With summer tempting us to get out of the house more often, yet penny pinching in high gear, we asked six of our favorite chefs — three sets of  husband-and-wife teams — what affordable local spots they like to hit when they have a rare day off together (the Travis and Hatfields are also new parents, so getting out is doubly difficult these days).
Check out their great suggestions.

Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan, owners of Rustic Canyon Seasonal Kitchen and Huckleberry Café in Santa Monica, where Zoe is also the pastry chef:
“Zoe and I love the schnitzel and a bunch of Israeli spreads — hummus, Turkish salad, baba ghanoush — from this little delicious hole-in-the-wall Israeli restaurant on Pico between Bundy and Fairfax called Habayit. We also eat at Typhoon at the Santa Monica airport once a week since it’s around the corner from our house. We always get the minced chicken with lettuce cups, which is our comfort food. Zoe also loves the chicken liver from Fromin’s Deli, and we both love their bagel chips. They generally don’t make it home because we end up eating them all in the car.”  — Josh Loeb

Jason and Miho Travi, chef and pastry chef at Fraîche in Culver City and Riva in Santa Monica:
“Miho and I go to Sunnin on Westwood Boulevard usually once a month — I used to go once a week when I was single. I always have to get hummus, tabbouleh and fried kibbeh, then combine them all together in a pita and eat it that way. It’s something I have done since I was a child when my grandmother would cook for us. The first time I ever went to Sunnin ten years ago, the owners watched me eat and correctly guessed that my grandmother was from Lebanon. You can eat like a king at Sunnin for $15, and some of the food is better than what my grandmother makes. I’ve eaten there more than any other place in Los Angeles, the only other place I have been to more is my dad’s restaurant back home.”  — Jason Travi

Karen and Quinn Hatfield, pastry chef and chef/owners of Hatfield’s on Beverly Boulevard:
“Ed’s Coffee Shop on Robertson in West Hollywood is our favorite. We love their blueberry pancakes. But back in my trouble-making high school days at Crossroads in Santa Monica, I could be found most days at Rae’s on Pico [the cash-only circa 1958 diner at 29th Street]. My friends and I would cut class for black coffee, hash browns and hard fried eggs — I’ve never been a fan of runny whites.” — Karen Hatfield

— Jenn Garbee