WHY Decades of experience give this UCLA hangout (recently moved to a smaller spot down the street) the upper hand in fast yet healthy food. WHAT Great falafel, but also a wide selection of Middle Eastern salads to stuff in pita sandwiches, and schwarma, too. WHO A college and date-night crowd. 1010 Broxton Ave., Westwood, [...]
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WHY The Ciao Bella—roasted veggies with pesto on hemp bread. WHAT Chef/owner Ann Gentry serves enticing meat-free and dairy-free fare in her casual café. The faux Reuben and mock club try too hard to mimic their meat counterparts, so try instead the seasonal vegetables in a wasabi vinaigrette, the Yin Yang veggie salad with peanut-sesame [...]
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WHY Superb salads (try the Humble Salad, a romaine wedge with bacon, goat cheese and roma tomatoes, or the ‘The’ salad, said to induce labor in pregnant women) and Caioti’s rightly famed individual pizza; don’t forget to order some garlic rolls, too. WHAT Ed LaDou may have shuffled off this mortal coil, but the California [...]
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WHY For old-school burgers—large, flat, on big, plain white buns—that many people find delicious and comforting and others find too, well, old-school and bland. Everyone loves the potato salad, though. WHAT With roots going to 1948, Cassell’s is one of L.A.’s culinary landmarks. The Cassell family no longer runs it, but it still boasts house-ground, [...]
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WHY For downright delicious New York pizza, best eaten by the slice and immediately. The plain cheese is best. WHAT Your basic pizza dive with thin-crust pies that boast the proper balance of cheese to sauce to crust. Pizza heads argue constantly about whether this is proper New York pizza or not, but we don’t [...]
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WHY Garlic rolls as addictive as cigarettes but not quite as bad for you, as well as good salads and great pizza by the slice or the pie. WHAT The lucky folks who live in Hancock Park can get this pizza delivered whenever they like; the rest of us have to find parking on Larchmont [...]
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WHY Shrimp tacos San Felipe, the carne asada burrito and a particularly good salsa bar. WHAT The original Studio City location of this ten-store mini-chain long ago outgrew its parking lot, but patrons still throng to the tiny Baja-themed storefront with a minuscule outdoor eating area. Same menu and more spacious digs at the newer [...]
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WHY The ‘Loaded’ dog, or any of the specialty hot dogs, such as the Chicago and the Downtown L.A. WHAT An alternative to Century City’s pricey restaurants, the Stand has become a lunchtime mainstay for local office workers who appreciate a good hot dog. 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, 310.785.0400, thestandlink.com. B & [...]
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WHY For the chili burger and chili dog that have captivated three generations of Angelenos. WHAT It’s a rite of passage that every self-respecting young Angeleno experiences—drink too much, stay out too late, and then go to Tommy’s at 3 a.m. for a greasy chili burger. We prefer the chili dog, but we’re getting too [...]
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WHY For a greasy-like-you-know-you-want-it half chicken covered in a mound of fries. WHAT North Santa Monica kids are practically raised on this simple, tasty rotisserie chicken, which you order from a window and either eat on the sunny brick courtyard patio in the posh Country Mart, or load into your Range Rover to take home. [...]
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