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Known for its famous French dip, Cole's is in the heart of downtown, next to The Association. One of the oldest bars in the city, it occupies the ground floor of the original... More »
Every Angeleno has a secret backdoor shortcut to the airport, and Pannâ??s is smack on the route of at least two-thirds of them. Itâ??s a grand â??50s coffee shop right on the... More »
If you prize your sanity, try never to bring up the subject of lobster rolls with a New England native. If you haven't managed to edge away, you will be apprised how... More »
A converted burger joint saturated with the smell of wood smoke, red roof gleaming in the late-afternoon sun, Oinkster is the child of Max chef Andre Guerrero, a... More »
This burger joint on the border of South Los Angeles and Compton is perhaps most famous for its Hawkins Special, which, weighing in at five pounds, consists... More »
Before Musso & Frank Grill became a martini-fueled Hollywood clubhouse, the place where Faulkner blew out his liver and generations of character actors learned... More »
Located in a strip-mall storefront in Carson, R&R Soul Food announces its intentions to the world via a light-up sign in the window, which reads "chitterling." This... More »
The first thing you should know about Animal is that it is practically a shrine to bacon, which appears everywhere on the short, seasonal menu, up to and including a chocolate... More »
The charcuterie really is at the center of the place: the thin, ruddy slivers of duck ham that shine like leather jerkins in Rembrandt paintings, the paper-thin slices of... More »
Any place in town can broil an acceptable filet mignon, but Suzanne Tracht's snazzy steak house is a blast from the Mad Men '60s, chefly riffs on the strip steak and the... More »
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Tonight's jam-packed bill features several fiery divas who got their start in the late-'70s West Coast punk scene, but the really exciting thing is that they're coming up with vital new music instead of just coasting on past glories. Kat Arthur is best known as the leader of the hard-rocking soul-punks Legal Weapon, but with the Hellkats she opens up her mighty pipes to belt out the blues with...
Burbank may be reeling from a wrongful-death suit brought by the family of a Burbank Police Department veteran who shot himself on a public street, ongoing FBI and grand-jury investigations into police malfeasance and (of course) the upcoming loss of The Tonight Show, soon headed to New York and that whippersnapper Jimmy Fallon. But at least the bucolic suburb still has the distinguished...
"The hot pastrami sandwich served at Langer's Delicatessen in downtown Los Angeles is the finest hot pastrami sandwich in the world," Nora Ephron wrote in The New Yorker in 2002. Them's fighting words, and printed as they were in the away team's pages? Time to call up the troops — no matter that Ephron's statement was as true then as it is...
I LOOOOOOOOVE this place!!!! Its a small cozy spot but PERFECT for a quick FILLING meal before hitting the hot spots of Sunset! I hit this place before going to shows at HOB...and let peep know from OC to LA that this is thee place for tacos or burritos. THEE best asada, excellent flavor and portions!
GOTTA LOVE POQUITO MAS!
lovely place to organize event, i was really enjoyed at.
Read Full ReviewMy friend took me here my very first morning in Los Angeles, and I've been going back for years.
I rarely vary: Breakfast burrito, add bacon.
Done and done.
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