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1. Son of a Gun

8.5
8370 W 3rd St (at S Orlando Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Mid-City West · 162 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Expect their smoked-mahi fish to be copied by other restaurants around the country. There's no script to follow. It's just two guys with two restaurants cooking food they want to eat.

2. Lucha Libre Taco Shop

8.6
1810 W Washington St (at India St), San Diego, CA
Taco Restaurant · Midtown · 257 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Try the Surfin' California Burrito -- a steak, shrimp and french-fry-filled concoction that puts the smackdown on standard taqueria fare. As seen on Man v Food.

3. Phil's BBQ

579 Grand Ave (at W San Marcos Blvd), San Marcos, CA
BBQ Joint · 100 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get the Dinosaur Sized Ribs -- mesquite-grilled to a smoky perfection and slathered in their secret BBQ sauce. -Adam Richman, Man v Food Nation.

4. Elliott Smith Wall

4330 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Other Great Outdoors · 2 tips and reviews

SPINSPIN: “After he died, it became an impromptu thing where everyone started writing on the wall,” says the Airborne Toxic Event. “It was one of those defining moments that brought everyone closer together.”

5. Skylight Books

9.1
1818 N Vermont Ave (at Franklin Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Bookstore · Los Feliz · 54 tips and reviews

SPINSPIN: Skylight reminds Airborne Toxic Event's Mikel Jollett of his old college haunt, City Lights bookstore in San Francisco. “I used to peruse the fiction aisles and dream of being in them one day.”

Don Diego's of Indian Wells is one of Cali.

6. Don Diego's of Indian Wells

7.6
74969 US Highway 111, Indian Wells, CA
Mexican Restaurant · 11 tips and reviews
Sunrise Bagel & Deli is one of Cali.

7. Sunrise Bagel & Deli

7.0
27412 Portola Pkwy Ste F (at Glenn Ranch Rd.), Foothill Ranch, CA
Bagel Shop · 2 tips and reviews
Gjelina is one of Cali.

8. Gjelina

9.2
1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd (at Millwood Ave), Venice, CA
New American Restaurant · 618 tips and reviews

9. Gjelina

9.2
1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd (at Millwood Ave), Venice, CA
New American Restaurant · 618 tips and reviews

LA WeeklyLA Weekly: Featured in LA Weekly's 99 Essential Restaurants!

Eveleigh is one of Cali.

10. Eveleigh

8.9
8752 W Sunset Blvd (at Sherbourne Dr), West Hollywood, CA
American Restaurant · 163 tips and reviews

LA WeeklyLA Weekly: Named Best Restaurant Bar Los Angeles 2014 in our Best of L.A. 2014 issue! Read more.

Pandora's Pizza is one of Cali.

11. Pandora's Pizza

828 N Coast Highway 101 Ste G, Encinitas, CA
Pizzeria · 12 tips and reviews
Avila's El Ranchito is one of Cali.

12. Avila's El Ranchito

7.3
2800 Newport Blvd, Newport Beach, CA
Mexican Restaurant · West Newport Beach · 31 tips and reviews
Smitten Ice Cream is one of Cali.

13. Smitten Ice Cream

850 S Pacific Coast Hwy, El Segundo, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · 6 tips and reviews
La Vida Cantina is one of Cali.

14. La Vida Cantina

7.8
1870 Harbor Blvd (Harbor Blvd and Newport Blvd), Costa Mesa, CA
Mexican Restaurant · 12 tips and reviews
Cauldron Ice Cream is one of Cali.

15. Cauldron Ice Cream

8.2
1421 W MacArthur Blvd Ste F, Santa Ana, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · South Coast · 31 tips and reviews
Briar Rose Winery is one of Cali.

16. Briar Rose Winery

6.5
41720 Calle Cabrillo, Temecula, CA
Winery · 11 tips and reviews