Where's for Dinner?
As a general rule, Angelenos don’t eat in. Or if they do, they don’t cook. I’m not sure whether that’s because there are so many good, inexpensive restaurants around or ...
because so many of them are 20-somethings. My daughter, for instance, has never bothered to have the gas turned on for her stove. And why should she?
She lives in Hollywood, half a block from Sunset Boulevard. Not the chi-chi Sunset Strip or the gentrified area around the Arclight complex, but the wasteland between the two, with boarded-up buildings, graffiti-covered walls and places to pick up a nice date anytime you want.
But on this same section of Sunset there are also two good Thai places (Toi Rockin’ Thai and Sunset Thai), the Gate of India and El Compadre, which has great freshly made guacamole and margaritas and authentic Mexican fare. (It’s well frequented by entertainment types.)
There’s hip little Cheebo (no, not a cheeseburger joint), Bossa Nova (a fine Brazilian chain) several vegan restaurants, authentic Russian delis (because of the large Russian population in this area), the beautiful Moroccan restaurant Dar Maghreb and not last or least, an In-and-Out Burger, which is the best hamburger chain in the world, perhaps the universe.
These are just the places within easy walking distance. I don’t eat in much when I visit here, either.
She lives in Hollywood, half a block from Sunset Boulevard. Not the chi-chi Sunset Strip or the gentrified area around the Arclight complex, but the wasteland between the two, with boarded-up buildings, graffiti-covered walls and places to pick up a nice date anytime you want.
But on this same section of Sunset there are also two good Thai places (Toi Rockin’ Thai and Sunset Thai), the Gate of India and El Compadre, which has great freshly made guacamole and margaritas and authentic Mexican fare. (It’s well frequented by entertainment types.)
There’s hip little Cheebo (no, not a cheeseburger joint), Bossa Nova (a fine Brazilian chain) several vegan restaurants, authentic Russian delis (because of the large Russian population in this area), the beautiful Moroccan restaurant Dar Maghreb and not last or least, an In-and-Out Burger, which is the best hamburger chain in the world, perhaps the universe.
These are just the places within easy walking distance. I don’t eat in much when I visit here, either.
