9687 B & L daily, D Mon.-Sat., early D Sun. Cash only. Type: Food [...]
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WHY Properly boiled and hearth-baked bagels, more compact and pleasingly dense than most in town, made fresh all day. WHAT Between Downtown and Koreatown lies one of L.A.’s most New York of businesses, a busy bakery with an equally busy retail outlet. Try the blueberry or the poppyseed, and don’t miss Bagel Happy Hour (3 [...]
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WHY Although it’s the kind of restaurant that MBAs, not chefs, create, Grande Orange an undeniably winning place, especially the bar, the Caesar salad, the burgers and the excellent pizzas now emerging from the brand-new wood-burning ovens. WHAT The owners of this spot in the handsomely restored 1925 Santa Fe Depot at Del Mar Station [...]
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WHY The on-site smoker, the Harris Ranch beef dry-aged on the premises and the homemade sausages. WHAT Part of the elite Beverly Glen Marketplace is this high-end butcher, known for its prime beef, veal chops and kebabs and other prepared meats. Good movie-star-spotting, too. WHO Bel-Air locals, for whom the price of prime, dry-aged beef [...]
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WHY Large, chewy bagels that are boiled and baked, and good bagel wraps, too. WHAT New Yorkers may criticize, but these are excellent bagels by California standards, and both branches have drive-through windows for people who need a dozen assorted bagels—stat! WHO During the week, folks hurrying to work or taking a turkey-wrap lunch break; [...]
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WHY For small-town service with big-city products, from fine wines and prime meats to frozen organic baby food and boutique-label chocolates. WHAT This swank little market doesn’t have 50 kinds of toilet paper, but it has everything a Bel-Air resident might need, including artisanal cheeses and sushi. There’s an espresso bar, too. WHO Movie stars [...]
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WHY For some of the best prime beef in L.A. Consider going in with friends on a side of dry-aged beef. WHAT Inside the winningly old-school Howie’s Ranch Market is this superb purveyor of beef—it’s mostly from Harris Ranch, and it’s mostly prime. The butchers know what they’re doing. The marinated meats, notably the chicken [...]
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WHY For a lovely and reasonably priced wedding or garden party, as well as carry-out platters of comforting modern American food (grilled tri-tip, white-bean chicken chili, Southern fried-chicken salad) for all sorts of events. WHAT Many a wedding has been held in this secret garden behind a brick storefront on the south end of Old [...]
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