Guidebook for Los Angeles

Greg
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Excellent vegan hotspot.
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Cafe Gratitude
512 Rose Ave
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Excellent vegan hotspot.
Excellent seafood with great views overlooking the ocean and Santa Monica pier and amusement park.
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The Lobster
1602 Ocean Ave
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Excellent seafood with great views overlooking the ocean and Santa Monica pier and amusement park.
Great people watching, great food. Trendy burgers, chicken wings, drinks, etc.
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Larry's
24 Windward Ave
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Great people watching, great food. Trendy burgers, chicken wings, drinks, etc.
Local hot spot 1 minute walk from the apartment. Great food, drinks, and the best chocolate soufflé.
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James' Beach
60 N Venice Blvd
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Local hot spot 1 minute walk from the apartment. Great food, drinks, and the best chocolate soufflé.
Sushi and Asian fusion right across from James Beach; same owners.
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Canal Club
2025 Pacific Ave
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Sushi and Asian fusion right across from James Beach; same owners.
Great coffee, breakfast, lox and bagels...
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Bellissimo Venice
68 N Venice Blvd
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Great coffee, breakfast, lox and bagels...
The long line is totally worth the wait if you are a coffee aficionado. Plus their pastries are excellent.
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Intelligentsia Coffee Venice Coffeebar
1331 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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The long line is totally worth the wait if you are a coffee aficionado. Plus their pastries are excellent.
Worth trying if you can get in.
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Gjelina Take Away
1427 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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Worth trying if you can get in.
Excellent, fast, pizza, sandwiches, vegetable salads, desserts. Sometimes a short line, but it moves fast. If you're in a hurry, you can pre-order by telephone and avoid the wait.
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Gjelina Take Away
1427 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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Excellent, fast, pizza, sandwiches, vegetable salads, desserts. Sometimes a short line, but it moves fast. If you're in a hurry, you can pre-order by telephone and avoid the wait.
Specify your own salad ingredients from many innovative choices. Also, soups, and flavored lemonades of course.
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Lemonade
1661 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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Specify your own salad ingredients from many innovative choices. Also, soups, and flavored lemonades of course.
Huge portions, family friendly, great service, friendly waiters, nice outdoor patio, garlic pizza dough balls, food quality fair but overall a fun experience. You may hear a familiar Italian song...
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C&O Trattoria
3016 Washington Boulevard
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Huge portions, family friendly, great service, friendly waiters, nice outdoor patio, garlic pizza dough balls, food quality fair but overall a fun experience. You may hear a familiar Italian song...
Excellent food and atmosphere.
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Joe's Restaurant
1023 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
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Excellent food and atmosphere.
Not a restaurant, but excellent--and expensive--cold pressed juices, almond milk, etc., and delectables.
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Moon Juice
507 Rose Ave
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Not a restaurant, but excellent--and expensive--cold pressed juices, almond milk, etc., and delectables.
Good sushi
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SUGARFISH by sushi nozawa
600 W 7th St
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Good sushi
Locals hangout, coffee, juices, smoothies, etc.
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The Cow's End Cafe
34 Washington Blvd
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Locals hangout, coffee, juices, smoothies, etc.
Good food, great setting, with a beautiful view of the ocean.
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Geoffreys
27400 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Good food, great setting, with a beautiful view of the ocean.
Excellent expensive sushi in a classy setting.
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Nobu Malibu
22706 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Excellent expensive sushi in a classy setting.
Good Italian food with amazing warm bread served with garlic basil olive oil.
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La Vecchia Cucina
2654 Main St
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Good Italian food with amazing warm bread served with garlic basil olive oil.

Entertainment & Activities

Great healthy food suitable for adults and kids. At Santa Monica mall and 3rd Street Promenade, so you and walk and shop while you're there.
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True Food Kitchen
395 Santa Monica Pl
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Great healthy food suitable for adults and kids. At Santa Monica mall and 3rd Street Promenade, so you and walk and shop while you're there.
Touristy shopping, dining, and movie themed amusement park. I haven't been in years so I can't speak too much about it.
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Universal CityWalk
100 Universal City Plaza
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Touristy shopping, dining, and movie themed amusement park. I haven't been in years so I can't speak too much about it.

Essentials

Large health food supermarket. Everything from organic produce, fish, meats, beer, wine, and fresh prepared foods. The only place I shop.
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Whole Foods Market
225 Lincoln Blvd
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Large health food supermarket. Everything from organic produce, fish, meats, beer, wine, and fresh prepared foods. The only place I shop.
Fairly close grocery store, but Whole Foods Market is closer and better.
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Ralphs
1644 Cloverfield Blvd
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Fairly close grocery store, but Whole Foods Market is closer and better.
Very close small market.
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Windward Market
105 Windward Ave
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Very close small market.
One of the most interesting and special things you can see, the Space Shuttle Endeavor. See it up close. Also it's last flight on the back of a 747 and then how they transported it from LAX through the streets of LA to the CA Science Center.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
700 Exposition Park Dr
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One of the most interesting and special things you can see, the Space Shuttle Endeavor. See it up close. Also it's last flight on the back of a 747 and then how they transported it from LAX through the streets of LA to the CA Science Center.

Everything Else

Three long blocks of shopping, dining, and movies. Touristy, and with street performers, but if you're a tourist, it's probably worth going. At the south end is the very nice Santa Monica Mall.
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Apple Third Street Promenade
1415 3rd Street Promenade
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Three long blocks of shopping, dining, and movies. Touristy, and with street performers, but if you're a tourist, it's probably worth going. At the south end is the very nice Santa Monica Mall.
Nice outdoor mall anchored by Bloomingdales and Nordstrom. The excellent True Food Kitchen is on the first floor and is great for kids and adults. The mall is at the South end of 3rd St. Promenade.
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Santa Monica Place
Santa Monica Place
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Nice outdoor mall anchored by Bloomingdales and Nordstrom. The excellent True Food Kitchen is on the first floor and is great for kids and adults. The mall is at the South end of 3rd St. Promenade.
On Sundays until 1pm. Aside from the fresh vegetables and fruits, you can get prepared eggs, crepes, waffles, etc. Also live entertainment and usually horse rides for little kids.
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Santa Monica Sunday Main Street Farmers Markets
2640 Main St
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On Sundays until 1pm. Aside from the fresh vegetables and fruits, you can get prepared eggs, crepes, waffles, etc. Also live entertainment and usually horse rides for little kids.
Closest pharmacy. Turn left on Pacific, right on Rose and it's there at the next corner on your left.
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CVS
255 Main St
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Closest pharmacy. Turn left on Pacific, right on Rose and it's there at the next corner on your left.
Bike rental
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Venice Sign
1501 Main Street
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Bike rental
Surf board, stand up paddle board rentals, beach clothing, etc.
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VB Surf
38 Washington Blvd
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Surf board, stand up paddle board rentals, beach clothing, etc.
Great surf shop, lots of gear, footwear, clothing, sunglasses, etc. Including snowboarding gear in winter.
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ZJ Boarding House
2619 Main St
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Great surf shop, lots of gear, footwear, clothing, sunglasses, etc. Including snowboarding gear in winter.
Skateboards and clothing.
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Arbor Venice
102 Washington Blvd
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Skateboards and clothing.
Good shopping and restaurants with a nice farmer's market on Sundays
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Main Street
Main Street
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Good shopping and restaurants with a nice farmer's market on Sundays

Sightseeing

Merry-go-round, ferris wheel, rollercoaster, etc...and annoying arcade for the kids!
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Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica Pier
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Merry-go-round, ferris wheel, rollercoaster, etc...and annoying arcade for the kids!
Beautiful houses and canals on what's left of Abbot Kinney's "Venice of America" development in 1905. Consider walking through this area on your way to Abbot Kinney Blvd.
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Venice Canals
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Beautiful houses and canals on what's left of Abbot Kinney's "Venice of America" development in 1905. Consider walking through this area on your way to Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Vintage hotel where the little people from the Wizard of Oz stayed during filming of that movie. Also downtown Culver City is a nice area with lots of restaurants and a movie theater.
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The Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd
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Vintage hotel where the little people from the Wizard of Oz stayed during filming of that movie. Also downtown Culver City is a nice area with lots of restaurants and a movie theater.
Aviation history
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Museum of Flying
3100 Airport Ave
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Aviation history
Embarrassed to say I haven't been, but definitely worth going...
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The Getty
1200 Getty Center Dr
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Embarrassed to say I haven't been, but definitely worth going...
Embarrassed to say I haven't been, but definitely worth going... You'll have to research the difference between the two museums.
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Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Embarrassed to say I haven't been, but definitely worth going... You'll have to research the difference between the two museums.
If you take a trip to San Diego, touring this aircraft carrier is very interesting. It's worth it to sign up for a private tour, which starts an hour before it opens to the public.
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USS Midway Museum
910 N Harbor Dr
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If you take a trip to San Diego, touring this aircraft carrier is very interesting. It's worth it to sign up for a private tour, which starts an hour before it opens to the public.
At the California Science Center. VERY cool to see this space ship up close. Also a great movie showing how it was moved through the city streets from LAX. Great for kids and adults.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
700 Exposition Park Dr
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At the California Science Center. VERY cool to see this space ship up close. Also a great movie showing how it was moved through the city streets from LAX. Great for kids and adults.
Space Shuttle Endeavor; iMax 3D movie Hubble Space Telescope. Early space capsules and much more (not all of it aviation/space oriented).
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California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Dr
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Space Shuttle Endeavor; iMax 3D movie Hubble Space Telescope. Early space capsules and much more (not all of it aviation/space oriented).
The iMax3D movie Hubble Space Telescope is AMAZING! Takes you within a few feet of Astronauts repairing the telescope and far far away in the galaxy. One of the best movies I've seen.
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California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Dr
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The iMax3D movie Hubble Space Telescope is AMAZING! Takes you within a few feet of Astronauts repairing the telescope and far far away in the galaxy. One of the best movies I've seen.
After touring Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, and maybe Hollywood, the drive on Sunset back to the coast is nice, then south on Pacific Coast highway through Santa Monica and back to the apartment.
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Sunset Strip
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After touring Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, and maybe Hollywood, the drive on Sunset back to the coast is nice, then south on Pacific Coast highway through Santa Monica and back to the apartment.
I've never been or really seen it other than from a plane...
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Hollywood Wigs
6530 Hollywood Boulevard
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I've never been or really seen it other than from a plane...
I think the stars handprints are here.
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TCL Chinese Theatres
6925 Hollywood Blvd
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I think the stars handprints are here.
You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard. Some that you recognize some that you never even heard of...
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Hollywood Walk Of Fame HQ
6255 Sunset Blvd
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You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard. Some that you recognize some that you never even heard of...

Shopping

Not sure why you might need to know where this is, but here it is...
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Costco Wholesale
13463 Washington Blvd
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Not sure why you might need to know where this is, but here it is...
Wide variety of sporting goods
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Sport Chalet
2 Civic Center Dr
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Wide variety of sporting goods
Great indoor mall
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Beverly Center
8500 Beverly Blvd
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Great indoor mall
Very nice outdoor mall with great shopping and some good restaurants.
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Westfield Century City
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
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Very nice outdoor mall with great shopping and some good restaurants.
A group of trendy, high end stores, individually owned, where you just might see a celebrity. Also Mauro's, a very good Italian restaurant with inside and patio for lunch. Highly recommended.
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Fred Segal
8500 Sunset Blvd
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A group of trendy, high end stores, individually owned, where you just might see a celebrity. Also Mauro's, a very good Italian restaurant with inside and patio for lunch. Highly recommended.
A group of trendy, higher end stores, individually owned. Not quite the same since the original of 2 buildings was closed for demolition. Worth going if you're shopping in SM. Small cafe for lunch.
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Fred Segal
8500 Sunset Blvd
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A group of trendy, higher end stores, individually owned. Not quite the same since the original of 2 buildings was closed for demolition. Worth going if you're shopping in SM. Small cafe for lunch.
Excellent higher end shopping, several places to eat, and a playground for the kids. If you like home decorating, check out Room at the Beach.
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Malibu Country Mart
3835 Cross Creek Rd
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Excellent higher end shopping, several places to eat, and a playground for the kids. If you like home decorating, check out Room at the Beach.
If you like Harley's...
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Bartels' Harley-Davidson
4141 Lincoln Blvd
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If you like Harley's...
In case you need to go to Target...
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Target
735 S Figueroa St
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In case you need to go to Target...
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Toys"R"Us
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For nice Beverly Hills Shopping and sightseeing.
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Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive
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For nice Beverly Hills Shopping and sightseeing.