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Seabutter
Seabutter is a modern, subway-tiled sushi bar that offers fresh nigiri, dressed up sashimi, and affordable omakase.
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Fishing With Dynamite
Fishing With Dynamite is one of LA’s best restaurants for consistently great seafood.
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Black Market Liquor Bar
Black Market Liquor is a bar/restaurant in Studio City with good cocktails, a big craft beer list, and solid small plates.
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Cobras & Matadors
Cobras & Matadors is an excellent BYOB Spanish tapas restaurant in Beverly Grove.
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Ceviche Project
Ceviche Project is an excellent Eastside date night spot, with inventive and interesting takes on raw fish.
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Sushi Nikkei
Sushi Nikkei is a neighborhood sushi spot with a exciting scene in North Long Beach.
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The Blind Barber
The Blind Barber in Culver City is a speakeasy behind a working barber shop.
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Tokki
Tokki, a Korean small plates restaurant in Koreatown, is trendy, with all the weird baggage that comes with that term—but still genuinely fun.
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Heritage
Heritage is a cozy tasting menu spot in Long Beach that you should consider for your next big night out.
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Bacetti
Bacetti is an uneven Italian restaurant in Echo Park connected to one of our favorite wine bars.
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Ryla
Ryla is a dark, cool restaurant in Hermosa Beach that serves great Japanese-Taiwanese dishes.
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Sushi Fumi
Sushi Fumi is one of our favorite sushi spots in LA, where any type of sushi eater will leave thrilled.
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Connie And Ted’s
Connie and Ted’s used to be the most popular restaurant in LA. Now it’s just a neighborhood spot, and so much better because of it.
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Salt's Cure
Salt's Cure recently made the bold move to Hollywood, and it's clear that they made the right choice.
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Cafe Midi
Cafe Midi is a strange little cafe in an antique furniture store on La Brea and is serving some surprisingly solid French staples.
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Osawa
Osawa is a Japanese restaurant in Pasadena that’s known for shabu shabu, sushi, and sukiyaki.
