WHY Devotees drive an hour for their lahmajune, aka Armenian pizza. WHAT This longstanding center of Armenian food culture in L.A. is now owned by two Mexican bakers—the devoted employees to whom Abraham Partamian left the business in his will. The lahmajune is as good as ever, and it does the heart good to see [...]
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WHY Hand-crafted whole-grain and country breads. excellent croissants and tarts, as well as breakfast, sandwiches and salads. Don’t miss the Alpine cheese bread. WHAT Baker Eric Kayser first won the hearts of Parisians (no easy thing for a bread baker) and then came to conquer L.A. here and in Century City. The patio fronts bustling [...]
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WHY Real shabu-shabu made with exceptional ingredients, notably the Wagyu beef. Best of all: When you finish cooking and eating your meat, seafood and veggies, they take the pot back to the kitchen and turn the now-rich broth into a heavenly thick soup with rice or udon. WHAT It’s a modest-looking place, and shabu-shabu (meat, [...]
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WHY The Cobb and Caesar salads, and the chance to sit in the same room with the people who greenlit the movie your kids saw last weekend. WHAT This clubby institution offers an old-school menu (shrimp cocktail, chicken pot pie, meatloaf) to its power-lunching Hollywood faithful. Even though some of the lunch-hour heat has migrated [...]
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WHY Simple, handmade and delicious trattoria fare, and fellow diners who remember what it means to dress for dinner. WHAT This showpiece of Celestino Drago’s mini-empire offers hearty regional cooking in an elegant setting. But all pretense vanishes when Celestino strolls from table to table, grinning and chatting as customers dine on dishes such as [...]
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WHY For an omakase meal of astonishing complexity, diversity and luxury. WHAT If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it—so we can’t afford it. L.A.’s most expensive sushi restaurant (and that’s really saying something) requires an outlay of what would be a month’s rent in some parts of the country. [...]
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WHY The avocado tower, lobster salad and the tasting menu. WHAT Christine Brown combines flavors of the Mediterranean and the Pacific Rim in this color-washed bistro, and the results are generally quite successful. The ‘greens and grazing plates’ are typically big enough to share as a starter; half the room seems to get the avocado [...]
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WHY The best carne asada in the history of mankind, served on pressed-to-order tortillas. Remarkable birria (kid), too. WHAT Pay no mind to the graffiti and the bars on the windows, and step inside this friendly spot for gorgeous, grilled-to-order birria and carne asada, served in huge tacos, in burrito form or to go by [...]
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WHY Very good deli, delivered anywhere in the greater L.A. area for a large group, or to pick up for a small one. WHAT Brent’s fleet of vans scurry around the Valley and the L.A. side of the Santa Monicas every day, delivering trays of deli sandwiches, smoked fish, raw veggies and lemon bars to [...]
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WHY For vividly flavorful food that’s full of L.A. style, with good party management to boot—and if you want something funkier, they’ll send their taco truck. WHAT Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger have been L.A.’s culinary divas since they founded City in the ’80s; their Border Grill restaurants are both showcases of modern California-Latin [...]
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