WHY Sunny-side-up tables overlooking the Venice Boardwalk and the beach beyond. WHAT Of the parade of tourist-bait sidewalk cafés on the Boardwalk, this has been our favorite since the ’70s, when sandwiches with avocado and sprouts were considered exotic. Today we like the egg scrambles, turkey burgers and big salads. WHO Aged hippies and a [...]
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WHY Good, honest food served 24 hours a day—and valet parking is free during the day! WHAT An essential place to know about if you find yourself hungry on the westside at 3 a.m. Even at the more conventional dining hours, Izzy’s serves reliable matzo ball soup, pastrami sandwiches, bagels ‘n lox, brisket and all [...]
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WHY Omelets made with a variety of interesting sausages; goat cheese salad; tender brisket. WHAT High-backed wooden booths, chalkboard menus and retro tile make for a setting of Rockwellian charm, just the place to wallow in the comfort of eggs, sausages, pancakes, fashionable salads and hearty entrées. Locals come for an early supper with a [...]
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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 Food just like Grandma’s—if Grandma happened to be a meticulous Mexican village cook committed to using locally grown ingredients. Try to come on Wednesdays, which are pozole days. WHAT Spanish-language media cooking stars Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu have created a place that draws fans from all over the L.A. basin. Absolutely [...]
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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 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 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 Huevos rancheros, huevos oaxaqueños, tender barbacoa, weekend pozole and everyday albondigas soup, just like you wish your grandmother made. WHAT Substantial breakfasts and meaty, nourishing soups are the specialty at this hole-in-the-wall café, where fans get weepy over the quality of the fluffy albondigas, pozole, cocido de res (beef) and menudo. Worth a trip. [...]
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WHY Waffles. Okay, maybe pancakes, too. WHAT This strip-mall café is quite the place to be on weekend mornings, when a musician plays on the patio and dogs and kids are everywhere. Even though the name implies otherwise, waffles are the thing to get. 17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, 818.789.5937, morethanwaffles.com. B & L daily. MC, [...]
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