WHY Huevos rancheros, huevos oaxaqueños, tender barbacoa, weekend pozole and everyday albondigas soup, just like you wish your grandmother made. WHAT Substantial breakfasts and meaty, nourishing soups are the specialty at this hole-in-the-wall café, where fans get weepy over the quality of the fluffy albondigas, pozole, cocido de res (beef) and menudo. Worth a trip. [...]
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WHY Good-enough Groundworks coffee, a hang-as-long-as-you-like vibe and a location in the hip Arts District. WHAT This ahead-of-the-curve Arts District coffeehouse is an offshoot of Venice’s expanding Novel Café. It’s scruffily pleasant, staffed by heavily tattooed young folks, and it has a big menu of wraps, pastries and salads—although we stick to the coffee and [...]
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WHY Very fresh fish at wholesale prices. WHAT A no-nonsense wholesale fish market with slippery floors, no prices posted and no filleting—just whole fish on ice. But the quality is acclaimed. Get there early (between 6 and 9 a.m. on weekdays and 7 and 9 a.m. on Saturdays), know what you want, and bring cash. [...]
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WHY For ‘slow’ fast food that’s really tasty: pulled pork, rotisserie chicken, burgers, Belgian fries, fresh salads and monster cupcakes. WHAT A former drive-through got a near-complete makeover but still retained its ’60s A-frame goofiness. The gimmick is fast food prepared the slow way, with quality ingredients—a burger joint for people who read Cook’s Illustrated [...]
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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 Because it’s a vast wonderland of fizzy drinks of every conceivable flavor, color and container—plus a seriously old-school candy counter. WHAT For underage drinking, no place in the world beats Galco’s, which stocks more than 250 kinds of soda (as well as a good selection of global beer). Looking for coffee soda, authentic Kickapoo [...]
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WHY For a well-chosen selection at every price point. WHAT This female-friendly, no-attitude shop showcases small-production wines from all over the world. And sometimes the best wine for your occasion might be a Pacific Northwest microbrew, or even a handmade sake. Tastings are happening events; Monday brings wines paired with cheeses from the Cheese Store [...]
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WHY Dark-roast Truck Driver blend coffee, free WiFi and kids’ drinks like the Princess Potion. WHAT More than a decade ago, this corner storefront with an Ikea-style décor brought good coffee, free WiFi and a stylish yet family-friendly vibe to Eagle Rock, which has since gone on to become a shabby-chic hip spot. WHO Moms [...]
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WHY Because the onion soup, steak frites and dark-chocolate mousse are intensely comforting for Francophiles; the flippant, funny black-T-shirted French waiters are the lagniappes. WHAT Just like an ordinary corner bistro in one of Paris’s lesser arrondissements, Café Beaujolais is nothing to go out of your way for but is a blessing for locals. Straightforward, [...]
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WHY It may be Chinese food designed for white people, but it’s still seriously tasty, and for many people, addictive. WHAT Two simple rooms are permanently packed with regulars who have been coming here for 20 years and always order the same things: sweet-spicy slippery shrimp, hefty pan-fried dumplings, dried-fried string beans with pork, and [...]
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