WHY Because it makes you want to move to Sierra Madre just to make this place your local coffeehouse. WHAT This just might be the perfect coffeehouse—robust java, funky-but-comfortable furniture and a terrifically diverse crowd. All that plus bluegrass and folk music on the weekends, WiFi, board games, sidewalk tables and homemade baked goods. WHO [...]
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WHY You can hang out as long as you like, and the private room is great for a committee meeting. WHAT Maybe it’s not the best coffee in town—and the service is often bizarrely slow—but there’s something endearing about this appealingly scruffy place anyway. For one thing, the live music in the separate concert room [...]
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WHY Tacos stuffed with chicken mole, mushrooms, cactus or squash, huevos rancheros for brunch and stunning aguas frescas made from fresh fruits or jamaica flowers. WHAT This little stand turns out some of the best Mexican food for miles around with a creative Mexico City—style flair. For more of a sit-down meal with the same [...]
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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 Fried (Baja-style) fish tacos, ceviche and al pastor tacos and burritos. WHAT A vividly colorful stand that looks like it should be in a Mexican beach town, La Estrella has a crowd day and night. We prefer the meat dishes at El Taquito Mexicano, but the fish tacos are winners. WHO High school kids, [...]
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WHY Famously savory, just-greasy-enough meats, especially carne asada and carnitas, served in very good tacos, burritos and sopes. WHAT The mothership of the King Taco empire, this is an L.A. classic, with great carne asada tacos and kickass salsa roja. Order at the counter, snag a patio table, and pick up lots of napkins. 1118 [...]
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WHY Birria (goat), chorizo, al pastor and delicious camaron (fried shrimp), all served as tacos and paired with a good salsa and marinated-veggie bar. WHAT Your basic taco joint, except the choices are better than the norm; you can eat at a picnic table outside or take your tacos back to work. WHO Cops, Hollywood [...]
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WHY Have-it-your-way salads and healthy entrées at low prices, given the mostly organic and local produce. WHAT Long lines snake out the door of this pioneering invent-your-own salad spot with a buzzing patio. Diners wait at the counter while their salads are tossed from fresh vegetables and meats, then choose beer, wine, lemonade and cupcakes [...]
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WHY For a robust scene and modern comfort food: platters of cured meats, fried Ipswich clams, pizza-like flatbreads, oxtail soup and a hearty pub burger, all accompanied by boutique beers (it considers itself a gastropub) and chic wines. WHAT Emblematic of the new Culver City, this is one of the hottest of a dozen hot [...]
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