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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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Coffee Los Angeles

Ambrose Cafe Ambrosia

In Greek mythology, Ambrosia is the nectar of the gods. Doves would deliver this magical elixir to Mount Olympus for Zeus and his siblings to enjoy. Somehow, Midcentury Americans reinterpreted this concept as a...
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Korean Food Los Angeles

Sinuiju Chapssal Soondae Squid Soondae

Soondae, Korean pork blood sausage, is a popular street food in North Korea that’s proliferated to the Republic of Korea. Inevitably, soondae made the leap to L.A., home to by far the largest Korean-American...
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Croissant Los Angeles

Petit Trois Le Valley Chocolate Croissant

Petit Trois Le Valley is the more spacious Sherman Oaks spinoff of a Hollywood hit from chef Ludo Lefebvre and his wife/marketing mastermind Krissy. Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo remain their accomplished chef-partners. The...
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