WHY Homemade Mexican food that’s anything but generic in a generic strip-mall setting. There’s no beer to drink, but you can have a Mexican Coke, made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. (That Coke alone draws a loyal clientele.) WHAT Although the bare-bones, order-at-the-counter setting isn’t much, Tere’s cooking provides all the atmosphere you [...]
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WHY Absolutely superb Mexican food: a huge, tender pork shank with tomatillo sauce, addictive potato taquitos, grilled shrimp and achiote-infused chicken, rice so good it makes Mexican-Americans weep in memory of their grandmothers, and heavenly chocolate bread pudding. WHAT Enrique Perez can make a burrito if that’s what you really want, but you’re better off [...]
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WHY Pasta Mama and Pasta Papa, two of the most addictive pasta-egg scrambles imaginable. WHAT Hugo’s serves dinner, and it’s a good dinner, but what brings the many regulars back are the breakfasts and brunches. Organic, generally lowfat ingredients are turned into terrific scrambles, pancakes, vegan breads and, for true brunch sybarites, a tasty but [...]
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WHY If you work in the heart of Hollywood, this is a fine spot for lunch. WHAT Lunch—or weekend breakfast—at a table in the walled patio behind this long, narrow bungalow is a fine thing indeed, and it’s almost as nice sitting inside. Chef Betty Fraser had her Hollywood moment on Top Chef, and now [...]
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WHY Tables on the sand, smack in the middle of Santa Monica Beach. WHAT This longtime on-the-sand café is now part of the public Annenberg Beach Club next door. The straightforward fare is pretty much the same—nothing amazing, but that omelet, breakfast quesadilla or burger tastes so much better when the sun is sparkling on [...]
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WHY Santa Fe egg scramble, pumpkin pancakes, french toast coated in honey nut cornflakes and, at lunch, good quesadillas and a Chinese chicken salad. WHAT Not everything is good at this health-conscious, fairly pricey café, but many of the breakfast dishes are, which is why it’s so hard to find parking on weekend mornings and [...]
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WHY Honest diner food at honest diner prices. WHAT A neighborhood staple since 1959, the TallyRand is a good spot for a well-prepared American breakfast (eggs ‘n bacon, homemade muffins, superb buttermilk pancakes) and a delicious chicken club sandwich for lunch. Solid chow served to solid folks settled into padded vinyl booths. WHO Large family [...]
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WHY Richly flavorful southern Indian cooking that is all vegetarian with many vegan choices, too, served on an atmospheric secret patio. WHAT Paru’s has a speakeasy feel to it—you have to be buzzed in, and there’s a hidden tree-filled garden in back—which lends it an aura of romance that is continued with the cooking. The [...]
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WHY A good selection of veggie burgers, and respectable beef burgers, too. WHAT Better than its sibling on Melrose, this Astro is full day and night. It’s the usual fast-food menu—burgers, dogs, fries, pastrami—with a few interesting additions, like the fiery chicken quesadilla. The crowd can get a little rowdy in the wee hours. WHO [...]
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WHY Café con leche, fresh-squeezed fruit juices, guava cheese pastry and a hearty Cuban sandwich. WHAT Catch a vestige of Silver Lake before it was completely gentrified at this funky Cuban café, which was once filled with actual cigar-smoking refugees. WHO A regular and longstanding crowd of bohemians. 2900 W. Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake, 323.661.8391 [...]
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