WHY Food that’s much, much better than it has to be, given that it’s a tribute to Chicago’s Rush Street, a strip known for its bar scene, not fine dining. Order the truffle asiago fries while you peruse the menu. Good happy hour, too. WHAT In an enormous, barn-like room in the heart of Culver [...]
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WHY Well-prepared Honduran baleadas (fat quesadillas), marinated chicken and conch soup served by non-English speakers in a spotless and attractive storefront restaurant. WHAT Overmortgaged on your Van Nuys house? Then come to El Katracho for one of the $6 lunch specials, and you’ll be fed for the day—and then some. Honduran cooking is rich and [...]
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WHY Because if beef tongue is the must-have dish, when tarte flambé and amazing sweetbreads with mushroom fricassée are also on the menu, chef Ray Garcia must be on to something. WHAT If you didn’t have to walk past the spa, you’d never guess this is the Fairmont Miramar’s bistro. The food is top-notch, the [...]
Type: Restaurant
Region: West of the 405
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Features: Breakfast, Cocktails, Dinner, Lunch, Patio Dining, Private Room, Quiet, Romantic, Vegetarian
Price Range: $17-$24, $25-$33
Cuisine Type: French, Modern American
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WHY No need to drive to Sausalito to admire this handmade tableware. WHAT A partnership between Heath and longtime L.A. architect and potter Adam Silverman, proprietor of Atwater Pottery, the airy store includes gallery space for ceramic artists as well as plenty of display room for tableware, some kitchenware, a tightly edited book selection and [...]
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WHY This youngish café is everything that this gentrifying neighborhood promises to be: accessible, affordable and full of adorably attired babies. WHAT At the corner of York and Avenue 50, this is a perfect little coffeehouse in a neighborhood that needed it. The menu is small, but everything is delicious (try the jalapeño bagels). There’s [...]
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WHY Excellent Brooklyn-style pizza (thin-crust) sold by the slice here or delivered promptly by the whole pie. WHAT Former New Yorkers (yes, plenty of them live in MB) say this is the closest thing to home in L.A., and indeed the crust has that not-soggy-yet-floppy-enough-to-fold-in-half consistency so essential to a New York pie. You can [...]
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WHY Beautiful salads, bowls and sandwiches made from ingredients as fresh, locally sourced and organic as possible, served in a bright, cheerful café. WHAT Handsome young owner Samir Mohajer has brought the same devotion to high-quality ingredients seen at his old home, Rustic Canyon, to this casual, order-at-the-counter café. Salads are generous and perfectly balanced; [...]
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WHY To discover the flavors of China’s Yunnan province. WHAT A brightly lit Chinese café like a thousand others in the area, with the brusque service that’s the norm. But the culinary style is more uncommon: the robust, chile-laden food of the mountainous Yunnan province, which fills China’s southwest corner. Try the crossing-the-bridge noodles, cumin [...]
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WHY One of the best Mexican restaurants in Southern California, and superb margaritas, too. WHAT Jimmy Shaw may look like an Irishman, but he cooks like the Mexico City native he is, and after building a rabid following at his little Farmers Market stand, he’s hit the big time with this Hollywood restaurant and his [...]
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WHY Doesn’t everyone want to be a beekeeper? WHAT Like dog walking and closet organizing, beekeeping turns out to be a task that can be outsourced—thanks to Kirk Anderson, the Urban Beekeeper. Typically he removes unwanted swarms and moves them to a new home that wants them. Once moved, the bees stay in their adopted [...]
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