Close your eyes and you can taste the Ensenadan air. Originally from Ensenada, Ricky has found the secret to crisp fish and shrimp tacos. Try both!
my favorite espresso in LA, they have a another location (better ambiance) in Santa Monica
Gjelina is cheerful, boozy & known for both its good-looking customers & Travis Lett's decent organic-fetish Italian food. The scene may be as crunchy as the pizza crust, but relax: It's Abbot Kinney. Read more.
Chef Sergio Peñuelas is a master of pescado zarandeado, marinated snook cooked by shaking over charcoal until the flesh caramelizes but does not char. Also recommended: the fiery shrimp aguachile. Read more.
Try the pastrami sandwich. It's smeared with kimchi mustard and features a fried-egg-draped slice of bread. Read more.
While people will quibble over whether or not Park's is the defacto best Korean barbecue in the city, it's exceptionally solid, and the perfect destination for a night out in K-Town. Read more.
Din Tai Fung really does have good soup dumplings, tender and swollen with hot broth, zapped with fresh ginger, perfectly elastic and almost engineered. Read more.
The specialty drinks are truly special, i.e., the "Coffee and a Cigarette" features tobacco-infused whipped cream -- act now, before the state forces you to enjoy it on the sidewalk. Read more.
In 1896, Col. Griffith J. Griffith gave funds in his will to build an observatory, exhibit hall, and planetarium on this donated land. Construction began in 1933 and opened to the public in 1935.
Try the crunchy fried fish with homegrown turmeric, mango salad lightened with coconut water or soft-shell crab with the legendarily stinky sataw bean. Read more.
Fixings include American basics such as sausage, bacon and fresh eggs, as well as very L.A. twists: fried ricotta fritters and oatmeal pancakes, to name a few. Read more.
Their brisket is a paradigm of meat, beef that disappears so quickly that if it weren't for the feeling of satisfying fullness you might swear that you had less eaten it than dreamed it. Read more.
"Delicate tongue tacos with green salsa are especially good, as are the tacos of chicken tesmole, an herb-intensive Oaxacan preparation thickened with corn." Read more.
Everyone is here for Attari's sandwiches: lengths of toasted French bread dressed with fresh tomatoes, lettuce and a smattering of spiced, super-tart Iranian pickles. Read more.
You can pay a buck & get a little packet of chiles torreados as a side, or you can get them as a taco wrapped in a thick corn tortilla with Guisados’ liquid habanero chile salsa on top -Jonathan Gold
Interesting set up for a cafe. When it opened, it was revolutionary. Solid espresso drinks, but their roast has been getting lighter in the last couple years (meaning a more sour cup).
