Dinner with the Parents
Dinner with the Parents
Page 2Fishing With Dynamite
Fishing With Dynamite is one of LA’s best restaurants for consistently great seafood.
Asterid
Asterid in Downtown LA is your best bet for a pre- or post-show dinner at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Lulu
Lulu, a scenic California cuisine spot at The Hammer in Westwood, is everything you could want in a museum restaurant.
La Parolaccia Osteria
La Parolaccia Osteria is a classic Italian spot in Long Beach that looks like a villa in Tuscany.
Salazar
Salazar is a Mexican BBQ restaurant in Frogtown that’s gone from excellent to average in just a few short years. The patio, however, remains great.
Hatchet Hall
Hatchet Hall is a Southern-leaning restaurant in Culver City where you’ll actually leave full.
Mother Wolf
Mother Wolf is a Roman-style Italian place in Hollywood that makes eating at other restaurants feel like waiting in line at the post office. It's a party, but the pasta will keep us coming back for more.
Birdie G’s
Birdie G’s is a comfort-food spot in Santa Monica that feels both nostalgic and completely different from anything else in town.
Soot Bull Jeep
One of the only barbecue spots in Koreatown that still only uses coal, Soot Bull Jeep specializes in baby back ribs that are sweet and tender.
Alimento
Alimento is Silver Lake’s neighborhood Italian restaurant where you can have a formal experience in a relaxed setting.
Agnes
Agnes is a restaurant with an open hearth and cheesery in Pasadena where Midwestern childhood nostalgia meets incredible food.
Lawry’s The Prime Rib
Lawry’s might be a bonafide chain, but its original Beverly Hills location still has lots of magic.
The Old Place
The Old Place is an aptly named saloon in the Santa Monica Mountains that also happens to serve some of the best steak in LA.
Horses
Horses is a bistro in Hollywood with an anything-is-possible-tonight feel and interesting food that’s kind of French and kind of Californian.
Loquita
Loquita is a tapas restaurant with a great patio in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, and a very good upscale dinner option.
Asanebo
Ventura Blvd. has more quality sushi joints than it knows what to do with, but Asanebo remains one of its greatest.