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The Best LA Restaurants For A Birthday Dinner
19 places that take the pain out of birthday plotting.
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Where To Have Your Birthday In Your 30s
15 great LA restaurants suitable for a birthday party in your 30s.
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Where To Have A Fun Birthday Dinner Without Spending Hundreds Of Dollars
Because your friends love you, but not enough to blow their monthly car payment on your big night.
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The Best Spots For Cheese & Charcuterie In LA
When you need some fresh mozzarell’ and salumi, stat.
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Where To Have A Big Group Meal Where People Can Come And Go
Stress-free spots where everyone can do their own thing.
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Where To Have A Big Night Out Outside
13 places perfect for a special occasion... even if that “occasion” is just buying a new houseplant.
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Moo’s Craft Barbecue
Moo’s Craft BBQ in Lincoln Heights serves some of the best BBQ not just in LA, but all of California.
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Where To Have Your Birthday In Your 30s
15 great LA restaurants suitable for a birthday party in your 30s.
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The Best LA Restaurants For A Birthday Dinner
19 places that take the pain out of birthday plotting.
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Dan Tana’s
Dan Tana’s is an LA classic and the kind of place where every night feels like a celebration.
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Footsies
Footsies is a dingy neighborhood dive that turns into a DJ-fueled party the weekends.
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Raffi's Place
Raffi's is an institution and the perfect place for a massive group dinner in Glendale.
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Rustic Canyon
Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica has aged into a worn-in neighborhood spot that does farm-to-table as well as any place in LA.
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Where To Have A Fun Birthday Dinner Without Spending Hundreds Of Dollars
Because your friends love you, but not enough to blow their monthly car payment on your big night.
Review
Restaurant 917
Restaurant 917 is a lunch-only, fine dining restaurant at the Porsche Experience Center in Carson.
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La Cabañita
La Cabañita is a homey Mexican spot tucked way up in the foothills of North Glendale.
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Quarter Sheets Pizza Club
Quarter Sheets in Echo Park combines two of life's simplest pleasures: incredible pizza and even better dessert.
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Little Belize
Little Belize is a family-run Belizean restaurant in Inglewood with good food and a party-like atmosphere.
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Where To Have A Big Group Meal Where People Can Come And Go
Stress-free spots where everyone can do their own thing.
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Bistro Na’s
Bistro Na’s is a fancy restaurant in Temple City doing Imperial Chinese food, which means it’s perfect for a special occasion meal.
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Dama
Dama is an upscale Latin restaurant in Downtown LA’s Fashion District with excellent food and cocktails.
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Izakaya Hachi
Hachi is an all-purpose party izakaya in Torrance where you and your friends can drink rare sakes and eat one of the best $40 omakases around.
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Badmaash
In a city without much in the way of unique Indian food, Badmaash is breaking the mold.
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La Cabaña Restaurant
Mexican restaurant La Cabaña is a Venice landmark with huge burritos and a killer back patio.
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The Tam O’Shanter
The Tam O’Shanter is an LA classic and great place to go if you want to eat prime rib and feel like you’re on “Game of Thrones.”
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Jeong Yuk Jeom
Jeong Yuk Jeom is a massive, modern KBBQ spot in Koreatown with incredible cuts of dry-aged beef and prime-grade short rib.
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The Rose
The Venice staple has been turned into an all-day play pen for Venice locals. And we’re pretty into it.
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Margot
Margot is a rooftop Mediterranean restaurant in Culver City with beautiful views, great cocktails, and OK food.
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Chosun Galbee
Chosun Galbee is an upscale Korean BBQ restaurant with high quality meat and a patio that definitely doesn’t feel like it’s in LA.