Plush, sexy and irresistible atmosphere without the uptight snobbery! The food is dynamic and market fresh. They give a knock out brunch, so try it if you’re in Venice! -Robin Leventhal, Top Chef
BF 15 Exclusive Rest: bar-style seating for 8, tucked away in the Cosmopolitan Hotel requires a reservation exactly 1 month in advance for one of its 2 nightly seatings
Kikis Burger - one of the best burgers Ive had in Vegas and the Parmesan Truffle Fries are awesome! Must try burger for burger fans. Read more.
Every single menu item is delicious. If you can't decide, anything topped with jam will be a winner.
The fluffy confections are like the donut’s hipper, healthier cousin, baked fresh daily. Choose from flavors like strawberry buttermilk, maple bacon, and the must-try banana and chocolate.
This isn’t your typical ice cream sandwich. Known as the “Milky Bun,” Afters Ice Cream's unique treat is premium creamy, soft ice cream sealed inside a glazed donut "bun. Read more.
Thrillist Top BBQ List: "What you're getting: El Toro sandwich & 1/2 rack of baby back ribs" El Toro tri-tip 'wich was finalist 4 "Best Sandwich in US" (purists might want to just stick to baby backs)
From "Best. Breakfast. Ever." - best french toast ever, the banana foster
The fact is inescapable: Langer's serves the best pastrami sandwich in America, in a location perhaps better suited to a tamale merchant. Read more.
Love the maple donuts. Great late night snack. Their giant donuts are also legitimately good - not just a novelty.
Grassfed beef on a brioche bun, with optional cheese. (You want the cheese.) Eater SF editor Allie Pape says, "Nopa is my favorite white-napkin burger by a mile." Bonus? It's served til 1:00AM.
Rated as one of Eater's Top Burgers Nationwide - Top in San Francisco; Wes Burger, Pop Up Only on Wednesday
Food Network's Top 5 Desserts: #1 Bananas Special (this place is also birthplace of rocky road ice cream)
Eater "21 Essential Hamburgers of America" '15: Grass-fed beef patty grilled over an almond-wood fire makes it deliciously fragrant and smoky. Suggests diners add "smattering" of blue cheese on top
CNN Burger List: tiny, family-owned diner produces consummate old-school, small-scale, traditionally orthodox hamburger: salted, griddled beef, capped w/Amrcn cheese & nestled on a squishy white bun
Eater "21 Essential Hamburgers of America" '15: Old-school counter serves burgers w/lettuce, cheese, pickles, then drenches bottom in house-made 1000Island dressing "made w/recipe provided by Kraft"
Eater '16 BEST BURGER: Big Mec - Bordelaise & garlic aioli, caramelized onions, & Am cheese do not overwhelm the 2steak-strength, prime beef patties that demand knife/fork; brioche bun mops up sauces
Eater '16 PUREST TACO MOMENT: overstuffed taco filled w/smoked marlin (w/jerky-like texture); sauteed onions, peppers, & celery; melted white cheese glues all to corn tortilla. Comes w/seafood broth
Eater '16 MOST REMARKABLE SINGLE BITE Banana with caviar - nugget of banana mounded with caviar, pecans, and gold leaf — a salted caramel banana split catapulted into luxurious, savory stratospheres
Eater '16 BEST SPOT 4 SOLO LUNCH - Dining room or sit outside; Tagliatelle w/sweet crab w/lime juice & pepper; feather-shaped fillets of Petrale sole w/peas. 4dessrt: rhubarb clafouti w/pistch gelato
Off Menu Burger: ground pungent, unpasteurized, brandy-washed Époisses cheese in the beef patty; usual ketchup and mustard replaced for onion jam, lettuce for arugula, & buns for locally baked Eng muf
Love everything Chef Brook & Nick related! This was the OG spot when I lived right behind it! The beer selection, the FOOD and service is awesome! Never had a bad item! Definitely try this place!
Best Vietnamese food I've had in LA so far. The egg rolls are definitely as advertised. Awesome. Really good grilled pork and shredded pork broken rice too.
It is already hard to believe there was a time before Suthiporn Sungkamee and his sister Jazz Singsanong were fixtures on the Hollywood Thai restaurant scene. Read more.
The dorowot, a two-day chicken stew vibrating with what must be ginger and black pepper and bishop's weed and clove, cuts straight through to the Ethiopian soul. Read more.
The shrimp taco here is an ideal street food, able to be grasped with a single hand and crunched down in less than a few bites, filling enough to satisfy on a budget Read more.
Don’t miss the ganjang gaejang, raw blue crabs marinated in an elixir of what seems to be a distillation of the animal's sweet juices. Read more.
The first bracing taste of the pho bo ($8.50) -- a traditional soup with noodles and beef, served with a plate of sprouts, herbs, chile sauce and lemon -- brought me back to Hanoi's market stalls Read more.
For a taste of Nashville-style hot chicken, a fried chicken concept with a kick, check out Howlin' Rays in Chinatown. The savory, spicy flavor concoction is even served with waffles on the weekends. Read more.
Is this the greatest place in the universe? Nobody’s mother made roast beef like this. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations
On a corner of Russian Hill, chefs Carrie and Rupert Bleases' food feels eminently San Franciscan: doggedly seasonal, stunningly beautiful, effortlessly modern. Read more.
Once in, order the fries, any curry on the menu, and “limited-availability” fish cuts that you’ve never heard of grilled over binchotan charcoal. Read more.
Food Network's Top 5 Best Street Food - #3 Lobster Roll & Clam Chowder
This place is incredible. A True gem. My favorite is the pork belly bao then the duck bao. You cannot beat the short rib rice. Great burgers, too. They serve Hawaiian Sun Sodas! A++++++++++++
Beat the rush by going before 8:30 a.m. or just after 3. Also: Save room in your suitcase for taking home lots of Sqirl jam. Read more.
Tasting Table: Loaded with salty cured meats... Italian hoagie... is pretty much our ideal lunch... garlicky pickled cherry pepper spread mixes w/mayo to create a creamy, sweet and rich sensation...
MentalFloss 25Iconic Burger Spots (US): organic, veggy fast food from scratch; Opened in '15, popular spot for veggie burgers. The Amy: 2x veggie patty w/chz & secret sauce; wash down w/organic shake
MentalFloss 25Iconic BurgerSpots(US): oldest McD's opened in Summer '53 ; You can order typ McD’s burgers/fries and deep-fried (not baked) apple pie; Also a collection of ads, toys, & memorabilia.
MentalFloss 25Iconic BurgerSpots(US): Serves simple hamburgers and classic pies to customers who sit in seats (there are only 26) around the small counter.
Since 1925, the best sandwich in LA. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Thrillist: fluffy soufflé pncks r famous in SD; menu is mix offerings like “Afternoon Tea Service” nestld next to “McDiddle w/Spam” - a play on bfast sando; get “Reign in Blood” Bloody Mary pitcher
Thrillist: Wood-fired pizzas are star of show here, as is stacked bar munchies list full of interesting bites like banh mi crostini, bhel puri, Mexican street corn, & other globally-inspired dishes
Thrillist: SD’s best ramen; first outpost of the popular JPN chain where everything - the broth, the noodles and all the accoutrements - is made fresh and in-house; there’s always a well-deserved line
Thrillist: prime cuts aged in-house, killer cocktails, and a see-and-be-seen atmosphere unreplicated anywhere in downtown SD; opt for a slice of carrot cake before retiring to the buzzy rooftop
Thrillist: locals agree is one of the best -if not the best- places to get sushi in SD. Preferred way to experience is opting for omakase at bar. Dinner reservations are strongly recommended.
Bon-Appetit 2019 - Top 50 Nominee for America’s Best New Restaurants: “Isn’t it nice when Japanese sandwiches this insanely popular are also this insanely good?"
Food Network - Best Ribs in CA: Bludso seasons his meat with a special blend of spices, then smokes it low and slow for up to 14 hours with whole logs of hardwood charcoal.
Smoke Sheet: Cntrl TX style w/LAtwist. Scratch-made sausage, perf brisket, beef ribs, & prk ribs + incrdble sides. Cannot go wrong w/anythng. Sunday at Smorgasburg-Usually a line & they sell out early
Smoke Sheet: Famous brisket, along w/ two different iterations of pork ribs, pulled pork, chicken, + strong selection of sides. Recommend you go on Monday for the pastrami.
Smoke Sheet: Daniel Vaughn (TXMonthly) declared it best brisket in CA. Meat is the star. Everything is made from scratch - sausage to pickles, to coffee & fresh chocolate chip cookies
Smoke Sheet: Kevin Bludso is godfather of LA BBQ. Here u can get same food Kevin was serving in Compton, including rib tips & red hot links, along w/huge assortment of sandos, desserts, & full bar.
Smoke Sheet: Serious hole-in-the-wall has been serving beef, pork, turkey, and ham sanods that are dirt cheap, messy, & delicious for 72 years. Hours are funky so check online before heading over.
Smoke Sheet: Adam Perry Lang is no newcomer to bbq & this recently opened spot showcases his take of brisket, pork ribs, and pulled pork. Open Tues-Sat from 11:30am-3p.m. only
Thrillist: favorites: brisket, white beans w/bacon, & bf short ribs served “El Borracho” (on corn pudding, w/chorizo queso, Frito &serrano pepper relish). Get hot links - custom-made by local butchery
Everything. Just everything. We got the pan fried dumplings, sechuan beef, and chicken fried rice and was blown away. Paired with an Excellent staff, this place is unexpectedly phenomenal.
Have him make you a sandwich at the counter. Great experience. This place has all the cuts Italian meats you desire and more that you don't know about.Prepare yourself for an educated foodie outing.
Bayou Burrito - shrimp, spicy creole, sausage, peppers, onions, egg, hash and cheddar (https://www.instagram.com/p/CDpQfU9DUfA/?igshid=1k3wlq35m7872)
Solid tacos up front. Looks like fast food but you sit and are served. The cooler part of this place is the hidden tequila bar in the back. Late night DJ with urban/hip hop vibes.
BREALFAST BURRITOS obvi. You already know what's up, get there right when the open or else you're in line forever
Get the Japanese Mustard Dressing and slather it on everything in sight. It's one of the most wildly delicious dressings I've ever had.
best Burger in Los Angeles I ordered, the Crispy Chicken Burger and the Beef Burger and both were great, i loved the chicken more as it crispy and with arugula mastered salad with Brioche bread 👍
$9! I don’t think so..... They use black rub pastrami, but this little thing for $9..... $4 shake in a 12oz cup, the burger had a fresh meat (not frozen) flavor for $5..... chili cheese fries were ok
It’s worth the very long wait. I waited over 2 hours to be seated. No regrets at all and a happy stomach. 😊
