WHY Good German brats, fat pretzels and German beer on tap, including a hefeweizen that goes down very well on a sunny beach afternoon while the Boardwalk parade flows by. WHAT A refreshing break from the generic sidewalk cafés that line the Venice Boardwalk, this place is a German beer garden with decent food and [...]
April 25, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Great selection of sandwiches, salads, charcuterie and, of course, cheese, along with an excellent array of frozen goods and pantry staples. Call a day ahead and Nicole will make you a gorgeous quiche or a proper potato gratin. WHAT It all started with the cheese, and that’s still a prime take-home item, but the [...]
April 24, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Flat, flavorful steak burgers and hickory burgers wrapped in paper, as well as fries and homemade pies, are the mainstays of this landmark counter-only joint. WHAT With more than six decades of cooking burgers and pie in the same charming 1940s diner, with servers of the same vintage, the Apple Pan is always busy, [...]
April 23, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Vibrant classic and modern Korean cooking made with love by do-gooders. WHAT Kimmy Song, founder and CEO of !It Jeans in Vernon, wanted to use her success to give back, and because she loves food, she decided to do it by opening a restaurant. The result is a light-filled café manned by incredibly nice [...]
April 19, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY For island-style sweet-salty chicken and plantation-style bone-in chicken, both accompanied by potato-macaroni salad and rice. WHAT Local food, Hawaiian style, means Euro-Asian fusion fare, and this place does it well. It’s ultramodern in looks but owned by the family behind the old-school King’s Hawaiian Bakery next door. 18605 S. Western Ave., Torrance, 310.523.3233 L [...]
April 14, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Prepared take-home dishes like lasagne and ravioli, huge and delicious sandwiches, savory sausages, take-and-bake pizzas and a bakery case lined with breads, cannoli and Italian cookies. WHAT This old-school Italian market and deli has been around since 1948, starting here in San Gabriel, and it now has five other locations. (This was once an [...]
April 13, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY A consistently good vegan Thai-American café with very good fake chicken, fish and meat dishes; pass on the vegan burger in favor of the vegan tacos, three-flavor fish, pad Thai, curries and coconut ice cream. WHAT At this bright and cheerful strip-mall spot near the Beverly Center, the only shortcoming is the lack of [...]
April 10, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY The chicken, of course—whole bird, combo meal or even in an individual pot pie. WHAT The chicken is justly famous, lightly battered and spectacularly juicy. But there’s more to Honey’s than those golden birds. From the freshly squeezed lemonade to the small fruit pies and buttermilk biscuits, a meal in this cream-and-gold dining room [...]
April 8, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Abundant, interesting and delicious Persian food at low prices. Try the fesenjon, a sort of Persian mole, rich and complex, with pomegranate and walnuts. WHAT The kindly service can be erratic at this Glendale Persian restaurant, but it’s easy to forgive when you taste the food—and even easier to forgive when you pay the [...]
April 5, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY A longtime leader of Burmese cuisine in Los Angeles. WHAT Golden Triangle has for decades been an uptown Whittier stalwart, its Burmese food reason enough to trek to Greenleaf Avenue. And even this long into its existence, enough can’t be said of the spritely ginger salad, earthy tea leaf salad, goat curry with coconut [...]
April 1, 2013 | Posted in
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