WHY Great Michoacan tacos that are so big you have to eat them with a knife and fork. WHAT This hugely popular stand in Grand Central Market serves the biggest tacos in town, so big that they come with an extra full-size tortilla so you can turn it into two tacos. All the meats are [...]
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WHY Huge slices of bagel-crust pizza to eat on the spot (the simple tomato-basil is best), or whole pizzas for takeout or delivery. WHAT The young folks just barely managing the $1,500 rent on their Venice dumps would starve if it weren’t for the constantly replenished racks of by-the-slice pizza. Eat your slice at the [...]
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WHY For a generous, messy, not-inexpensive burger (Angus beef, turkey, chicken, salmon or veggie), prepared in a nearly infinite number of ways. Also terrific are the sweet-potato fries, crisp onion rings and thick shakes. WHAT Have a hankering for a burger with jalapeño jack cheese, carrot strings, a fried egg and apricot sauce? You can [...]
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WHY Fantastic roast chicken or the traditional saltado de pollo. Add the famed cilantro sauce and an order of plantains and you’ll be in heaven. WHAT The name may imply a competitor to El Pollo Loco, but this is actually a very sweet little sit-down restaurant with seductive and inexpensive Peruvian food, most notably the [...]
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WHY Teriyaki chicken and bacon fried rice … need we say more? WHAT A down-and-dirty bowling-alley coffee shop with authentically good and cheap Hawaiian food. 15707 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena, 310.532.0820 B, L & D daily. MC, V. Type: Restaurant Region: South Bay to South L.A. Neighborhood: Gardena Features: Breakfast, Dinner, Kid Friendly, Lunch, Value [...]
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WHY Wonderful, traditional Mexican cooking: goat stew on weekends and always-good daily specials, like albondigas on Monday, pork ribs in chile negro sauce on Wednesdays and pozole on Fridays. WHAT This East L.A. landmark family restaurant serves simple, very good home cooking. Weekend breakfasts are worth rolling out of bed for. WHO Politicians and police [...]
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WHY Vito’s has L.A.’s best crust. WHAT Carefully crafted, hand-tossed, New York—style pizzas with top-quality ingredients; try the signature white pie or the Terra Firma with the works. 846 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, 310.652.6859, vitopizza.com. L & D daily (to midnight on weekends). MC, V, AE. Type: Food That’s Fast Region: Central City [...]
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WHY A tasty turkey burger, good hot dogs and all-around decent fast food served until 3 a.m. on weekends at modest prices—in a high-priced neighborhood. Oh, and free parking! WHAT An L.A. classic on the Sunset Strip, Carney’s is a standard fast-food joint in an atmospheric old train car plopped in a parking lot. The [...]
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WHY Very good thin crust, New York—style pizza (just enough sauce and cheese, no crazy toppings) for eating in or to go. WHAT Joe Vitale of the Joe’s Pizza on Bleecker Street found success with this Santa Monica location, his first branch, and now he has another in WeHo. Sit down at one of the [...]
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WHY For one of the guiltiest pleasures of all: a low-class corn dog on a stick, washed down with super-sweet lemonade. WHAT Now found in malls across the nation, this simple, goofy chain started right here on Muscle Beach in 1946. A good amusement when you have out-of-town guests. WHO Tourists, bike-path cruisers and little [...]
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