WHY For dozens of beers on tap, mainly Californian, Belgian and German brews, which you can try in four-ounce, five-shot sample flights. WHAT This aptly named bar has a polished professor vibe with better-than-average bar food: chipotle shrimp quesadillas, a solid build-your-own beef, turkey, veggie or salmon burger, and salmon fish ‘n chips that tastes [...]
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WHY This New York import is known for its fusion sushi, like hamachi with jalapeño, and you can get it at slightly lower prices than in the main dining room below. WHAT This elegant mezzanine cocktail lounge with a handful of small tables becomes a standing-room only hot spot on the weekends. WHO Scene hoppers [...]
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WHY A sandwich institution of stomach-stretching proportions. WHAT Busy Bee earns its reputation on both quality and quantity: the locally famous deli is home to a cast of hulking sandwiches. It’s a no-frills place, a convenience store that happens to house a great sandwich counter. The cold subs are plenty filling (mortadella, tuna, prosciutto and [...]
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WHY A plate of retro charm and a side of rock ‘n roll. WHAT A key in the rise of Retro Row—the vintage-loving stretch of 4th Street famous for its pin-up poses and deadstock designs—the Pike is owned by former Social Distortion drummer Chris Reece. The bar is themed around the icons of lost Long [...]
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WHY For its celebration of street foods from around the world, it’s L.A.-hip patio and the skill and enthusiasm of owner/chef Susan Feniger. WHAT Celebrity chef Susan Feniger (Border Grill, Ciudad, Too Hot Tamales) is a warm-hearted Midwestern gal whose culinary passions are truly global, and at her solo venture she shares all those passions, [...]
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WHY Really fantastic café food: sandwiches on fresh bread, homemade soups, a perfect chopped salad, wonderful desserts. WHAT The bakery and café from the husband-and-wife chefs at Rustic Canyon, Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan, is a place of deafening noise and recession-resistant crowds, who line up at breakfast and lunch to order pricey ciabatta sandwiches [...]
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WHY Well-prepared Honduran baleadas (fat quesadillas), marinated chicken and conch soup served by non-English speakers in a spotless and attractive storefront restaurant. WHAT Overmortgaged on your Van Nuys house? Then come to El Katracho for one of the $6 lunch specials, and you’ll be fed for the day—and then some. Honduran cooking is rich and [...]
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WHY Food that’s much, much better than it has to be, given that it’s a tribute to Chicago’s Rush Street, a strip known for its bar scene, not fine dining. Order the truffle asiago fries while you peruse the menu. Good happy hour, too. WHAT In an enormous, barn-like room in the heart of Culver [...]
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WHY Excellent Brooklyn-style pizza (thin-crust) sold by the slice here or delivered promptly by the whole pie. WHAT Former New Yorkers (yes, plenty of them live in MB) say this is the closest thing to home in L.A., and indeed the crust has that not-soggy-yet-floppy-enough-to-fold-in-half consistency so essential to a New York pie. You can [...]
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WHY Because if beef tongue is the must-have dish, when tarte flambé and amazing sweetbreads with mushroom fricassée are also on the menu, chef Ray Garcia must be on to something. WHAT If you didn’t have to walk past the spa, you’d never guess this is the Fairmont Miramar’s bistro. The food is top-notch, the [...]
Type: Restaurant
Region: West of the 405
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Features: Breakfast, Cocktails, Dinner, Lunch, Patio Dining, Private Room, Quiet, Romantic, Vegetarian
Price Range: $17-$24, $25-$33
Cuisine Type: French, Modern American
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