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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WHY For small-town service with big-city products, from fine wines and prime meats to frozen organic baby food and boutique-label chocolates. WHAT This swank little market doesn’t have 50 kinds of toilet paper, but it has everything a Bel-Air resident might need, including artisanal cheeses and sushi. There’s an espresso bar, too. WHO Movie stars [...]
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WHY The on-site smoker, the Harris Ranch beef dry-aged on the premises and the homemade sausages. WHAT Part of the elite Beverly Glen Marketplace is this high-end butcher, known for its prime beef, veal chops and kebabs and other prepared meats. Good movie-star-spotting, too. WHO Bel-Air locals, for whom the price of prime, dry-aged beef [...]
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WHY A fun and affordable choice for Westwood Village dining. Just don’t fill up on that amazing bread. WHAT The only restaurant around that serves you hot flatbread straight from the tandoor-style oven, Shaherzad is a good place for kebabs, fluffy Persian rice, beef barg and traditional stews. WHO Middle Eastern UCLA students and Iranian [...]
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WHY Dosas and southern-style curries in a tech-savvy setting complete with Bollywood offerings on plasma screens. WHAT Annapurna showcases classic southern Indian cooking in an urbane setting (complete with WiFi). Try the ultra-thin paper dosa or a curry accompanied by pickles, chutneys and sambars. 10200 Venice Blvd., Culver City, 310.204.5500, annapurnacuisine.com. L & D daily. [...]
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WHY Very good, close-to-the-earth country-style meals you might expect at a ryokan, or Japanese country inn. WHAT Locavores will love the ingredients—organic vegetables, local free-range chicken and eggs, Santa Barbara prawns, grass-fed beef—that chef Tetsuya Harikawa sources for his simply cooked meals. For rice connoisseurs, the star of the show is the early-crop rice cooked [...]
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WHY A great-value $35 omakase meal, usually 11 or 12 carefully made courses. A real find. WHAT At this rustic charmer in a Westwood strip mall, a delicious multi-course omakase (chef’s choice) menu of home-style dishes is the only option—but no one is complaining. It’s a great deal for a complex and interesting meal. WHO [...]
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WHY Friendly Ethiopian food and even friendlier live jazz—with no cover charge. WHAT This simple little spot is fun for a change-of-pace dinner: tasty Ethiopian food, with some American soul food for good measure, paired with jazz on weekends and Wednesdays and comedy on Thursdays. 6039 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 310.202.6633, industrycafeandjazz.com. L & D [...]
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WHY For affordable and casual Brazilian barbecue. WHAT This offshoot of the Farmers Market original is built around a large buffet laden with all the Brazilian churrascaria standards: barbecued meats, garlic rice, black beans, plantains, salads, roasted vegetables, fried yucca and that dreamy cheese bread. It’s sold by weight, so go easy on the meats [...]
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