Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Very fresh, yummy, inexpensive food, very close and run by a friendly family. Lunch or dinner.
9 locals recommend
Chico's Restaurant
100 N Avenue 50
9 locals recommend
Very fresh, yummy, inexpensive food, very close and run by a friendly family. Lunch or dinner.
Good food and drinks, try the molcajete special for 2, it includes drinks for $28.99! Breakfast, lunch, happy hour or dinner.
8 locals recommend
El Pescador
5230 N Figueroa St
8 locals recommend
Good food and drinks, try the molcajete special for 2, it includes drinks for $28.99! Breakfast, lunch, happy hour or dinner.
Great seafood, ceviche, fish tacos, oysters, classic LA ambiance! Lunch and snacks.
6 locals recommend
Via-Mar Restaurant Express
5111 N Figueroa St
6 locals recommend
Great seafood, ceviche, fish tacos, oysters, classic LA ambiance! Lunch and snacks.
Good Mexican breakfast and more, very authentic, friendly people. Breakfast and Lunch.
Metro Balderas Restaurant
5305 N Figueroa St
Good Mexican breakfast and more, very authentic, friendly people. Breakfast and Lunch.
Great Salvadoran and Mexican food for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
8 locals recommend
Las Cazuelas Restaurant & Pupuseria
5707 N Figueroa St
8 locals recommend
Great Salvadoran and Mexican food for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Classic LA Mexican with huge portions and strong margaritas! Dinner.
11 locals recommend
Villa Sombrero Restaurant
6101 York Blvd
11 locals recommend
Classic LA Mexican with huge portions and strong margaritas! Dinner.
Decent enough Vietnamese if you don't feel like going downtown or towards San Gabriel valley. Lunch.
73 locals recommend
Good Girl Dinette
110 North Avenue 56
73 locals recommend
Decent enough Vietnamese if you don't feel like going downtown or towards San Gabriel valley. Lunch.
Romantic French restaurant on York. Great French Fries! Brunch and Dinner.
34 locals recommend
Ba
5100 York Boulevard
34 locals recommend
Romantic French restaurant on York. Great French Fries! Brunch and Dinner.
Italian food, good pizza and brunch. Brunch, lunch and dinner.
101 locals recommend
Maximiliano
5930 York Blvd
101 locals recommend
Italian food, good pizza and brunch. Brunch, lunch and dinner.
Hipster restaurant and cocktails.
100 locals recommend
Sonny's Hideaway
5137 York Blvd
100 locals recommend
Hipster restaurant and cocktails.
Yummy bread and breakfasts in a bustling shopping area.
71 locals recommend
Le Pain Quotidien
88 W Colorado Blvd
71 locals recommend
Yummy bread and breakfasts in a bustling shopping area.
Great burgers, good place to grab an easy lunch when you're shopping on Colorado Blvd.
Jakes of Pasadena
38 W Colorado Blvd
Great burgers, good place to grab an easy lunch when you're shopping on Colorado Blvd.
Delicious BBQ, huge portions, good cocktails.
45 locals recommend
Gus's BBQ
808 Fair Oaks Ave
45 locals recommend
Delicious BBQ, huge portions, good cocktails.
Great Izakaya in a Little Tokyo mall, very busy on weekends. Little Tokyo gold line stop.
12 locals recommend
Honda-Ya
333 South Alameda Street
12 locals recommend
Great Izakaya in a Little Tokyo mall, very busy on weekends. Little Tokyo gold line stop.
Huge Korean BBQ place in a LIttle Tokyo mall, very good selection of dishes. Little Tokyo gold line stop.
21 locals recommend
Manna Korean BBQ
333 Alameda Street
21 locals recommend
Huge Korean BBQ place in a LIttle Tokyo mall, very good selection of dishes. Little Tokyo gold line stop.
Great Pho place in Chinatown, huge and always busy, with parking. Chinatown gold line stop.
27 locals recommend
Pho 87
1019 N Broadway
27 locals recommend
Great Pho place in Chinatown, huge and always busy, with parking. Chinatown gold line stop.
Quality dim sum in a classic atmosphere. Chinatown gold line stop.
21 locals recommend
Ocean Seafood Restaurant
750 N Hill St
21 locals recommend
Quality dim sum in a classic atmosphere. Chinatown gold line stop.
Home of the French dip sandwich, classic LA institution. Chinatown gold line.
100 locals recommend
Philippe The Original
1001 N Alameda St
100 locals recommend
Home of the French dip sandwich, classic LA institution. Chinatown gold line.
The other LA French dip place, good cocktails, fun atmosphere.
153 locals recommend
Cole's French Dip
118 E 6th St
153 locals recommend
The other LA French dip place, good cocktails, fun atmosphere.
Trendy Mexican place with good food and cocktails and happy hour.
33 locals recommend
Mas Malo
515 West 7th Street
33 locals recommend
Trendy Mexican place with good food and cocktails and happy hour.
Classic LA institution, super diverse market with 2 dozen different food stalls, becoming trendy, see it while it still retains some Old LA charm.
968 locals recommend
Grand Central Market
317 S Broadway
968 locals recommend
Classic LA institution, super diverse market with 2 dozen different food stalls, becoming trendy, see it while it still retains some Old LA charm.

Shopping

Very specialized record store, vinyl and tapes only.
16 locals recommend
Mount Analog
2217 Hyperion Avenue
16 locals recommend
Very specialized record store, vinyl and tapes only.
Crafty hipster tchotchke store.
8 locals recommend
Platform
5027 York Blvd
8 locals recommend
Crafty hipster tchotchke store.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good happy hour until 7, great French fries, a friendly neighborhood bar.
98 locals recommend
The Greyhound Bar & Grill
5570 N Figueroa St
98 locals recommend
Good happy hour until 7, great French fries, a friendly neighborhood bar.
Former dive bar, easy to stumble home from, cute patio, taco tuesday and happy hour.
90 locals recommend
La Cuevita
5922 N Figueroa St
90 locals recommend
Former dive bar, easy to stumble home from, cute patio, taco tuesday and happy hour.
Classic hipster dive bar in Cypress Park, 2 gold line stops from Southwest Museum.
90 locals recommend
Footsies
2640 N Figueroa St
90 locals recommend
Classic hipster dive bar in Cypress Park, 2 gold line stops from Southwest Museum.
Good poolside happy hour drinks in a pretty Moroccan style setting.
12 locals recommend
Hotel Figueroa
939 S Figueroa St
12 locals recommend
Good poolside happy hour drinks in a pretty Moroccan style setting.
Food and drinks in super trendy hotel setting. Rooftop bar.
239 locals recommend
Ace Hotel
929 S Broadway
239 locals recommend
Food and drinks in super trendy hotel setting. Rooftop bar.
Great view, overpriced drinks by the rooftop pool.
330 locals recommend
Standard Downtown
550 Flower St
330 locals recommend
Great view, overpriced drinks by the rooftop pool.
Dive bar with patio, happy hour all day til 7pm.
44 locals recommend
La Cita
336 S Hill St
44 locals recommend
Dive bar with patio, happy hour all day til 7pm.
Great bar, happy hour, friendly folks.
19 locals recommend
The Redwood Bar & Grill
316 West 2nd Street
19 locals recommend
Great bar, happy hour, friendly folks.

Essentials

Every Tuesday, 3-8 pm.
23 locals recommend
Old LA/Highland Park Farmers' Market
Marmion Way
23 locals recommend
Every Tuesday, 3-8 pm.
The closest Trader Joe's, accessible by gold line, 5 minutes by car.
202 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
345 S Lake Ave
202 locals recommend
The closest Trader Joe's, accessible by gold line, 5 minutes by car.
Closest Whole Foods, with a wine bar and happy hour, pizza, burgers, seafood cooked to order before 7pm, great place for an easy dinner. Accessible by Gold Line, Del Mar station.
306 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
465 S Arroyo Pkwy
306 locals recommend
Closest Whole Foods, with a wine bar and happy hour, pizza, burgers, seafood cooked to order before 7pm, great place for an easy dinner. Accessible by Gold Line, Del Mar station.
Thursdays from 3-7, accessible by Metro, Mission street stop.
48 locals recommend
South Pasadena Farmers' Market
920 Meridian Ave
48 locals recommend
Thursdays from 3-7, accessible by Metro, Mission street stop.

Everything Else

Small lake at the top and great views of LA and Pasadena/Glendale.
112 locals recommend
Ernest E Debs Regional Park
4235 Monterey Rd
112 locals recommend
Small lake at the top and great views of LA and Pasadena/Glendale.
AKA the Thai Costco, restaurant supply that also serves yummy Thai food. Chinatown gold line.
Lax-C
1100 N Main St
AKA the Thai Costco, restaurant supply that also serves yummy Thai food. Chinatown gold line.