Guidebook for Los Angeles

D. Marilyn
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

It's open until 4 am...good food...great prices...lots of people...always busy
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Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine
7181 Sunset Blvd
263 personas locales recomiendan
It's open until 4 am...good food...great prices...lots of people...always busy
High end Mario Battali restaurant. Make reservations...very good very busy. Walking distance.
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Osteria Mozza
6602 Melrose Ave
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High end Mario Battali restaurant. Make reservations...very good very busy. Walking distance.
Good sushi...scene at the bar...expensive
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Katsuya Hollywood
6300 Hollywood Blvd
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Good sushi...scene at the bar...expensive
very good sushi...no reservations...busy...in a small shopping mall that doesn't look great but food is great.. close by..may 10 min away
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Sushi Ike
6051 Hollywood Blvd
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very good sushi...no reservations...busy...in a small shopping mall that doesn't look great but food is great.. close by..may 10 min away
I go here often as the sushi is good and the parking is easy...corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset...usually not overly crowded
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Sushi Dan
11056 Ventura Blvd
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I go here often as the sushi is good and the parking is easy...corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset...usually not overly crowded
Sushi is good and expensive....this place is a scene...
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Koi Los Angeles
734 N La Cienega Blvd
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Sushi is good and expensive....this place is a scene...
very good sushi....Nobu is the famous sushi chef with places all over...Matsuhita is his place farther south on La Cienega in Beverly Hills.
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Nobu Los Angeles
903 North La Cienega Boulevard
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very good sushi....Nobu is the famous sushi chef with places all over...Matsuhita is his place farther south on La Cienega in Beverly Hills.
Very good sushi...expensive
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Matsuhisa
129 N La Cienega Blvd
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Very good sushi...expensive
Very unusual place...fresh seafood...no plates or silverware...you get a bib and gloves...and then order shrimp, crawfish, crab cooked in a plastic bag....all flown in daily...walking distance...
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Hot N Juicy Crawfish
7100 Santa Monica Blvd
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Very unusual place...fresh seafood...no plates or silverware...you get a bib and gloves...and then order shrimp, crawfish, crab cooked in a plastic bag....all flown in daily...walking distance...
I like this place alot. Best way to describe it is sushi tapas. Definitely different and very good food. Not crazy prices either.
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Robata JINYA
8050 W 3rd St
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I like this place alot. Best way to describe it is sushi tapas. Definitely different and very good food. Not crazy prices either.
Excellent bistro...on sunset west of la cienega...eat outside...or inside...always busy...you will like it...not overly expensive...but not cheap
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Le Petit Four
8654 Sunset Blvd
56 personas locales recomiendan
Excellent bistro...on sunset west of la cienega...eat outside...or inside...always busy...you will like it...not overly expensive...but not cheap
good restaurant...good prices...good scene
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The Village Idiot
7383 Melrose Ave
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good restaurant...good prices...good scene
cool hip trendy restaurant ...I haven't been here yet
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Laurel Hardware
7984 Santa Monica Blvd
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cool hip trendy restaurant ...I haven't been here yet
very good.
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Market Provisions
8009 Beverly Blvd
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very good.
vegetarian...although they have fish. This is a cafe for lunch...small...also can take out food...it's good...walking distance.
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M Cafe
7119 Melrose Ave
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vegetarian...although they have fish. This is a cafe for lunch...small...also can take out food...it's good...walking distance.
High end restaurant with many stars...for foodies..not cheap
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Hatfield's
6703 Melrose Ave
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High end restaurant with many stars...for foodies..not cheap
You can eat outside...it's inexpensive and the fish tacos are good.
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Malibu Fish Grill
8000 Sunset Blvd
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You can eat outside...it's inexpensive and the fish tacos are good.
I like this place alot. Mexican food with great margaritas and chips...very busy...always...great ambience...looks like a dive from the front...parking in rear...not expensive.
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El Compadre
7408 Sunset Blvd
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I like this place alot. Mexican food with great margaritas and chips...very busy...always...great ambience...looks like a dive from the front...parking in rear...not expensive.
The best burgers in the US...the cheapest prices...order a neapolitan shake (chocolate vanilla and strawberry)...you will love this place...walking distance.
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In-N-Out Burger
7009 Sunset Blvd
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The best burgers in the US...the cheapest prices...order a neapolitan shake (chocolate vanilla and strawberry)...you will love this place...walking distance.
quick take out food...mediterranean...
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Zankou Chicken
5065 Sunset Blvd
121 personas locales recomiendan
quick take out food...mediterranean...
very good take out or eat in...mexican but healthy here
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Chipotle Mexican Grill
7660 Sunset Blvd
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very good take out or eat in...mexican but healthy here
definitely worth a visit...especially for breakfast...huge portions...always busy..
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The Griddle Cafe
7916 Sunset Blvd
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definitely worth a visit...especially for breakfast...huge portions...always busy..
Fabulous sushi...and high end prices...but when you want it, it's here. I had a white Alaskan salmon sushi that blew me away.
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Jinpachi
8711 Santa Monica Blvd
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Fabulous sushi...and high end prices...but when you want it, it's here. I had a white Alaskan salmon sushi that blew me away.
Great place to eat, overlooking the water...if you plan on visiting Malibu
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Geoffreys
27400 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Great place to eat, overlooking the water...if you plan on visiting Malibu
very good Korean food...cook at your own table...very busy...I love coming here.
67 personas locales recomiendan
Genwa Korean BBQ
5115 Wilshire Blvd
67 personas locales recomiendan
very good Korean food...cook at your own table...very busy...I love coming here.
I like ordering take-out from here (they deliver) or eating in...
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Sunset Thai Cuisine
7513 Sunset Boulevard
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I like ordering take-out from here (they deliver) or eating in...
Great memorabilia here from rock n roll days...a lot of people like it...and it's open very late...but I prefer almost next door Sunset Thai.
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Toi On Sunset
7505 1/2 Sunset Blvd
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Great memorabilia here from rock n roll days...a lot of people like it...and it's open very late...but I prefer almost next door Sunset Thai.
A few locations nearby...not expensive eat in or take out very casual inexpensive chain restaurant--all vegetarian--
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Veggie Grill
8000 Sunset Blvd
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A few locations nearby...not expensive eat in or take out very casual inexpensive chain restaurant--all vegetarian--
A very popular vegetarian restaurant about 15 minutes or so away by car.
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Real Food Daily
414 N La Cienega Blvd
63 personas locales recomiendan
A very popular vegetarian restaurant about 15 minutes or so away by car.
Popular cafeteria style restaurant with 2nd location on Beverly Blvd (1st one in Venice) Vegetarian+non vegetarian. Huge variety to choose, delicious lemonades, always busy, relatively inexpensive.
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Lemonade
1661 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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Popular cafeteria style restaurant with 2nd location on Beverly Blvd (1st one in Venice) Vegetarian+non vegetarian. Huge variety to choose, delicious lemonades, always busy, relatively inexpensive.
Sister restaurant of Osteria Mozza...less expensive than Osteria Mozza--very good--very busy..more casual..you can walk here..check if you need reservations.
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Pizzeria Mozza
641 N Highland Ave
187 personas locales recomiendan
Sister restaurant of Osteria Mozza...less expensive than Osteria Mozza--very good--very busy..more casual..you can walk here..check if you need reservations.
Nearby...free parking...huge portions, very reasonable prices..huge menu...can eat outside with heat lamps..popular...
81 personas locales recomiendan
Aroma Sunset Bar and Grill
7373 Sunset Blvd
81 personas locales recomiendan
Nearby...free parking...huge portions, very reasonable prices..huge menu...can eat outside with heat lamps..popular...
Very popular chain restaurant with huge menu at The Grove
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The Cheesecake Factory
4142 Vía Marina
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Very popular chain restaurant with huge menu at The Grove
Very popular restauarant known in the GLBT community--very fun--happy hour also
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The Abbey
692 N Robertson Blvd
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Very popular restauarant known in the GLBT community--very fun--happy hour also
You might see a celebrity here...expensive..check menu online
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AGO Restaurant
8478 Melrose Ave
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You might see a celebrity here...expensive..check menu online
Popular neighborhood restaurant...within walking distance...check out menu and prices online..It was very popular with music crowd because it is open late...but I haven't been here in a while.
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Jones Hollywood
7205 Santa Monica Blvd
181 personas locales recomiendan
Popular neighborhood restaurant...within walking distance...check out menu and prices online..It was very popular with music crowd because it is open late...but I haven't been here in a while.
Trendy and popular restaurant--good food--expensive
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Dominick's
8715 Beverly Boulevard
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Trendy and popular restaurant--good food--expensive
Deli and wine shop...next door to The Laugh Factory
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Greenblatt's Deli & Fine Wines
8017 Sunset Blvd
60 personas locales recomiendan
Deli and wine shop...next door to The Laugh Factory
An excellent restaurant...well known chef...when you are a foodie...it's good but not cheap
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The Hungry Cat
1535 Vine St
44 personas locales recomiendan
An excellent restaurant...well known chef...when you are a foodie...it's good but not cheap
There is a line for their hot dogs...served many ways
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Pink's Hot Dogs
709 N La Brea Ave
297 personas locales recomiendan
There is a line for their hot dogs...served many ways
Open until 3 am or 4 am depending on the day..when you are hungry late at night...great sandwiches...milkshakes...an after club hang out..
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Fat Sal's Deli
1300 N Highland Ave
75 personas locales recomiendan
Open until 3 am or 4 am depending on the day..when you are hungry late at night...great sandwiches...milkshakes...an after club hang out..
Excellent restaurant...they cure their own meats..Just named a Top Ten Best New LA restaurants for 2014..I enjoyed it
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Chi Spacca
6610 Melrose Ave
21 personas locales recomiendan
Excellent restaurant...they cure their own meats..Just named a Top Ten Best New LA restaurants for 2014..I enjoyed it
Good place to take kids...or yourself if in the mood for PANCAKES...open late...good prices..casual...walking distance...
133 personas locales recomiendan
IHOP
5655 Wilshire Blvd
133 personas locales recomiendan
Good place to take kids...or yourself if in the mood for PANCAKES...open late...good prices..casual...walking distance...
When you just want to eat...all you can eat salad bar that is good...very close...walking distance...no ambience...but reasonable price..
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Sizzler
1323 N Highland Ave
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When you just want to eat...all you can eat salad bar that is good...very close...walking distance...no ambience...but reasonable price..

Drinks & Nightlife

Make reservations...you can't go wrong...a lot of fish...across from Arclight
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Cheebo
7533 Sunset Blvd
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Make reservations...you can't go wrong...a lot of fish...across from Arclight
and club....supposed to be good...it's close...you can walk there...
40 personas locales recomiendan
Boulevard3
6523 Sunset Blvd
40 personas locales recomiendan
and club....supposed to be good...it's close...you can walk there...
check out who is playing...walking distance
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Catalina Bar and Grill
6725 Sunset Blvd
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check out who is playing...walking distance
good scene...a restaurant on other side with hamburgers and oysters...
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The Pikey
7617 Sunset Blvd
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good scene...a restaurant on other side with hamburgers and oysters...
Famous hotel where movie stars and other entertainment people stay--
353 personas locales recomiendan
Chateau Marmont
8221 Sunset Blvd
353 personas locales recomiendan
Famous hotel where movie stars and other entertainment people stay--
very popular nightclub
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The Emerson Theatre
7080 Hollywood Blvd
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very popular nightclub
A happening place after work...at Santa Monica...Lots of affluent singles hang here.
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The Huntley Hotel Santa Monica Beach
1111 2nd St
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A happening place after work...at Santa Monica...Lots of affluent singles hang here.

Everything Else

I hear it's good. Check it out and let me know. 10 min drive.
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W Hollywood
6250 Hollywood Blvd
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I hear it's good. Check it out and let me know. 10 min drive.
For a daytrip to Catalina
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Catalina Express
95 Berth
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For a daytrip to Catalina
I go here. Great gym...walking distance
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LA Fitness
1628 N El Centro Ave
167 personas locales recomiendan
I go here. Great gym...walking distance
My favorite place to walk or hike. Walking distance to get there
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Parque Runyon Canyon
2000 N Fuller Ave
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My favorite place to walk or hike. Walking distance to get there
tennis courts, including night lights, basketball courts...walking distance
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Poinsettia Recreation Center
7341 Willoughby Ave
35 personas locales recomiendan
tennis courts, including night lights, basketball courts...walking distance
Beautiful shopping/entertainment/restaurant outdoor high end mall--10-15 minutes drive.
2581 personas locales recomiendan
The Grove
189 The Grove Dr
2581 personas locales recomiendan
Beautiful shopping/entertainment/restaurant outdoor high end mall--10-15 minutes drive.
When you need a workout
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CorePower Yoga
7080 Hollywood Blvd
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When you need a workout
Where the dinosaurs used to roam...a good place to take kids..
890 personas locales recomiendan
Fosas de alquitrán de La Brea y Museo
5801 Wilshire Blvd
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Where the dinosaurs used to roam...a good place to take kids..

Arts & Culture

Very popular club and scene
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Nightingale Plaza
643 N La Cienega Blvd
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Very popular club and scene
a trendy club...not cheap drinks...but many people like it...10 min drive.
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Couture
1640 North Cahuenga Boulevard
8 personas locales recomiendan
a trendy club...not cheap drinks...but many people like it...10 min drive.
the best in terms of movie theaters
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Pacific Cinerama Dome
6360 Sunset Blvd
772 personas locales recomiendan
the best in terms of movie theaters
independent films...totally newly remodeled
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AMC Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd
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independent films...totally newly remodeled
Excellent Art Museum nearby
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Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles
5905 Wilshire Blvd
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Excellent Art Museum nearby
Car Museum nearby--around a 15-20 minute drive
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Museo de Automóviles Petersen
6060 Wilshire Blvd
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Car Museum nearby--around a 15-20 minute drive
A must see art museum on it's own mountaintop with stunning architecture
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El Getty
1200 Getty Center Dr
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A must see art museum on it's own mountaintop with stunning architecture
Lots of productions play here...Book of Mormon, Lion King...go online and see what's playing..like Broadway theatre--historic building-close by.
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Hollywood Pantages Theatre
6233 Hollywood Blvd
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Lots of productions play here...Book of Mormon, Lion King...go online and see what's playing..like Broadway theatre--historic building-close by.
Large music venue. Check online for concert times, artists, performances
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Hollywood Palladium
6215 Sunset Blvd
91 personas locales recomiendan
Large music venue. Check online for concert times, artists, performances
Comedy club with famous comedians--very nearby
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Laugh Factory
151 S Pine Ave
318 personas locales recomiendan
Comedy club with famous comedians--very nearby
Not too far...shows--educational--remodeled a few years ago
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Observatorio Griffith
2800 E Observatory Rd
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Not too far...shows--educational--remodeled a few years ago
A smaller music venue with many artists playing...Chinese food next door in separate area...open late...Chinese food is OK
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Genghis Cohen
740 N Fairfax Ave
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A smaller music venue with many artists playing...Chinese food next door in separate area...open late...Chinese food is OK
It doesn't get better in either architecture (Frank Gehry) or acoustics. Very very popular. Take the metro at Hollywood and Highland to get here. The architecture is iconic..a must see.
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Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S Grand Ave
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It doesn't get better in either architecture (Frank Gehry) or acoustics. Very very popular. Take the metro at Hollywood and Highland to get here. The architecture is iconic..a must see.
Check listings...this group of Broadway style theaters is downtown. Take the metro at Hollywood and Highland.
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The Music Center
135 N Grand Ave
49 personas locales recomiendan
Check listings...this group of Broadway style theaters is downtown. Take the metro at Hollywood and Highland.
A happening club..burlesque style...speakeasy...downtown...take the metro...very popular
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The Edison
241 personas locales recomiendan
A happening club..burlesque style...speakeasy...downtown...take the metro...very popular
If there are teenagers on board, this is the place you must go. A 45 minute drive...but a real amusement park with good rides and entertainment. In the summer open late.
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Six Flags Magic Mountain
26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy
716 personas locales recomiendan
If there are teenagers on board, this is the place you must go. A 45 minute drive...but a real amusement park with good rides and entertainment. In the summer open late.
A club to go to...check on who is playing that night...close by...very popular
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Sound Nightclub
1642 N Las Palmas Ave
68 personas locales recomiendan
A club to go to...check on who is playing that night...close by...very popular
This is what Hollywood is known for...clubs like this...try it out...it is close by...and is popular..
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Lure Nightclub
1439 Ivar Ave
80 personas locales recomiendan
This is what Hollywood is known for...clubs like this...try it out...it is close by...and is popular..

Essentials

great market...great prices...easy to cook food...frozen pizzas are from Italy
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Trader Joe's
11976 Ventura Blvd
1811 personas locales recomiendan
great market...great prices...easy to cook food...frozen pizzas are from Italy
4 blocks away...has everything a market can have
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Ralphs
10901 Ventura Blvd
336 personas locales recomiendan
4 blocks away...has everything a market can have
great take out food...organic...worth a visit...famous chain of organic markets....I come here a lot.
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Whole Foods Market
7871 Santa Monica Blvd
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great take out food...organic...worth a visit...famous chain of organic markets....I come here a lot.

Shopping

A famous music store that has everything...nothing like it anywhere
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Amoeba Music
6200 Hollywood Blvd
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A famous music store that has everything...nothing like it anywhere
Everyone wants to go here for shopping. Personally, it is not for me. Better to go to the nearby malls for sales. Not a great location..off a freeway- a good 45 minutes away-watch traffic conditions
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Citadel Outlets
100 Citadel Dr
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Everyone wants to go here for shopping. Personally, it is not for me. Better to go to the nearby malls for sales. Not a great location..off a freeway- a good 45 minutes away-watch traffic conditions
Another set of outlet stores-about an hour away north...but outlet stores are not for me...poor inventory of latest in season clothes--or made for outlet inventory. I prefer sales at department stores
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Camarillo Premium Outlets
740 Ventura Blvd
207 personas locales recomiendan
Another set of outlet stores-about an hour away north...but outlet stores are not for me...poor inventory of latest in season clothes--or made for outlet inventory. I prefer sales at department stores
Very nice department store--higher end
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Nordstrom The Grove
189 The Grove Dr
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Very nice department store--higher end
A very large mall for shopping...
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Gymboree Play & Music, West Los Angeles
11301 W Olympic Blvd
23 personas locales recomiendan
A very large mall for shopping...
A large indoor mall for shopping...a Macy's and Bloomingdales anchor the place. I go here a lot and The Grove.
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Beverly Center
8500 Beverly Blvd
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A large indoor mall for shopping...a Macy's and Bloomingdales anchor the place. I go here a lot and The Grove.
Food and everything else is here.
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Target
735 S Figueroa St
726 personas locales recomiendan
Food and everything else is here.
TVs, computers, electonics, phones,cell phones
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Best Buy
1015 N La Brea Ave
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TVs, computers, electonics, phones,cell phones