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Cuisines

Israeli Drink Los Angeles

Cafe Florentine Sahlab [CLOSED]

A one-mile stretch along Burbank Boulevard near Los Angeles Valley College has welcomed a bevy of Middle Eastern restaurants and bakeries in the past two years. Just some of the notable additions include Pacific...
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Pork Chop Los Angeles

Here’s Looking At You Pork Chop Milanesa [CLOSED]

Here’s Looking At You left the starting block like Usain Bolt for their new brunch service. HLAY launched brunch on Mother’s Day and this instantly became my favorite breakfast and lunch mash-up in L.A....
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Waffle Los Angeles

Here’s Looking At You Coconut Waffle [CLOSED]

Mother’s Day took on added meaning with my daughter’s birth in April 2017. We weren’t ready to celebrate my wife’s first Mother’s Day in a restaurant setting right away. However, we made her second...
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Coffee Los Angeles

Intelligentsia Coffee Limelight

“Living in the limelight, the universal dream.” Those lyrics from Rush lead singer Geddy Lee swirled in my head. So did memories of the Limelight, a New York City nightclub that I may or...
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Mexican Food Los Angeles

Mercado Chile Verde Estilo Arco Iris

Cocinas y Calaveras founder Jesse Gomez and chef/partner Jose Acevedo opened a new Pasadena branch of Mercado at The Commons on South Lake in April 2018. The journey is full-circle for Gomez, who worked...
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Vietnamese Food Orange County

King Noodles 68 Hủ Tiếu Hoac Mi Kings Noodle

The owners at King Noodles 68 posted a surprisingly moving quote from Mahatma Gandhi on the bathroom mirror: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Love as if you were to live forever.”...
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