A historic landmark in LA, deli Philippe’s has been serving the original “”French Dipped Sandwich” since it was established in 1908 (next year it’ll be 100 years!). Located at the edge of Chinatown, Philippe’s is a crowded spot, as you can see in the picture. It’s got a huge cafeteria-like space with long communal tables. […]
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Elf Cafe (Echo Park)
By Joan in 05: Silver Lake + Echo ParkHeard a lot of good things about this vegetarian place in Echo Park. It’s few shops down of American apparel and right next door to an abandoned theater on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. The space is small with 6-7 tables only, populated mostly by the usual silver lake/echo park hipster & artist type. The […]
Tags: Mediterrean, Vegan, Vegetarian
March 5, 2007
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Langer’s Delicatessen (Alvarado)
By Joan in 06: Downtown LA, Favorite Food EntriesWe have another entry written by guest writer Jon: The architecture of LA’s Westlake district always reminded me a bit of Chicago’s north side. Both are close proximity to their respective downtowns and both are chocked full of architectural gems – baroque movie theaters, elegant apartment buildings, public parks in the style of Frederick Olmstead. […]
March 4, 2007
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L’Artisan Du Chocolat (3rd/Virgil)
By Joan in 05: Silver Lake + Echo ParkAlmost forgot to publish this blog entry. Jon gave me chocolate for Valentine (:D thanks~) from L’Artisan Du Chocolat which I blogged before. It has a great selections of their signature hand made chocolates: Rose, Promagrande, Maple syrup, thyme, tomato (more tomato flavor than last time), raspberry, matcha, chilli (it’s good!), jasmine tea, hazelnut and […]
Tags: Chocolate
March 2, 2007
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Kokekokko (Little Tokyo)
By Joan in 06: Downtown LALots of recommendations to this popular Yakitori place from people around me recently, including the foodies sat next to Jon and I at Bistro K. Their glowing reviews prompt me to give it a try even though I’m not that big of a fan of Yakitori and chicken in general. ^^;; At 8 my party […]
