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Food Trucks - Los Angeles, CA
BEVERLY SOON TOFU HOUSE
2717 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 108, Los Angeles, CA 90006
T: 213.380.1113
It’s a hot caldron of spicy, silken tofu and can be your gateway into that part of the city.
Koreatown
Korean
Restaurants - Los Angeles, CA
For their hamachi tostada. It’s really delicious. Chefs Jon and Vinny, even though they are not from LA, they really got LA right from the beginning.
West Hollywood
New American
DIN TAI FUNG DUMPLING HOUSE
Store #1
1108 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
T: 626.574.7068
Store #2
1088 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
T: 626.446.8588
I love this place for their soup dumplings.
Arcadia
Taiwanese
EL CHATO
Southwest corner of Olympic Boulevard & La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles
Taco Truck
EL PARIAN
1528 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
T: 213.386.7361
They serve a Goat Birria, a Mexican stew, and carne asada tacos. 99.9% of the people they see all day are nothing like you, so it’s obvious to them that you are there for the food.
Pico Union
Mexican
HAN BAT SUL LUNG TANG
4163 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020
T: 213.383.9499
It’s kind of a cloudy, clear beef soup that we eat for breakfast in Korea with kimchee. That’s all they serve, they only serve one soup. You go there and eat that and it’s a great start to your day.
Koreatown
Korean
LA ESTRELLA TACO TRUCK
York and Avenue 54, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Highland Park
Taco
LANGER’S DELI
For the best pastrami. It’s pretty amazing. Hand-cut pastrami on crusty rye, Russian dressing and cole slaw.
Westlake
Delicatessen
LEO’S TACOS TRUCK
4300 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041
They do the best El Pastor.
Eagle Rock
Tacos
MOZZA
It’s always delicious. If you could pick one place out of the regional food and the Latino and Asian, I think if you had just one spot, you have to go to Mozza. To me, Nancy Silverton is the cornerstone of LA. Mozza, day in and day out for the last seven years or so, it’s just like killing it.
Hollywood
Italian
101 NOODLE EXPRESS
1025 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
T: 626446.8855
For their beef roll.
Aracadia
Chinese
RICKY’S FISH TACOS
1400 North Virgil Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90027
Twitter: @RickysFishTacos
For fish tacos.
Hollywood
Taco Truck
SON OF A GUN
Their chicken sandwich is really delicious and their lobster roll.
Mid-City West
American / Seafood
SOUTH PHILLY EXPERIENCE
These guys really care about their stuff. They get Amaroso buns from Pennsylvania, they fly in their Herr’s chips, they get real meat and slice it really thin. They bring in the cheese whiz and they’ve got the provolone. They really try to do everything from start to finish.
Various Locations
Food Tuck
GULFSTREAM
For their hot fudge sundae. It’s actually a chain restaurant from the Houston’s group and it’s just delicious, they put these little nuggets and chunks in there.
Century City
American
DISNEY FOUNTAIN SODA SHOP
www.elcapitan.go.com/soda_fountain/main.html
6834 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
T: 323.817.1475
It’s my favorite milkshake in town. They use the Dewar’s Ice Cream from Bakersfield and it’s the old school soda fountain, with the seltzer sprayers and everything. They have great milkshakes and hot fudge sundaes.
Hollywood
Soda Fountain
Sweets - Los Angeles, CA
LA DESCARGA
1159 Western Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90029
It’s from Fidel Castro era. Amazing space and nothing kitschy or cliche, even though there are a lot of kitschy and cliche items they just fit perfectly in the space.
Hollywood
Bar / Cocktail Lounge
HARVARD AND STONE
It’s from the USO, American WW2 era. A great bar in town run by the Houston Brothers.
Hollywood / Thai Town
Bar / Cocktail Lounge
Drinks - Cocktails - Los Angeles, CA
PICCA
Mixologist Julian Cox makes an avocado guacamole cocktail at Picca that blows your mind, because it tastes nothing like you’d expect, but everything like you think it is.
West Los Angeles
Restaurant / Peruvian
RIVERA
1050 S. Flower Street, #102, Los Angeles, CA 90015
T: 213-749-1460
I think the best mixologist is Julian Cox, he does stuff for Rivera and Picca. His drinks have a complexity, with floral and fruity profiles that I enjoy.
Downtown
Restaurant / Latin / Spanish
LAMILL COFFEE
Everyone knows about the espresso culture of Intelligentsia and Stumptown, but I think LAMILL has a really great coffee program. It’s enlightened me about coffee, the brewing and the patience of it and the different extraction methods. But then, it doesn’t feel so cerebral.
Silver Lake
Coffee
Drinks - Coffee - Los Angeles, CA
A-GROCERY WAREHOUSE
It’s like wonderland. Any cook or any foodie would fall in love with this place. It’s been there for ages, probably 35 years. Hardly anyone knows about it except for the people who actually shop there, mostly Cambodians, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, Thai, local chefs and a smattering of hipsters, who have moved into Silver Lake and Echo Park.
Echo Park
Specialty Grocery
Markets - Los Angeles, CA
JONATHAN GOLD/ LA WEEKLY
If you really want to know the city, you have to read Jonathan Gold, from a food level. Get out of West Hollywood and Santa Monica for a moment, go to LA Weekly, read Jonathan, pick a couple of spots and then go from there.
Food Critic / Writer
Resources - Websites / Writers
DEEP END DINING
I really like this guy’s blog. He goes out and eats at really wacky places and he has a really fun, comical writing style.
Website
Food Blog
Resources - Blogs
Chef Roy Choi | Recommendations
August 22, 2011
Kogi BBQ Trucks, A-Frame, Alibi Room, Chego - Los Angeles, CA
Who
Roy Choi is the chef behind Kogi BBQ Truck, A-Frame, Alibi Room, and Chego in Los Angeles.
Why
Roy Choi is credited with kicking off the food-truck craze.
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