Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Fits somewhere between coffee shop and restaurant. Excellent sandwiches, soups, salads, pastries, etc.
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Literati Cafe
12081 Wilshire Blvd
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Fits somewhere between coffee shop and restaurant. Excellent sandwiches, soups, salads, pastries, etc.
Wonderful french pastry shop and brunch location.
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Amandine Patisserie Cafe
12225 Wilshire Blvd
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Wonderful french pastry shop and brunch location.
Fantastic hole-in-the-wall place. Highly recommend the homemade spicy pork sausage and "flaming ball". Very friendly service.
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Seoul Sausage Co.
11313 Mississippi Avenue
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Fantastic hole-in-the-wall place. Highly recommend the homemade spicy pork sausage and "flaming ball". Very friendly service.
Cash-only, but very good sushi.
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Hide Sushi
2040 Sawtelle Blvd
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Cash-only, but very good sushi.
Gourmet take burgers and beer. Very rich food, but well worth having. If you still have room, be sure to try their homemade doughnuts for dessert.
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Plan Check
1800 Sawtelle Blvd
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Gourmet take burgers and beer. Very rich food, but well worth having. If you still have room, be sure to try their homemade doughnuts for dessert.
Great Mexican food. Highly recommend the freshly-prepared grilled fish burrito.
Baja Bud's Restaurants
11819 Wilshire Blvd
Great Mexican food. Highly recommend the freshly-prepared grilled fish burrito.
There's actually good dim sum this far from Chinatown!
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The Palace Seafood & Dim Sum
11701 Wilshire Blvd
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There's actually good dim sum this far from Chinatown!
Great sushi for a great price!
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Hara Sushi
12222 Wilshire Blvd
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Great sushi for a great price!
Good Thai/Chinese food with amazing lunch and dinner special pricing.
Siam Chan Restaurant
1611 Colby Ave
Good Thai/Chinese food with amazing lunch and dinner special pricing.
Great pastry shop, and I highly recommend their panini sandwiches.
Emil's Patisserie and Cafe
11551 CA-2
Great pastry shop, and I highly recommend their panini sandwiches.
Good place to go if you can't spend too much money but want a decent all-you-can-eat buffet.
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Souplantation
11911 San Vicente Blvd
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Good place to go if you can't spend too much money but want a decent all-you-can-eat buffet.
Great burgers!
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Burger Lounge
8539 Sunset Blvd
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Great burgers!
Great retro 1950's diner.
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Cafe 50's
11623 Santa Monica Blvd
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Great retro 1950's diner.
Fantastic Persian food!
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Safir Mediterranean Santa Monica
19940 Ventura Boulevard
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Fantastic Persian food!
You need to try their homemade churros with the Mexican chocolate dipping sauce!
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Churros Calientes
11521 Santa Monica Blvd
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You need to try their homemade churros with the Mexican chocolate dipping sauce!
Terrific Indian lunch buffet for a great price.
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All India Cafe
12113 CA-2
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Terrific Indian lunch buffet for a great price.
Great Mexican/Oaxacan food. Their mole sauce is terrific.
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Monte Alban Restaurante
11929 Santa Monica Blvd
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Great Mexican/Oaxacan food. Their mole sauce is terrific.
Amazing brunch destination!
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Huckleberry Cafe
1014 Wilshire Blvd
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Amazing brunch destination!
Seriously, the best ice cream I've ever had!
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Sweet Rose Creamery
225 26th St
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Seriously, the best ice cream I've ever had!
Great Italian-style gourmet pizza.
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Milo & Olive
2723 Wilshire Blvd
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Great Italian-style gourmet pizza.
Very good fish tacos and burritos.
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Wahoo's Fish Taco
1129 Manhattan Ave
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Very good fish tacos and burritos.
Perfect spot for a casual, inexpensive breakfast.
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Lazy Daisy Cafe
2300 Pico Blvd
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Perfect spot for a casual, inexpensive breakfast.
Great New York-style pizza-by-the-slice.
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Joe's Pizza
8539 Sunset Blvd
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Great New York-style pizza-by-the-slice.
The Brentwood Farmers Market (open Sundays from 9:00am-2:00pm) has great local food and arts & crafts.
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Brentwood Farmers Market
741 S Gretna Green Way
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The Brentwood Farmers Market (open Sundays from 9:00am-2:00pm) has great local food and arts & crafts.
The best donuts you'll have in this city or perhaps anywhere else! There's often a line, but it's completely worth it.
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Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee
631 Wilshire Blvd
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The best donuts you'll have in this city or perhaps anywhere else! There's often a line, but it's completely worth it.
Some of the best gourmet sandwiches in this city.
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Mendocino Farms
4724 Admiralty Way
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Some of the best gourmet sandwiches in this city.
Great gourmet sandwiches.
The Carving Board West LA
11676 Gateway Blvd
Great gourmet sandwiches.

Drinks & Nightlife

Food is decent, but there's a good drink selection with great happy hour prices.
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BarFood
12217 Wilshire Blvd
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Food is decent, but there's a good drink selection with great happy hour prices.
Excellent craft beer selection, especially if you love Belgians. Food is great, too.
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BRÜ HAUS
11831 Wilshire Blvd
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Excellent craft beer selection, especially if you love Belgians. Food is great, too.
Bar is decent, but recommended if you want to shoot some pool/billiards.
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Q's Billiard Club & Restaurant
11835 Wilshire Blvd
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Bar is decent, but recommended if you want to shoot some pool/billiards.
Low-key dive bar. Decent drink selection, good happy hour prices.
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Mom's
12238 Santa Monica Blvd
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Low-key dive bar. Decent drink selection, good happy hour prices.
Excellent craft beer selection, and some of the best burgers in Los Angeles.
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Father's Office
1018 Montana Ave
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Excellent craft beer selection, and some of the best burgers in Los Angeles.
Amazing cocktails. A bit pricey, but worth it!
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The Chestnut Club
1348 14th St
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Amazing cocktails. A bit pricey, but worth it!

Shopping

Terrific independently-owned record store. Mostly new vinyl, some used. The owner, Sebastian, is extremely friendly.
Touch Vinyl
1646 Sawtelle Boulevard
Terrific independently-owned record store. Mostly new vinyl, some used. The owner, Sebastian, is extremely friendly.
Great record store with a mix of new and used vinyl. They also have a small selection of CDs and movies.
Record Surplus
12436 Santa Monica Blvd
Great record store with a mix of new and used vinyl. They also have a small selection of CDs and movies.
Amazing hole-in-the-wall place that sells used books. It might be small, but you could spend an afternoon here.
Sideshow Books
1639 La Cienega Blvd
Amazing hole-in-the-wall place that sells used books. It might be small, but you could spend an afternoon here.
Great shopping spot for inexpensive clothing and general home goods.
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Ross Dress for Less
1400 Lincoln Blvd
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Great shopping spot for inexpensive clothing and general home goods.

Entertainment & Activities

Terrific movie theater that shows a mix of independent films and cult midnight movies every Friday night.
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Landmark's Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Blvd
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Terrific movie theater that shows a mix of independent films and cult midnight movies every Friday night.

Essentials

Nearby grocery supermarket.
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Ralphs
12057 Wilshire Blvd
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Nearby grocery supermarket.
High-end grocery market with great food.
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Bristol Farms
3105 Wilshire Blvd
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High-end grocery market with great food.
Great for general conveniences.
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CVS
12015 Wilshire Blvd
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Great for general conveniences.

Sightseeing

Beach-adjacent outdoor shopping.
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Apple Third Street Promenade
1415 3rd Street Promenade
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Beach-adjacent outdoor shopping.

Arts & Culture

Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Dr