Good places to eat in Los Angeles?

rich people from china fly to monterey park to eat lunch iirc

Yeah, part of me wants to go back to Jitlada. Just don't know whether trekking to Hollywood will be convenient during such a busy weekend.

i would go through jonathan gold's reviews on the la weekly site and pick a few things that sound up your alley

Yeah, I totally looked at the map of his 99 essential area restaurants.

Pretty smart move, that. Am planning some sort of pre-birthday get-together for yours truly one of those nights so if you want to combine forces there...

hollywood will be a total mess this weekend, btw (oscars)

Hahah too goddamn true. Stay on the Westside!

my interest is particularly piqued in Attari Sandwiches.

headed to a movie at the hammer tonight and will probably check this place out, i'll report back!

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verdict: yum!

and today the grill 'em all truck is parked a short walk from my workplace \m/

Nice. Let me link the EMP thread here:

EMP Pop Conference 2011

Anyone in the area, just show up for this thing!

Also I'd be down for lunch tomorrow at Attari -- jaymc, anyone else?

and today the grill 'em all truck is parked a short walk from my workplace \m/

*googles* that's close by. tempted to hop on the 224 bus right now.

Also I'd be down for lunch tomorrow at Attari -- jaymc, anyone else?

depends what time. i'd have to leave a wide berth of time to get up to the west valley for work.

Well I'm thinking 11:30 since registration is at 1 pm.

Also here's the food trucks we have at EMP on the weekend:

Be sure to take advantage of food trucks that will be parked south of the flagpole, in front of the UCLA Humanities Building - a mere 500 ft from the entrance of Royce Hall. On Saturday we will have: Flying Pig and Canter’s and on Sunday: Border Grill and Sky Taco.

jbr and i had just had some food truck synchronicity!

i was also wearing my ingmar bergman/iron maiden cinemetal shirt today, so good timing on all fronts

so far i haven't eaten anywhere. too late last night to go anywhere. hotel bagels this morning. and i just got back from trader joes with two bags of provisions. walked around ucla though. did you know that its israel apartheid week?! i had no idea. AND the oscars! some kind of irony there. what a lovely day! you el lay people probably take it for granted but i just left 5 feet of dirty snow at home.

when i was walking around i was kinda tempted by barneys beanery for the whole when in rome thing, but i didn't go for it. wish there was an in -n- out burger near me. i would totally hit that before going home.

there's one near ucla (so i learned when i was using ucla's library system for a research project)!

i have a feeling this address will come in handy for many of you: http://www.yelp.com/biz/in-n-out-burger-los-angeles-5

oh man i was right by there! totally would have done it. thanks though. so gonna happen.

not a lot of hippies like me around ucla. nice clean american kids.

jbr and i had just had some food truck synchronicity!

yes, we both had the "waste 'em all" burger!

on my way home i noticed another food truck that was parked outside the art school on lankershim. oh, to have the time, cash, and metabolism to be able to try all of these.

xxpost Dammit Scott we must and shall do this. You wanna try for it on Saturday?

Also check your email.

I guess I will hit Jitlada on July as I'll be about 7 blocks away.

enjoy waiting! (it is so worth it tho)

Seconded, thirded, etc. Enjoy!

I will no doubt try Musso & Franks for the ambience and martini, and I'm reading the food is decent too.

it's decent old man food. the peas are amazing (and i don't like peas). once i ate peas next to harry dean stanton, also eating peas.

it's edible, wouldn't go beyond that. you can go to the bar on the other side of the restaurant and save yourself some $$ while still getting the vibe imo

"Ordinary fuckin' peas, I hate em." xp

Otherwise, I read that Formosa Cafe is for drinks only.

i did not much like the food i had there, but yes, go for the drinks

enjoy waiting!

The two times I've been have been mid-afternoon (2 or 3 PM). No problem getting a table at all.

i got there at 9pm on a saturday and waited half an hour

i know practically nothing about downtown, what's good, not super-pricey? meeting a friend down there tonight.

Wurstkuche

What he said.

ooh been wanting to try that. i'm kinda leaning towards tiara cafe tho since it's super-close to where my friend staying

Not cheap and not downtown, but for everyone else, Gjelina is worth the trek to Venice. AMAZING dinner last month. Best to go with four people to share. You can do it cheap by getting pizza which is awesome.

ok tiara is not serving dinner yet (despite the fact that they have a dinner menu on their website?)

wurstkuche it is

Unfortunately, my favorite new pizza place downtown, Toddy G's, closed. It may or may not be reopening today and may or may not have the same menu. Fingers-crossed as this was the best pizza I've probably ever had in LA. Convincing NY-style, but the Sicilian was something else.

Can't go wrong with Wurstkuche. Go early if you don't want to wait in line - although the line is very social and good for people watching. Late night on weekends can get a little SC (as in dentistry and accounting students).

Tony's is a great nearby bar also.

yeah, i'm aiming for six-ish right after i get off work

Another option would be Mas Malo, the supersized downtown version of the Silverlake staple. It's not too pricey and the room is beautiful, but it can get very loud.

xpost, oh that's perfect Wurstkuche time.

wurstkuche is great but if you don't mind waiting in a bit of a line and you want to go somewhere else get ramen at daikokuya

is angel city brewing still open around there

Not cheap and not downtown, but for everyone else, Gjelina is worth the trek to Venice. AMAZING dinner last month. Best to go with four people to share. You can do it cheap by getting pizza which is awesome.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, June 3, 2011 11:12 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah this, but there's a d in it somewhere

i went to angel city about a month and a half ago - i like their pale ale

speaking of downtown eats: a friend on facebook just posted j gold's review of spice table & it made me instantly jealous i don't live there any longer.