WHY An elegant Lucques-meets-Portland gem with an ever-changing selection of inspired, intensely flavored but not at all fussy creations, ranging from delicate market greens tossed with walnut anchoade to roast branzino with chanterelles. The $50 set menu has got to be one of the best fine-dining deals in town. WHAT A crew of former ClarkLewis [...]
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WHY House-brewed beers, cozy booths and food that’s better than the pub norm, all an easy walk from the pier and the beach. WHAT The beer brewed onsite in large copper vats isn’t as good as Craftsman’s, but their Hefeweizen amd Manhattan Beach Blonde go down great after a walk on the beach. Regulars crowd [...]
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WHY You can learn how to stuff grape leaves, and then go eat some made by a seasoned home cook. WHAT Not to diminish the music, dancing, backgammon tournament or kids’ games, but this annual festival is really about the food. A small army of home cooks takes great pride in their kebabs, hummus, cheese [...]
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WHY The good ladies of the church make 48,000 pastries for the weekend, and the least you could do is eat a couple of them. WHAT If you, like us, can never get your fill of moussaka, spanakopita, Kalamata olives, gyros and baklava, and if seeing My Big Fat Greek Wedding 47 times hasn’t tired [...]
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WHY Good, cheap dumplings and other Shanghai dishes that you can eat here or have made quickly to take out. The scallion pancakes are even more essential to order than the dumplings. WHAT A little more downmarket than nearby (and much more famous) Din Tai Fung, this friendly café and takeout joint is also known [...]
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WHY Laffa wraps heaped with lemony hummus and any number of savory, delicious fillings. One of the best sandwiches in the West Valley. WHAT The heart of this strip-mall spot is the round oven for baking laffa, the bubbly, doughy, completely addictive naan-like bread that is made fresh for each order. A cook spreads the [...]
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WHY Because you’re bored with most wine-bar offerings and tired of paying through the nose for a glass of wine. WHAT On a funky block between Pico-Union and USC is a tiny haven for wine lovers, where the wines of the day are artfully written on the blackboard walls. The kitchen turns out Venetian-style cichetti [...]
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WHY Wonderful and wonderfully inexpensive Salvadoran home cooking: pupusas, empanadas with cream, sopa de res (a stew-like beef soup) and thick Salvadoran-style horchata. WHAT In a faded cottage on a worn stretch of Beverly lies a wonderful Salvadoran café, staffed with incredibly nice women who deliver hefty pupusas filled with cheese and loroco (flower buds [...]
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WHY A little bit of Queens in Highland Park (which is, now that we think of it, the Queens of L.A.). WHAT It’s not the lightest pizza in town—the crust is on the substantial side, and the cheese overpowers the sauce—but there’s no denying the appeal and comfort of this old-school New York Italian pizza, [...]
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WHAT This fancy-pants truck serves up hand-cut Kennebec and sweet potatoes, fresh-fried and smothered with, as they say on the website, ‘stuff’: beer- and chocolate-flavored chili fries, kim chee and Kurobuta pork-belly fries, vegan chili fries, steak, poblano and caramelized onion fries, and tomatillo-tamarind chicken and cashew fries, all of which can be paired with [...]
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