Guidebook for Los Angeles

Patrick
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Essentials

May be the world's cheapest grocery store, just don't expect anything organic. But who cares when it's 10 avocados for $1?!
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Superior Grocers
133 W Ave 45
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May be the world's cheapest grocery store, just don't expect anything organic. But who cares when it's 10 avocados for $1?!
Best $1000 I ever spent on spirulina. Seriously, the nicest WF in the country. Innumerable food options and even a wine bar.
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Whole Foods Market
465 S Arroyo Pkwy
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Best $1000 I ever spent on spirulina. Seriously, the nicest WF in the country. Innumerable food options and even a wine bar.
Emporium of rare sodas and candies with a deli and a great beer selection. A California's Gold/Huell Howser favorite. Go here and you'll find a goldmine of inexpensive gifts to take back home.
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Galco's Old World Grocery
5702 York Blvd
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Emporium of rare sodas and candies with a deli and a great beer selection. A California's Gold/Huell Howser favorite. Go here and you'll find a goldmine of inexpensive gifts to take back home.
Feel-good grocery shopping with lots of local and organic options.
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Fresco Community Market
5914 Monterey Rd
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Feel-good grocery shopping with lots of local and organic options.
Intelligentsia coffee, deli, smoothies, organic produce, beer and wine, all kinds of goodies. Amazing scratch breakfast burritos to fuel your adventures.
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La Tropicana Market
5200 Monte Vista St
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Intelligentsia coffee, deli, smoothies, organic produce, beer and wine, all kinds of goodies. Amazing scratch breakfast burritos to fuel your adventures.
One here and one in Eagle Rock.
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Trader Joe's
345 S Lake Ave
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One here and one in Eagle Rock.
Every craft beer under the moon. The Indian family that owns this is almost too stereotypical. They're great people.
Happy's Liquor & Market
807 N Avenue 50
Every craft beer under the moon. The Indian family that owns this is almost too stereotypical. They're great people.

Food Scene

Good coffee and food, nice place to eat outside on the York Blvd/hipster heaven strip.
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The Highland Cafe
5010 York Blvd
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Good coffee and food, nice place to eat outside on the York Blvd/hipster heaven strip.
Third wave coffee landmark in this area. Home of the horchata latte. Try it, you'll like it.
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Cafe de Leche
5000 York Blvd
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Third wave coffee landmark in this area. Home of the horchata latte. Try it, you'll like it.
Fidel is a neighborhood legend. Solid pie, nothing fancy.
Fidel's Pizza
307 N Avenue 50
Fidel is a neighborhood legend. Solid pie, nothing fancy.
Ex pro skater Salman Agah serves primo pies.
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Pizzanista!
2019 E 7th St
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Ex pro skater Salman Agah serves primo pies.
Pretty good wifi... But there are better coffees elsewhere.
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Antigua
3400 N Figueroa St
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Pretty good wifi... But there are better coffees elsewhere.
Excellent and inexpensive French meals and crepes, casual spot, bring a bottle of wine and you will not be disappointed.
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Chez Antoine
5511 North Figueroa Street
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Excellent and inexpensive French meals and crepes, casual spot, bring a bottle of wine and you will not be disappointed.
Fresh Vietnamese and pungent garlic fries.
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Good Girl Dinette
110 North Avenue 56
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Fresh Vietnamese and pungent garlic fries.
Big NYC chef opens small French restaurant. Kinda fancy for the neighborhood... I guess the hood is getting fancier. Impress your date.
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Ba
5100 York Boulevard
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Big NYC chef opens small French restaurant. Kinda fancy for the neighborhood... I guess the hood is getting fancier. Impress your date.
If you're scared of gluten, so are they. Mole pizza is their fame.
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TOWN Pizza
5101 York Blvd
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If you're scared of gluten, so are they. Mole pizza is their fame.
Always great, excellent everything. Go here if you can get a table. Even the brunch on the patio is spectacular.
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Maximiliano
5930 York Blvd
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Always great, excellent everything. Go here if you can get a table. Even the brunch on the patio is spectacular.
Charcuterie and cheese and sandwiches and goodies.
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Milkfarm
2106 Colorado Blvd
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Charcuterie and cheese and sandwiches and goodies.
High quality fast foods. I swear the Food Network is here every other day.
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The Oinkster
2005 Colorado Blvd
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High quality fast foods. I swear the Food Network is here every other day.
Organic, local, pho.
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Blue Hen Vietnamese Kitchen
1743 Colorado Boulevard
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Organic, local, pho.
Very highly rated restaurant. Anniversary kind of spot. Haute cuisine. Go to happy hour if you're looking to save coin.
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Little Beast Restaurant
1496 Colorado Blvd
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Very highly rated restaurant. Anniversary kind of spot. Haute cuisine. Go to happy hour if you're looking to save coin.
Legendary taco truck.
Mariscos Sinaloa
5633 York Blvd
Legendary taco truck.
A substantial Mexican breakfast.
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La Abeja Restaurant
3700 North Figueroa Street
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A substantial Mexican breakfast.
Fresh bread and baked goods, great coffee, best sandwiches in LA.
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Proof Bakery
3156 Glendale Blvd
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Fresh bread and baked goods, great coffee, best sandwiches in LA.
A Guy Fieri fave, so they won't keep you skinny, but they will keep you coming back.
Mom's Tamales
A Guy Fieri fave, so they won't keep you skinny, but they will keep you coming back.
Gourmet, single-origin coffee.
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Tierra Mia Coffee
1202 N Alvarado St
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Gourmet, single-origin coffee.
Good pizza pie!
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Folliero's Italian Food and Pizza
5566 N Figueroa St
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Good pizza pie!
Good food, lots of craft beers and amaros, good drink specials during Dodger games. Good option.
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The Greyhound Bar & Grill
5570 N Figueroa St
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Good food, lots of craft beers and amaros, good drink specials during Dodger games. Good option.
Scratch made everything, best breakfast spot around. Extremely odd location though.
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Lemon Poppy Kitchen
3324 Verdugo Rd
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Scratch made everything, best breakfast spot around. Extremely odd location though.
Locavore, farm-to-table type casual restaurant.
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Amara Kitchen
519 N Avenue 64
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Locavore, farm-to-table type casual restaurant.
Korean-Mexican fusion like bulgogi beef tacos and addictive chimichangas.
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Cha Cha Chili
4625 Valley Blvd
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Korean-Mexican fusion like bulgogi beef tacos and addictive chimichangas.
Uninspired name, but some guy from Umami Burger is behind it, so they know their gourmet burgers.
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Fusion Burgers
5933 York Blvd
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Uninspired name, but some guy from Umami Burger is behind it, so they know their gourmet burgers.
If you're over 30, you may be the oldest person here. It's a cool bar with a fun outdoor space in back with shuffleboard courts and picnic tables.
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Block Party Highland Park
5050 York Boulevard
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If you're over 30, you may be the oldest person here. It's a cool bar with a fun outdoor space in back with shuffleboard courts and picnic tables.

Drinks & Nightlife

Beer: It's not just for breakfast. Beer brewed in the back, and good food served in the front.
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Highland Park Brewery
1220 N Spring St
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Beer: It's not just for breakfast. Beer brewed in the back, and good food served in the front.
Full bar, full on. Lots of tats. Always a good time.
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Johnny's Bar
5006 York Blvd
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Full bar, full on. Lots of tats. Always a good time.
Low-key, no sign, outdoor picnic tables, perfect.
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Verdugo Bar
3408 Verdugo Rd
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Low-key, no sign, outdoor picnic tables, perfect.
Full bar, DJs, no frills, pool table, smoking patio. Solid bar.
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Footsies
2640 N Figueroa St
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Full bar, DJs, no frills, pool table, smoking patio. Solid bar.
Very hip gastropub with a great burger and BBQ but the prices have sharpened considerably as the area has gentrified.
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The York
5018 York Blvd
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Very hip gastropub with a great burger and BBQ but the prices have sharpened considerably as the area has gentrified.
Great gastropub; right size and atmosphere.
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Jay's Bar
4321 Sunset Blvd
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Great gastropub; right size and atmosphere.
If you're going to hit every bar...
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La Cuevita
5922 N Figueroa St
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If you're going to hit every bar...
It was a cop bar, then a hipster bar, then... Still a bar.
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Short Stop
1455 Sunset Blvd
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It was a cop bar, then a hipster bar, then... Still a bar.

Entertainment & Activities

Local park with the requisite old dirtbags with beer cans in paper bags telling you how much better skating used to be while they sit there, drunk, not skating.
Garvanza Skatepark
6240 Meridian St
Local park with the requisite old dirtbags with beer cans in paper bags telling you how much better skating used to be while they sit there, drunk, not skating.

Shopping

Swerve clothing's little bike-specific store.
Velo Love
3421 Verdugo Rd
Swerve clothing's little bike-specific store.
A good bike shop that feels like a good skate shop.
Golden Saddle Cyclery
1618 Lucile Ave
A good bike shop that feels like a good skate shop.

Everything Else

A meditation retreat of beautiful historic buildings and gardens. Take a walk up here and you'll be rewarded with inner tranquility. Mt Washington attracts all kinds.
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Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters
3880 San Rafael Ave
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A meditation retreat of beautiful historic buildings and gardens. Take a walk up here and you'll be rewarded with inner tranquility. Mt Washington attracts all kinds.

Arts & Culture

In 2015, the historic Southwest Museum site was named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Look out your window. That's it.
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Southwest Museum
4600 Marmion Way
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In 2015, the historic Southwest Museum site was named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Look out your window. That's it.
Where billionaires and vatos cheer a team with a higher payroll than the Yankees, and few banners to show for it.
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Dodger Stadium
1000 Vin Scully Ave
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Where billionaires and vatos cheer a team with a higher payroll than the Yankees, and few banners to show for it.
If you walk here, you'll have visited a cool architectural and historic site that no Angeleno even knows exists.
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Heritage Square Museum
3800 Homer St
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If you walk here, you'll have visited a cool architectural and historic site that no Angeleno even knows exists.