2012 Best od LA - Best Soul Food. This place is not messing around... R&R is a sit-down, table-service joint. The food takes its time coming, but it's worth the wait for fried chicken with gravy! Read more.
2012 Best of LA - Best Bookstore, Westside. This packed and compact used-book store festooned with hefty art books, ringed with underground comix and Mad Magazine paperbacks, and filled to capacity! Read more.
Best of LA 2012 - Best Martini. Like silent films, old-school in the martini realm does not mean boring. A martini here is best when "taken" as part of the entire steak & jellied consommé experience. Read more.
Featured in LA Weekly's "L.A.'s Best Cocktails: Our 55 favorites and where to find them." (Click 'More Info') Read more.
It is always worth the drive south of USC to the Mercado la Paloma, if only to order a few of chef Gilberto Cetina's fantastic cochinita pibil tacos! Don't forget the house-made habanero sauce! Read more.