WHY Full bar service (yes!) and tasty Thai make a great happy-hour combo. WHAT Amid the mega-chain restaurants at Burbank Media Center is a branch of Silver Lake’s popular Rambutan Thai serving fresh, authentic Thai food in a gorgeous modern room overlooked by an illuminated Buddha above the bar. A great spot before or after [...]
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WHY Beautiful Mexican seafood in a landmark Boyle Heights setting, with kind service. Try the shrimp gorditas for lunch and a fresh-fish special for dinner. WHAT An L.A. treasure, La Serenata serves carefully prepared, sometimes elegant Mexican seafood dishes to a loving and longtime clientele. It now has two branches on the westside, and they’re [...]
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WHY To worship at the shrine of California cuisine. WHAT Wolfgang Puck still works the room from time to time, when he’s not off overseeing his global empire, but this is really Lee Hefter’s kingdom, and it’s a magical kingdom indeed. Hefter-Puck (with chef de cuisine Tetsu Yahagi) have kept the standards at peak level [...]
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WHY Designer margaritas and superb appetizers from California-cuisine pioneers. WHAT Chef/owners Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken are foodie rock stars whose first, shoebox-size restaurant City morphed into the original Border Grill. Today, TV’s ‘Two Hot Tamales’ have an empire that includes two other Border Grills (Downtown and Vegas) and Feniger’s Street. This is where [...]
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WHY The comfort of grilled cheese with the sophistication of quality ingredients and modern combinations. WHAT As the dust settles from the last year of food-truck mania, the Grilled Cheese Truck is coming out one of the winners—not as much of a sensation as Kogi, perhaps, but popular enough to always attract a crowd, and [...]
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WHY It’s the perfect fit for the neighborhood—a relaxed, comfortable, reasonably priced place for before or after outings at the Pantages, the ArcLight and Amoeba. WHAT Chef André Guerrero has been around town for years, and with this place next to the ArcLight theaters he’s hit the nail on the head. Decorated with deliberately ugly [...]
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WHY Thoughtful café cooking with a taste of Australia. WHAT This downtown San Pedro spot may be designed for a quick bite, but its food is plenty memorable. Breakfast brings a banana, Nutella and ricotta wrap and rice pudding with poached pears and fresh fruit. Sandwiches rule at lunchtime: perhaps roast beef with caramelized onions, [...]
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WHY The lunchtime thali—an assortment of small dishes with big flavor. WHAT Spicy vegetarian fare in the Andhra style is on the menu at this spacious Little India restaurant. Carrot cubes with grated coconut and a lentil stew called kootu are accompanied by roti, rice and dessert. 18792 Pioneer Blvd., Artesia, 562.809.3806, bhimasveg.com. L & [...]
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WHY For an exemplary nod to the lighter side of eastern Chinese cooking. WHAT Soft gray walls, lipstick-red lacquer accents and a mirrored bar provide a posh setting for impeccable cooking that features well-chosen ingredients. Shredded pork in brown sauce is more wonderfully chewy and caramelized than saucy. With the accompanying steamed buns, you make [...]
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WHY For $25 to $35 boxes of seasonal, organic, locally grown fruits and vegetables, delivered weekly or biweekly to almost anywhere in L.A. County. WHAT Pick your own selection of organic, hand-selected fruits and vegetables, or go with the weekly selection available on the web site. We’ve heard some complaints about the timeliness of the [...]
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