WHY Classic deli fare, plus customer-pampering waitresses straight out of Central Casting. WHAT Established in 1948, Billy’s is an institution that runs on homemade pickles, towers of lox and pastrami and lots of rye bread. A deli case and bakery case complement a dining room hung with sepia photos of a Glendale with Red Cars [...]
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WHY For true Italian espresso drinks made from a giant brass R2-D2 machine, with good panini and baked goods, too. WHAT This small caffé is authentically Italian—which means no hanging around with your laptop for hours. Instead, drink your carefully pulled espresso or glass of Valpolicella (it’s an enoteca, too) or eat your caprese salad [...]
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WHY Downtown’s best pizza, which holds up well in a takeout box, plus other goodies to take back to the office for lunch. WHAT This pink fashionista café has an adjacent mini-mart and gourmet-to-go counter, which is sadly open only until the early afternoon. Call ahead and they’ll make you a fabulous pizza or salad [...]
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WHY Cold-smoked beef that’s hung over hickory coals for 72 hours, and the house-smoked, very lean (this is Beverly Hills) salumi. WHAT This shop smokes its own meats and sausages in a brick pit in the back, and the German-trained owners stock their cases with impeccably spiced veal wieners, chubby bratwurst, smoked beef tongue and [...]
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WHY One of the best-stocked Indian markets in town, with savvy owners who do their best to help customers hunt down elusive products. WHAT The Punjabi owners stock ingredients for all kinds of Indian cooking, and they pride themselves on offering such exotic and hard-to-find foods as fresh curry leaves. And if you’re looking for [...]
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WHY The short-rib griiled cheese, which is every bit as heavenly as it sounds; the high-quality build-your-own burgers, made with grass-fed beef or a blend of Angus steak, tri-tip, chuck and short rib; and the light, wonderful onion rings. WHAT This upscale burger bar occupies the former Table 8 space and shares the same owners. [...]
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WHY It’s the least pretentious—and least expensive—place in town to enjoy coffee brewed by individual cup in a Clover machine. WHAT Hidden in a strip mall on South Figueroa between Staples Center and USC, this place is a total find for serious coffee lovers. It has a good and often-varying selection of fair-trade beans from [...]
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WHY For good, inexpensive Japanese comfort food, especially udon, served late into the night. WHAT A Little Tokyo icon, Suehiro is a simple, affordable café that serves satisfying udon noodle soups, cold soba noodle dishes, bento-box meals and katsudon bowls. Extras include friendly service and a library of Japanese fashion magazines and manga. WHO City [...]
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WHY Two words: cream puffs. WHAT The craze that has swept Japan is now in L.A., with branches popping up like Pinkberries once did. The obsession is over a cream puff. Fat balls of choux are baked all day long, and when you order yours, an employee fills it with sweetened cream (vanilla, chocolate, green [...]
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WHY Roasted on-site coffee, in bulk or to drink here, prepared by the Chinese-American owner, Jimmy, who’s brought his passion for coffee to a neighborhood that needed it. Great prices, too. WHAT This coffee roaster, coffeehouse and juice bar is a real find, run by a friendly guy who wants everyone to love coffee as [...]
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