WHY Organic eggs are used in breakfast dishes like poached eggs with goat cheese and smoked bacon. There are plenty of vegetarian choices, and lunches include grass-fed beef burgers and free-range chicken and apple salad. WHAT This zippy, modern café on an up-and-coming stretch of Pico draws neighborhood faithfuls for breakfasts with a healthy touch. [...]
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WHY Superb lunchtime sushi bento boxes ($12.95) and excellent happy-hour deals. WHAT A pleasant and modest sushi bar, Katsu bears no relation to the über-trendy Katsu-ya chain. Very good, reasonably priced sashimi, sushi, spicy tuna and tempura are served in a modest lime-green dining room just a roll’s throw from the ocean. WHO Locals who [...]
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WHY The best pastrami on rye in Southern California; very good corned beef, too. WHAT Langer’s is so beloved that the city named the intersection of 7th and Alvarado Langer’s Square—and Metrolink put a subway stop right across the street. The subway furthers the happy feeling of a proper New York deli, from the vinyl [...]
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WHY A lengthy menu of carefully prepared boxed lunches from a sparkling kitchen. WHAT When you don’t want to pony up big bucks for the omakase at your favorite sushi bar, this place is a bargain alternative. They offer great variety: 20 options of made-to-order bento, including many sushi roll combinations. WHO Harried parents and [...]
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WHY Fresh beer, tasty English pub fare and a gregarious and interesting crowd. WHAT L.A.’s best-known pub has grown over the decades, now boasting two pub rooms and a dining room stretching between the Promenade and the shore. It’s touristy as hell, but it’s saved by the quality of food and the 20-some beers on [...]
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WHY For a good business lunch or a lively dinner with friends. WHAT Chef Michael Shafer is one of the culinary leaders in the South Bay, and his Depot is one of the best destinations in the area for martinis, steaks and Asian-influenced California cuisine. WHO The Torrance A-list of business leaders, politicians and social [...]
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WHY Something for everyone, served into the wee hours, and convenient to the Arclight and the Hollywood club scene. WHAT A handy place to know about, whether you want a Cobb salad for lunch, crab cakes and cosmopolitans before an Arclight movie, or a burger after making the club scene. The food isn’t remarkable, but [...]
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WHY It’s one of best fine-dining seafood restaurants in the United States. Okay, maybe it is the best. WHAT Michael Cimarusti’s seafood dishes are constructed as carefully as paintings, and they’re as delicious to eat as they are to gaze upon. He’s been cooking in this serene and appropriately elegant space for so long and [...]
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WHY Skillet-fried chicken and other Southern comfort dishes served in an atmospheric old home. WHAT Everyone loves the charm of the restored Craftsman house, but opinion is divided on Larkin Mackey’s Southern cooking. Portions are small by soul-food standards, waits for tables can be painful (no reservations), and service is typically lax. But the chicken [...]
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WHY Jungle curry, a subtly spicy, coconut-milk-based seafood stew; grilled beef salad with Chinese broccoli; pad Thai with a fiery spiciness instead of an American sweetness; and the succulent BBQ beef appetizer. WHAT Thai Town has lots of fine cafés, but this one stands out. You don’t come here for the setting: Formica tables jammed [...]
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