Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Drinks & Nightlife

Dive with jukebox & dancing. Located on a funky walking street of "traditional" buildings in Chinatown.The guy who runs this bar hates how popular it's become.
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Hop Louie
950 Mei Ling Way
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Dive with jukebox & dancing. Located on a funky walking street of "traditional" buildings in Chinatown.The guy who runs this bar hates how popular it's become.
Great food. Good craft beer selection. Dark, but not a dive. Surprisingly diverse crowd.
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The York
5018 York Blvd
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Great food. Good craft beer selection. Dark, but not a dive. Surprisingly diverse crowd.
Popular spot with more recent inhabitants of Highland Park. Allegedly extremely dangerous in years past, now you can probably get a flight of craft beers.
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The Hermosillo
5125 York Blvd
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Popular spot with more recent inhabitants of Highland Park. Allegedly extremely dangerous in years past, now you can probably get a flight of craft beers.
Cool ex-dive with a pool table, comfy booths, tasteful nude paintings, a smoking patio and a jukebox. DJ's & dancing on the weekend.
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Footsies
2640 N Figueroa St
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Cool ex-dive with a pool table, comfy booths, tasteful nude paintings, a smoking patio and a jukebox. DJ's & dancing on the weekend.
Excellent tequila/mezcal cocktails. Dim, red light. Occasional tacos.
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La Cuevita
5922 N Figueroa St
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Excellent tequila/mezcal cocktails. Dim, red light. Occasional tacos.
Great place to catch a game. Good food. Good beer.
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The Greyhound Bar & Grill
5570 N Figueroa St
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Great place to catch a game. Good food. Good beer.
The bar in Chinatown that isn't Hop Louie. People seem to go here for some reason.
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Melody Lounge
939 N Hill St
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The bar in Chinatown that isn't Hop Louie. People seem to go here for some reason.
This place gets fun on the weekends, and it's got a photo-booth.
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Cha Cha Lounge
2375 Glendale Blvd
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This place gets fun on the weekends, and it's got a photo-booth.
German themed bar & restaurant. For some reason I always see minor celebrities here.
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The Red Lion Tavern
2366 Glendale Blvd
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German themed bar & restaurant. For some reason I always see minor celebrities here.
This place is legitimately weird. Come on Thursday for karaoke.
Big Fish Bar & Grill
5230 San Fernando Road
This place is legitimately weird. Come on Thursday for karaoke.
Busy on the weekends.
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The Griffin
3000 Los Feliz Blvd
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Busy on the weekends.
Pan-Gaelic faux pub party zone. Fun with a group.
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Tam O'Shanter
2980 Los Feliz Blvd
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Pan-Gaelic faux pub party zone. Fun with a group.
Real funky dive with free popcorn.
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The Roost
3100 Los Feliz Blvd
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Real funky dive with free popcorn.
Classic taste of Los Angeles.
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Club Tee Gee
3210 Glendale Blvd
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Classic taste of Los Angeles.

Everything Else

Welcome to the future of donuts.
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Donut Friend
5107 York Blvd
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Welcome to the future of donuts.
Did you know we have light rail and subways in Los Angeles? The gold line takes you either to Pasadena or south to Chinatown, Little Tokyo & East LA. Connect to other trains at Union Station.
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Heritage Square station
3545 Pasadena Ave
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Did you know we have light rail and subways in Los Angeles? The gold line takes you either to Pasadena or south to Chinatown, Little Tokyo & East LA. Connect to other trains at Union Station.

Food Scene

They have Airbnb in New York too if pizza is a priority for you, but this place is ahead of the curve for LA.
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TOWN Pizza
5101 York Blvd
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They have Airbnb in New York too if pizza is a priority for you, but this place is ahead of the curve for LA.
Social hub of Northeast LA's young smart set. Try a Yerba Maté latte. Drink it at a sidewalk table and take in the life of the city.
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Cafe de Leche
5000 York Blvd
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Social hub of Northeast LA's young smart set. Try a Yerba Maté latte. Drink it at a sidewalk table and take in the life of the city.
Great for breakfast and lunch. Good coffee. Contemporary but unpretentious menu. Located in a strip mall for complete LA experience.
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Lemon Poppy Kitchen
3324 Verdugo Rd
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Great for breakfast and lunch. Good coffee. Contemporary but unpretentious menu. Located in a strip mall for complete LA experience.
An Australian guy makes coffee in a shack until 10:30 in the morning. They might have eggs now too. Sometimes at night there is a pretty tight hamburger truck.
Tested.LA
3329 Division Street
An Australian guy makes coffee in a shack until 10:30 in the morning. They might have eggs now too. Sometimes at night there is a pretty tight hamburger truck.
Open late. Super cheap. Try the potato tacos. Home of the "porno burrito."
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El Atacor Restaurant
3520 N Figueroa St
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Open late. Super cheap. Try the potato tacos. Home of the "porno burrito."
Open late. So good.
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La Estrella Restaurant
320 Orange Grove Blvd
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Open late. So good.
Vegetarian breakfast, if you go for that kind of thing.
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Kitchen Mouse
5904 N Figueroa St
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Vegetarian breakfast, if you go for that kind of thing.
American comfort food with a Vietnamese twist.
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Good Girl Dinette
110 North Avenue 56
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American comfort food with a Vietnamese twist.
If you want Thai food, this is Thai food.
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Thai Eagle Rox
4601 York Blvd
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If you want Thai food, this is Thai food.
Excellent Italian American food. Live jazz. Coming here is like stepping into New Jersey.
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Colombo's Italian Steakhouse & Jazz Club
1833 Colorado Blvd
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Excellent Italian American food. Live jazz. Coming here is like stepping into New Jersey.
Brunch
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Millie's Cafe
3524 Sunset Blvd
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Brunch
Very "authentic" atmosphere, but incredible pho.
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Pho 87
1019 N Broadway
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Very "authentic" atmosphere, but incredible pho.
This is the kind of place cops eat in movies. This diner is as real LA as it gets. Famous for their eggs benedict specials every weekend.
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Nick's Cafe
1300 N Spring St
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This is the kind of place cops eat in movies. This diner is as real LA as it gets. Famous for their eggs benedict specials every weekend.
Mexican breakfast. Big portions. Traditional Mexican Cafe de Olla. Bring cash. They pretend not to, but I know for sure the one guy speaks English.
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El Huarachito
3010 N Broadway
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Mexican breakfast. Big portions. Traditional Mexican Cafe de Olla. Bring cash. They pretend not to, but I know for sure the one guy speaks English.
Big, greasy and delicious burgers. Also home of the lowrider club known as Dino's Bomb Squad. Come on Sunday and you might get to see some super tricked out lowriders in the parking lot.
Dino's
2817 N Main St
Big, greasy and delicious burgers. Also home of the lowrider club known as Dino's Bomb Squad. Come on Sunday and you might get to see some super tricked out lowriders in the parking lot.
If you go to Chinatown, don't go to the restaurant that's in the Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker movie Rush Hour. Go here. Most of the police brass and city government eat here. Get the slippery shrimp.
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Yang Chow Restaurant
819 N Broadway
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If you go to Chinatown, don't go to the restaurant that's in the Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker movie Rush Hour. Go here. Most of the police brass and city government eat here. Get the slippery shrimp.
If you want Chinese seafood, this is the spot in Chinatown.
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Hop Li Seafood Restaurant
526 Alpine St
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If you want Chinese seafood, this is the spot in Chinatown.
I don't recommend it on its merits as a coffee shop, but out-of-towners seem to want to go here for some reason.
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Intelligentsia Coffee Silver Lake Coffeebar
3922 Sunset Blvd
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I don't recommend it on its merits as a coffee shop, but out-of-towners seem to want to go here for some reason.
Best place for Oysters in town. They have a whole selection of different ones from around the world.
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L & E Oyster Bar
1637 Silver Lake Blvd
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Best place for Oysters in town. They have a whole selection of different ones from around the world.
Great Pho Spot with cool atmosphere.
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Pho Cafe
2841 Sunset Blvd
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Great Pho Spot with cool atmosphere.

Essentials

There's an amazing sandwich counter in the back. Also ice cream & coffee. Wacky latin groceries.
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La Tropicana Market
5200 Monte Vista St
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There's an amazing sandwich counter in the back. Also ice cream & coffee. Wacky latin groceries.
Increasingly diverse selection. Great butcher counter.
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Superior Grocers
133 W Ave 45
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Increasingly diverse selection. Great butcher counter.