Tender Greens may be the very first place in LA where it is possible to get an affordable and delicious meal made with locally grown, sustainable, Earth-friendly ingredients with almost no hassle! Read more.
This authentic Brazilian cafe is shrouded in leafy green foliage & decorated with bright colors. Pork chops, lamb chops, steak, shrimp and fish, all salty & resonant with garlic, fragrant with citrus! Read more.
Full on tradish with soft corn tortillas, cilantro, & salsa fresca. If you want the real thing, fast and shockingly cheap, hit up La Fiesta Brava. One of Venice's best secrets. For now. ~ToddM1976 Read more.
A staple on Sunset Boulevard since 1999, Saddle Ranch attracts tourists and Angelenos for its famous bull riding and outdoor patios with stone campfire pits and views of the Strip. Rock meets Western! Read more.
A civic treasure, try a dozen oysters or a bowl of shrimp, a crab cake or a bowl of chowder, a glass of Picpoul de Pinet or an expertly mixed cucumber cocktail. The lobster roll is worth the fuss! Read more.
Canele feels more like an ongoing dinner party that tolerates strangers at its tables! A featured restaurant at PLATE - LA Weekly's 5th Annual Food & Wine Event! Cooking worthy of the good china! Read more.
It is always worth the drive south of USC to the Mercado la Paloma, if only to order a few of chef Gilberto Cetina's fantastic cochinita pibil tacos! Don't forget the house-made habanero sauce! Read more.
The prosciutto-stuffed croissants & flaky bacon-maple biscuits are sublime! It gets crowded on Sunday mornings so go early! Featured at PLATE LA Weekly's 5th Annual Food & Wine Event March 3rd, 2013! Read more.
The BLTs come with arugula; the hash is made with spicy pulled pork instead of canned corned beef; and all the toast, including the cinnamon-dusted Nickel Bag, is made with bread baked fresh in-house! Read more.
The spiritual home of the French dip, the famous sandwich of carved meat on a jus-soaked roll + 9 cent coffee, 50 cent iced tea, 60 cent lemonade, perfect coleslaw and pies & sawdust covered floors! Read more.
The child of Max chef André Guerrero, perfected fast-food. The old-school paradigm of pastrami, burgers & chicken reinvented w/ artisanal soda pop, Fosselman's-based ube milkshakes and Belgian fries! Read more.
Vincenti feels like the spiritual center of fine Italian cooking in Los Angeles. Try the porchetta - The best in California! Also, on Monday nights, pizza comes out of those big wood-burning ovens! Read more.
When you need to show visitors the diversity and wonder still possible in LA restaurants, Jitlada is Exhibit A. Southern Thai specialties feature the infamous endorphin bomb Kua Kling Phat Tha Lung! Read more.
The fact is inescapable: Langer's serves the best pastrami sandwich in America, in a location perhaps better suited to a tamale merchant. Curbside service (call ahead) and Validated lot parking! Read more.
Best of LA 2012 - Best Culinary Cocktails. Bartenders keep up with chef Michael Voltaggio's penchant for highly conceptual, designer food with a list of designer drinks.Try the Cold Brew, it's badass! Read more.
2012 Best od LA - Best Soul Food. This place is not messing around... R&R is a sit-down, table-service joint. The food takes its time coming, but it's worth the wait for fried chicken with gravy! Read more.
Best of LA 2012 - Best Martini. Like silent films, old-school in the martini realm does not mean boring. A martini here is best when "taken" as part of the entire steak & jellied consommé experience. Read more.
Best of LA 2012 - Best Speakeasy. Look for a golden key on a sign out front & a doorman wearing pinstripes and spats. He'll ask you for the password, but he'll let you in if you look like you belong. Read more.
Nine Thirty, the Hotel Restaurant, is home to the Best Brussels Sprouts in LA (2009 Winner) plus lots of delicious creole-fusion! Also check out the lounge, Whiskey Blue, the Bliss Spa and the pool! Read more.
Fish, man - raw fish - from Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market and jetted right to you, careful slabs of yellowtail, tuna, fluke, sprinkled with salt & drizzled olive oil, Italian sashimi on a pretty glass plate! Read more.
Best Hotel Bar We're Not Going to But Should Be - 2012! Pleasant patios, afternoon tea and happy hour... Live music every night! You'll wonder: Why we don't come here more often? -Zachary Pincus-Roth Read more.
Comme Ça is more or less a classic brasserie, with plateaux of chilled seafood, escargots persillade & sautéed skate Grenoblois, except that you can also get a nicely turned Aviation No. 1. Read more.
Try the $6 Prickly Pear Caipirinha Come hungry on weekends & indulge in a $35 all-you-can-eat-&-drink brunch! Happy hour Sun-Thurs, all day (drinks only 11:30am-4pm, food also 4-10pm); Fri-Sat, 4-7pm Read more.
