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Sushi Dan

Jan 21, 11

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, Japanese, Los Angeles, Restaurants

Cuisine: Japanese. Specialty: Sushi. Address: 8000 W Sunset Blvd Ste A2020, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Price: About $6-$10 for a roll. About $10 for curry. As with most siblings, my brother and I don’t always get along. Nowhere is our sibling rivalry more pronounced, though, than in the weekly family meal, where we just can’t...

Philippe the Original

Nov 27, 10

Posted by Edmund in Deli, Featured Articles, Los Angeles, Restaurants

Cuisine: Delicatessen. Specialty: French Dip Sandwich. Location: 1001 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-1803. Price: $5.75 for Most French Dip Sandwiches ($7 for Lamb). LA’s typically known as a fast-paced city, completely wrapped up in the new, the modern, and the trendy, with little respect for the past. Nothing could...

Pie n’ Burger

Oct 26, 10

Posted by Edmund in Diner, Featured Articles, Los Angeles, Restaurants

Cuisine: Burger, Classic Diner. Location: 913 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91106-4097. Price: $6.50 for the Cheeseburger, $4 for the French Fries, $3.50 for a Slice of Pie. One thing I love about LA is the classic vibe you get as you drive around some of the older parts of town. While LA is known for its trendiness, its...

25 Degrees

Oct 18, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, Gastropub, Los Angeles, Restaurants

Cuisine: Gourmet Burger Bar. Location: 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. Price: $12 for a Pre-Made Burger. Expect to pay more for your own creations. $4 for Fries. In the mad, hectic rush of Los Angeles, there is no meal more perfect than a cheeseburger. Fast, cheap, and tasty, the burger can easily satisfy the non-stop...

Father’s Office

Father’s Office Gastropub/Burger Bar $12 for the Office Burger, extra for fries and drink. 2 locations in Los Angeles I’ve been to both locations, and both are the same experience, more or less, though the one in downtown LA is much larger. The addresses are: 1018 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 3229 Helms Avenue Los...

Griddle Cafe Mini-Review

Breakfast. Most menu items cost about $10. 7916 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90046. Rarely do I go out for breakfast when I’m at home in LA, which is a shame, because LA has its fair share of fantastic breakfast and brunch places. Among all the breakfast joints in town, though, there are very few with the reputation of The...

In-n-Out

In-n-Out Fast Food Burger $3 for the classic Double Double. $6 for the whole combo. Various locations throughout the West I went to the one at: 119 S. BRAND BLVD. GLENDALE, CA 91204 All right, so if...

Spitz

Middle Eastern Fast Food (Doner Kebab). About $10 for a doner kebab and a side. I went to the location in Eagle Rock: 2506 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041. When I was in Germany, I ate a lot of Doner Kebab, a really fatty type of kebab in which the meat is cooked in fat (its own I think) on a skewer. The meat is shaved...

Electric Karma

Electric Karma Indian Entrées range about $10 to $15. 8222 West 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048 Whenever I go back home to Los Angeles, one of the few things that I really crave is some good Indian food. It’s just one of those foods that’s very easy to like—gooey, rich, creamy, spicy, and zesty all at the same time, with...

Carlitos Gardel

Argentine Steakhouse. Most entrées range $20 to $30 but may go up to $40. Expect to pay about $30 to $50. 7963 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046-7118. Having studied abroad in Argentina, I really know my steaks. For two whole months, I ate about 6 kgs of meat a week (I kid you not!), on top of visiting most of the finest...