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Pie Los Angeles

Fundamental DTLA Caramel Apple Cheddar Pie

Woogene Lee and Jeffrey Faust built Fundamental LA into a neighborhood favorite by serving sandwiches by day and composed plates by night in Westwood. The duo recently expanded downtown with sleek new Fundamental DTLA...
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Hamburger Los Angeles

Fundamental LA Cheese Burger [CLOSED]

We’re living in a hamburger golden age, with plenty of L.A.’s leading culinary heavyweights rolling out deluxe hamburgers. Fundamental LA, the five-year-old Westwood restaurant from childhood buddies (and fellow Cal Bears) Woogene Lee and...
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Risotto Los Angeles

Fundamental LA Carrot Risotto [CLOSED]

Fundamental LA, the dual-purpose restaurant in Westwood from Woogene Lee and Jeff Faust, features sandwiches on house-baked bread at lunch and more ambitious fare at dinner. They duo recently brought in SoCal native Philip...
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Dessert Los Angeles

dineLA Restaurant Week Hits and Misses: January 2013

  • Food
  • February 6, 2013
The latest dineLA Restaurant Week culminated on February 1, 2013. Almost 300 L.A. area restaurants created prix fixe menus. I visited four restaurants from my 12 Top Picks for dineLA’s Restaurant Week: Winter 2013....
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Sandwich Los Angeles

Fundamental LA: Moving Beyond Basics in Westwood [CLOSED]

For the past few years, we’ve bemoaned the lack of next-level sandwich shops in Los Angeles. Mendocino Farms has been the most ambitious (and consistent) of the bunch, along with stand-bys like Langer’s and...
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