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City Guides:
Los Angeles |
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City Maps |
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City Transit |
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City Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts |
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Restaurants |
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Breakfast and Lunch
(Don't be put off by the multiple locations! These aren't fast food
joints!) |
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LA Restaurant Guides |
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Vegetarian Guides to
Los Angeles
In the 1960's and early 1970s, Los Angeles
set the standard around the world for vegetarian restaurants.
Somewhere along the line, many of the top vegetarian restaurants
in the city of Lost Angels closed, and to our way of thinking, the
city has never filled those vacancies. A Los Angeles without The
Source (on Sunset Blvd.) is not the same Los Angeles! And while
vegetarians are still catered to at most restaurants, there are no
longer any places to go to that meet that 60s' standard that cater
exclusively to vegetarians. That's not to say there are aren't
vegan restaurants which offer above average fare (Real
Food Daily in Santa Monica comes to mind - try the vegetable
paté).
The sixties are decades past, and gone are the days when L.A. had
vegetarian restaurants that stood as shining examples of how tasty
vegetarian eating can be. In today's Los Angeles, if one wants great tasting food, one needs to
give up the notion of dining at exclusively vegetarian establishments,
and seek out
restaurants that offer both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food (AXE
on Abbot
Kinney Blvd in Venice
Beach, for example, or
Joe's, which is just down road on the same street, where you can
have a four course vegetarian fixed price gourmet dinner for $30.) This crowd's
beverage of choice happens to be $35-$150 wines, not carrot juice. Valet
parking, but you can wear shorts and your birks (you're at the beach,
after all). For breakfast and lunch, two healthy but tasty alternatives
are Mani's
Bakery, home of the vegan bakery (four locations - we like
2507
Main Street, Santa Monica) and The Rose Cafe & Market on Rose & Main in
Venice).
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2002 Zagat Survey:
28 out of 30 |
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MATSUHISA
(Japanese)
129 N. La Cienega Blvd. Beverly
Hills, (310) 659-9639
- Sushi Nozawa (sushi)
11288 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA, (818) 508-7017
- Chinois On Mail (Italian and
International) |
- Avalon (International)
270 Adelaide St. W. (John St.)
(416) 979-9918
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2002 Zagat Survey:
27 out of 30 |
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- Chinois On Main
(W. Puck) 2709 Main St. Santa
Monica, (310) 392-9025
- The Belvedere
(Cal-French)
9882 Little Santa Monica Blvd.
Beverly Hills (310) 788-2306
- The Water Grill
(Seafood) 544 S. Grand Ave. Downtown LA, 90071
(213) 891-0900
- L'Orngerie
(French)
903 N. La Cienega Blvd. W.
Hollywood 90069-4792 (310) 652-9770
- Spago (W. Puck)
176 N. Cañon Dr. (Wilshire Blvd.) Beverly Hills (310)
385-0880
- Patina (Cal-New
French) 5955 Melrose Ave. LA, (323) 467-1108
- Shiro (Cal-Asian-Seafooder)
1505 Mission St. (Fair Oaks Ave.) S. Pasadena (626) 799-4774
- Mélesse (French- influenced)
1104 Wilshire Blvd. (11th St.) Santa Monica, (310) 395-0881
- Nobu Malibu
(Japanese) 3835 Crosscreek Rd. (PCH) Malibu, CA (310) 317-9140
- Bel-Air Hotel 701
Stone Canyon Rd. LA (310) 472-1211
- Joe's (Californian)
1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA, (310) 399-5811
- Valantino (Italian)
3115 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, (310) 829-4313
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2002 Zagat Survey:
Top Italian Picks (22-24) |
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- R-23
(Japanese) 923 E. Third St.
Downtown (213) 687-7178
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Epicurious |
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Best Mexican or Tex
Mex |
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Babita Mexicuisine
1823 S. San
Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel (626) 288-7265
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- Border Grill
1445 Fourth St. Santa Monica,
(310) 451-1655
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Baja Fresh
(many locations)
California Locations
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Best Sushi (all
listed below are very good quality - but some fancier and more expensive
than others. If money is no object, you can try them all and decide for
yourself |
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- Asakuma. 11701 Wilshire Blvd, Los
Angeles , CA (very good but too pricey)
- Hide Sushi. 2040 Sawtelle Blvd.
above Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles (cash only)
- Katsu-Ya. 11680 Ventura Blvd.,
Studio City, Los Angeles
(818) 985-6976 (top drawer)
- Matsuhisa. 129 N. La Cienega Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (310) 659-9639
- Minori Sushi. 1170 South Robertson
Blvd.. Beverly Hills (310) 278-1122
- Nobu.
3836 Cross Creek Rd. Malibu
310-317-9140
- Noshi Sushi. 4503 Beverly Blvd, Los
Angeles (323) 469-3458
- Place 2101 Sawtelle Blvd., Los
Angeles (310) 478-7450
- Sushi King. 1330 Wilshire Blvd.,
Santa Monica (310) 395-0120
- Sushi Kiriko 11301 Olympic Blvd.
#102, Los Angeles (310)
478-7769
- Sushi Masu. 1911 Westwood Blvd.,
Los Angeles (310) 446-4368
- Sushi Nozawa. 11288
Ventura Blvd., Studio City (818)
508-7017
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Sushi Roku.
8445 W. 3rd Street, Los Angeles
(213) 655-6767 (turn off you speakers)
- Sushi Roku.
1401 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica (310)
458-4771 (turn off you speakers)
- Sushi Sasabune. 11300 Nebraska
Ave., Los Angeles, (310)
268-8380
- Wabi-Sabi Sushi. 1635 Abbot Kinney
Blvd., Venice (310) 314-2229
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Misc. and Sweet
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Theatre |
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Dance |
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City Museums |
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MUSEUMS and Area Museums
University and College
Galleries
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Music |
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Movies
and Video |
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Outdoors |
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