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10 LA Restaurants For People Who Hate Planning
Great walk-in restaurants in LA for all your spontaneous dinner needs.
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The Best Bánh Mì in Los Angeles
If you’re looking for bánh mì, these are your best options in LA.
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18 Great Caribbean Restaurants In LA
All of our favorite spots to get Trinidadian, Jamaican, Belizean food, and more.
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10 Great LA Restaurants Where Sitting At The Bar Is The Move
Because the bar crowd is always a little more interesting.
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11 Crowded Restaurants Where You Can Sit At The Bar Without A Reservation
11 places where you can skip the wait and sit at the bar.
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Justine’s Wine Bar
Justine's Wine Bar is a fun, campy wine bar in Frogtown with great vegan Italian food. Get the mushroom calamari.
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10 LA Restaurants For People Who Hate Planning
Great walk-in restaurants in LA for all your spontaneous dinner needs.
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Ilé Bistro
Ilé Bistro serves Nigerian rice bowls in Culver City's Citizen Public Market. It's great for a long lunch if you work nearby.
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Queen St.
Queen St. is a seafood spot in Eagle Rock that makes every hour feel like golden hour.
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Willie Mae's
Willie Mae's is a New Orleans' institution with a West Coast location in Venice. The speciality: spectacular fried chicken. You can skip the sides.
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Broad Street Oyster Co. Grand Central Market
Broad Street Oyster Co. has a stall inside of DTLA's Grand Central Market.
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Moonlight Rollerway
Moonlight Rollerway is a legendary roller skating rink in Glendale. Everyone should visit at least once, regardless of how coordinated you are.
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Two Hommés
Two Hommés is a West African fusion restaurant in Inglewood that serves food you'll want to eat every week on rotation.
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Carrillo's Tortilleria
Carillo's is an old-school tortilleria and restaurant in San Fernando that serves Mexican comfort foods and massive burritos.
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Kim Thai Food
Kim Thai Food is a great food stall inside North Hollywood's La Fiesta Swap Meet that does a mix of Thai and Laotian dishes.
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Bar Envie
Bar Envie is part Cajun restaurant and part watering hole. This Long Beach spot is great for a date night or casual hang with friends.
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Speak Cheezy
Speak Cheezy is a slice shop in Long Beach that makes for an exciting (but low-key) lunch move, or a to-go spot that you can brag about to anyone who will listen.
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Go Go Bird
Go Go Bird is a fried chicken specialist on the first floor of Culver City's Citizen Public Market.
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Chimmelier
Chimmelier is a strip mall spot in Koreatown that serves comfort foods like tteokboki, wings, and an excellent fried chicken sandwich.
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Nersses Vanak
Nersses Vanak is a family-run Persian spot in Glendale with amazing lamb and chickpea stew and freshly made flatbread.
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Honey’s at Star Love
Honey’s at Star Love is a queer bar residency in East Hollywood. It's where you'll find fun events and dance parties almost every night of the week.
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Baba Sweets
Half-dessert shop, half-Indian restaurant in Canoga Park, Baba Sweets should be a mandatory stop whenever you’re in the SFV.
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The Bombay Frankie Company
The Bombay Frankie Company in Culver City is all about frankies— Mumbai-style wraps stuffed with things like chicken tikka and salmon masala.
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10 Great LA Restaurants Where Sitting At The Bar Is The Move
Because the bar crowd is always a little more interesting.