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8.0

Spicy BBQ Restaurant

Perfect For:Lunch

$$$$

5101 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles
Earn 3X Points

We appreciate a restaurant that calls it like it is, and at Spicy BBQ, expect to get Thai-style BBQ and expect to get it real spicy. But this six-table strip mall spot at Normandie and Santa Monica has much more than just a few excellent plates of BBQ pork. The spicy jackfruit salad, the pork patties, the chili dips, and a khao soi we think about late at night when the lights go out make this colorful, tiny spot great.

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