WHY Exceptional menu, cross-generational clientele. WHAT The fare at this lively, Hong Kong—style coffee shop is well made, fantastically tasty, mostly Chinese and definitely eclectic. Crowds come for the filet mignon with pepper and basil and (no kidding) the peanut butter pizza. WHO Seniors at tea time, clubbers in the wee hours. 228 W. Valley [...]
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WHY Twenty-six years of creating first rate comfort food. WHAT Come early to eat at this popular but tiny Hong Kong—style coffee shop. Tables are hard to come by, but when you get one, order the generous and tasty Hainan-style chicken, which almost every table orders. Other standouts include the shrimp rolls, curries and the [...]
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WHY Hearty stews made from chickpeas and lentils accompany plenty of vegetable side dishes, like greens with garlic or tomatoes with green pepper, while the fluffy injera bread adds healthy touches like flax, sunflower seeds and sesame. Flaxseed and barley also make appearances in smoothie-like drinks. WHAT Most of the Ethiopian restaurants on Fairfax serve [...]
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WHY For the quintessential grill-your-own Koreatown experience—it’s a great place to bring out-of-towners. WHAT You’ll smell like meaty smoke all night after dinner here, and you won’t mind a bit. It’s one of Koreatown’s best-known places, a dive with brusque service and a constant wait for a table. The panchan (side dishes) aren’t as complex [...]
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WHY Noodle dishes are the stars—standouts include pad see euw (drunken noodles) and boat soup noodles, and they’re served every night until 4 a.m. WHAT This venerable spot offers a late-night Thai fix that’s hard to beat, despite the bare-bones atmosphere and crowded parking lot. Good food at a great price, and it tastes even [...]
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WHY Wonderful pizzas, panzanella, perfectly dressed salads and toothsome pasta dishes. Delivery, too! WHAT Back in the early days of Melrose, Evan Kleiman set the L.A. standard for casual, affordable trattorie serving robust and delicious food. Today Angeli continues to be a standard-bearer. An L.A. treasure, and a great place to have a private party. [...]
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WHY Creamy hummus, fattouch salad with crispy pita chips, kebabs and grilled quail are all well prepared. Nightly specials run to such things as an unusual okra stew with lamb. WHAT With a huge menu of Lebanese specialties as well as takeout and catering, this comfy restaurant serving the San Fernando Valley’s large Middle Eastern [...]
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WHY Ceviche, the seafood platter and the chicken or shrimp saltado, a stir-fry with red onions and tomato served with a heap of very good fries (potatoes come from Peru, after all). WHAT There’s usually a wait at Mario’s, and for good reason—its food is drop-dead delicious, and inexpensive to boot. The strip-mall setting is [...]
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WHY The many moles—black, yellow, green, red, colorado—served in tamales, with chicken, in all sorts of dishes. Good huevos for breakfast, too. WHAT A fine and most affordable Oaxacan café known for its moles and its breakfast (good cinnamon-infused coffee). Try the mole negro tamale and the huitlachoche and frijoladas, a wonderful mix of beans, [...]
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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, but it’s easy to forgive when you taste the food—and even easier to forgive when you pay the bill. [...]
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