WHY Art deco elegance reminiscent of old Hollywood, with superb cocktails and Mark Peel’s take on bar food. Great happy hour, too. WHAT More luxe than the north La Brea address would suggest, this new cocktail lounge by Campanile’s Mark Peel is as retro as they come, from the steak Diane to the high-backed white [...]
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WHY Because mall shopping requires constant refueling with both mocha-espresso martinis and chile-lime crab cakes. WHAT Cocktails with cheesy names like the astrology-inspired Leo and Scorpio (which arrive tableside in the appropriate birthstone color) are actually pretty good, if overpriced and on the sweet side. Garlic fries with chipotle aioli will come to the rescue [...]
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WHY How often do you get to try carefully made, fresh food served out of a bus with a rooftop dining deck? WHAT No more crouching on the curb-at the Bustaurant, diners order from a window and then climb the stairs of the double decker bus to eat atop the vehicle, with a view of [...]
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WHY With its California-dream patio and organic, market food, Wilshire is bucking to be the Michael’s for the new millennium. WHAT Wilshire has a too-cool country-club vibe, complete with leather club chairs and a martini-sipping crowd at the packed bar, but it’s not just the latest hot spot to jump on the organic, sustainable bandwagon. [...]
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WHY Tasty cocktails, a comfortable bar and a menu with something for everyone. WHAT The name is a tribute to owner/chef Brendan Collins’s home country, England, but his cooking is not English-his training is French, and his experience includes a long stint at Mélisse. Now, in the 1960s building that long housed the old Crest [...]
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WHY An only-in-L.A. combo: creative Cal-Mediterranean dishes meet Justin Timberlake-worthy poolside dining. WHAT Mega-style meets better-than-the-norm hotel dining at this too-hip-for-most beach hotel. You can dine out on the green patio, in your own private tent or in the glam dining room; while it’s more romantic at night, it’s pricier, too, so we like coming [...]
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WHY For A-list service, a beautiful setting and elegant, thoughtfully prepared seafood. Splurge on the chilled seafood platter if you can afford it. WHAT Although the Water Grill’s cooking no longer has foodies in New York buzzing, it’s still very, very good. Chef David LeFevre makes things like striped bass ceviche with mint, pineapple, candied [...]
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WHY About 100 wines by the glass, with all sorts of flight options, and delicious dishes to accompany those wines. WHAT A-list movie producer and Pasadena resident Gale Anne Hurd brought a little Hollywood zing to non-showy Pasadena with her wine-focused restaurant-although the look is actually more New York sleek than Hollywood glitz, and it [...]
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WHY Chic elegance in a neighborhood more known for casual bistros. Check out the lobster bake on Wednesdays. WHAT Now that the cocktail-lounge action has moved out back to the adjacent Rockwell VT, Vermont is more about the dining experience. Stephane Beaucamp’s food is as elegant as the space: warm Medjool date salad, prime flat-iron [...]
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WHY To eat a good meal in the splendor of L.A.’s Union Station. WHAT Chef/owner Tara Thomas serves a concise, appealing menu of modern American dishes (with Asian and Latino influences) in a great-looking streamline moderne dining room or out on the ‘patio’ under the painted beams of Union Station. The separate bar is one [...]
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