WHY A good selection of veggie burgers, and respectable beef burgers, too. WHAT Better than its sibling on Melrose, this Astro is full day and night. It’s the usual fast-food menu—burgers, dogs, fries, pastrami—with a few interesting additions, like the fiery chicken quesadilla. The crowd can get a little rowdy in the wee hours. WHO [...]
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WHY Café con leche, fresh-squeezed fruit juices, guava cheese pastry and a hearty Cuban sandwich. WHAT Catch a vestige of Silver Lake before it was completely gentrified at this funky Cuban café, which was once filled with actual cigar-smoking refugees. WHO A regular and longstanding crowd of bohemians. 2900 W. Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake, 323.661.8391 [...]
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WHY Unusual and very good pizza made with a cornmeal crust that’s almost like a good hush puppy, crunching with each bite. Try the one with pancetta and red onions. WHAT A tiny, cheerful café flagged with market umbrellas and small outdoor tables, serving unusual and delicious pizza by the slice or whole, to eat [...]
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WHY Profoundly addictive crisp-skinned chicken, one of the most delicious in town, marinated in citrus juice, garlic and chiles and spit-roasted over a wood fire. WHAT A friendly Peruvian café with amazing roast chicken and fries, as well as good seafood dishes, including ceviches. Make sure to try the Peruvian chile sauce with your chicken. [...]
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WHY Intensely aromatic rotisserie chicken, the skin soaked just right with salt and seasonings. WHAT The spits never stop spinning at Zankou, which turns out hundreds of richly flavorful chickens a day, either to eat here or take home. Once the chicken drops below the finger-melting temperature (which takes a while), you tear it up [...]
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WHY Cheeseburgers and banana cream pie. WHAT This no-frills diner with a long counter and even longer lines serves fantastic burgers, very good short-order breakfasts and house-made pies that are famous enough to draw folks from around Southern California. In fact, just about every food group on the wall-mounted menu has its passionate devotees, including [...]
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WHY The Kobe burger, made with American Kobe beef, smoked mozzarella, caramelized onion, tomato, mixed greens and herb mayo on a ciabatta bun, attracts burger buffs from as far away as Woodland Hills. WHAT This born-in-1952 fast-food institution has been spiffed up for a new era, with gleaming tile and shiny tables. The food is [...]
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WHY A chance to live the California dream without actually checking in. WHAT Ah, the good life: lunch at an umbrella-shaded table overlooking the pool of this grande dame hotel, iced tea or Chardonnay in hand. Order a flawless chicken Caesar, a gorgeous Cobb or a rich turkey pesto panini and watch the world’s troubles [...]
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WHY A dessert case packed with dreamy retro desserts, including Hostess-never-had-it-so-good chocolate cupcakes. WHAT Heirloom’s first-rate breads and baked goods, fine sandwiches (try the Cuban) and excellent salads (especially the Cobb) have made it one of the most popular breakfast and lunch spots in South Pasadena. The setting is stylish, hip and friendly, and the [...]
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WHY Although it’s a taqueria swank enough that you could take Nancy Reagan there, Doña Rosa is not phony, as evidenced by its excellent huevos con chorizo, hearty pozole and, most of all, its acclaimed pan dulce of every type. WHAT How the food can be so good here and so, well, less than good [...]
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