Guidebook for Los Angeles
Food Scene
Haute cuisine in a cafeteria style. Kinda pricey but oh so good, best in the 'hood.
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Joan’s on Third
8350 W 3rd StHaute cuisine in a cafeteria style. Kinda pricey but oh so good, best in the 'hood.
All-American diner food with a health-conscious twist. Grease-monkey style waiters & waitresses. Good food but can be loud at times.
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Swingers
8020 Beverly BlvdAll-American diner food with a health-conscious twist. Grease-monkey style waiters & waitresses. Good food but can be loud at times.
Most excellent tacos and not expensive. Get them "plancha style" -- you'll be glad you did.
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Plancha Tacos
8250 W 3rd StMost excellent tacos and not expensive. Get them "plancha style" -- you'll be glad you did.
Cool menu for sandwiches -- the fried chicken one is pretty swell. Cool pie flavors and vintage soda pop in bottles, too.
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simplethings 3rd Street
8310 W 3rd StCool menu for sandwiches -- the fried chicken one is pretty swell. Cool pie flavors and vintage soda pop in bottles, too.
Very inexpensive but good home-style tacos & burritos. DO NOT go to Taco Bell when you can go here. Ask for the chicken tostada -- it's not on the menu but they'll make it.
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Benito's Taco Shop
7912 Beverly BlvdVery inexpensive but good home-style tacos & burritos. DO NOT go to Taco Bell when you can go here. Ask for the chicken tostada -- it's not on the menu but they'll make it.
Venerable coffee place with good food. Gets crowded so pick your time wisely. The restaurant is on one side and the coffee place is on the other. My mom, a sexagenarian coffee-holic, said the coffee took the top of her head off.
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Kings Road Café
8361 Beverly BlvdVenerable coffee place with good food. Gets crowded so pick your time wisely. The restaurant is on one side and the coffee place is on the other. My mom, a sexagenarian coffee-holic, said the coffee took the top of her head off.
Good quality food and not expensive. Inside or sidewalk dining. Very crowded weekends for brunch so don't go then.
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Toast Bakery Cafe
8221 W 3rd StGood quality food and not expensive. Inside or sidewalk dining. Very crowded weekends for brunch so don't go then.
A bit more upscale than most of my picks, but good "Quality" Food & Bevs. Like everywhere around here, gets crowded Sat & Sun brunch so go early or later.
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Quality Food & Beverage
8030 W 3rd StA bit more upscale than most of my picks, but good "Quality" Food & Bevs. Like everywhere around here, gets crowded Sat & Sun brunch so go early or later.
Diego himself serves up your gourmet meal in this tiny, unassuming but very high-quality place. Great prices for the level of cheffery involved! Check the hours before you go - they're kinda strange. Worth it!
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Food Fair by Diego
7825 Beverly BlvdDiego himself serves up your gourmet meal in this tiny, unassuming but very high-quality place. Great prices for the level of cheffery involved! Check the hours before you go - they're kinda strange. Worth it!
Since the 1930s farmers have been selling their fresh on this corner. A little pricey and touristy today, if you go early or later it's excellent local color. Upstairs dining room is a good place to take your tray after you've found your fave of the many many offerings here. Live music weekends.
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The Original Farmers Market
6333 W 3rd StSince the 1930s farmers have been selling their fresh on this corner. A little pricey and touristy today, if you go early or later it's excellent local color. Upstairs dining room is a good place to take your tray after you've found your fave of the many many offerings here. Live music weekends.
The far western outpost of this iconic Manhattan cupcake joint.
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Magnolia Bakery
8389 W 3rd StThe far western outpost of this iconic Manhattan cupcake joint.
Pricey but insanely good locally made and sourced small-batch gelato.
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Gelateria Uli
541 S Spring StPricey but insanely good locally made and sourced small-batch gelato.
Essentials
Trader Joe's
11976 Ventura BlvdFashionable and fun, good produce and prices.
Arts & Culture
Internationally renowned art museum, with excellent permanent and traveling exhibits inside and cool stuff outside. On the grounds of the La Brea Tar Pits. Walk under the Levitated Mass, a huge boulder on the grounds. Live music Fridays.
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Los Angeles County Kunstmuseum
5905 Wilshire BlvdInternationally renowned art museum, with excellent permanent and traveling exhibits inside and cool stuff outside. On the grounds of the La Brea Tar Pits. Walk under the Levitated Mass, a huge boulder on the grounds. Live music Fridays.
Saber-toothed Tigers, Dire Wolves, and Mastadons got stuck in the tar and their bones are on display. Great for kids; free to wander the grounds and see the paleontology in progress, though the museum is kinda pricey. Worth it, though!
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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
5801 Wilshire BlvdSaber-toothed Tigers, Dire Wolves, and Mastadons got stuck in the tar and their bones are on display. Great for kids; free to wander the grounds and see the paleontology in progress, though the museum is kinda pricey. Worth it, though!
Sightseeing
Huge boulder suspended above a walkway. On the grounds of LACMA museum and the La Brea Tar Pits.
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Kunstwerk "Urban Light"
5905 Wilshire BlvdHuge boulder suspended above a walkway. On the grounds of LACMA museum and the La Brea Tar Pits.