Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Famous local soul food restaurant serving signature chicken & waffles, delicious southern greens, mac and cheese, hot water cornbread, red beans and rice and more.
1514 N Gower St
1514 North Gower Street
Famous local soul food restaurant serving signature chicken & waffles, delicious southern greens, mac and cheese, hot water cornbread, red beans and rice and more.
Delancey Bar & Pizzeria, with its brick walls and dark cherry colored wood, harkens back to the old days of the classic pizzerias and Italian restaurants of the East Coast.
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Delancey
5960 Sunset Blvd
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Delancey Bar & Pizzeria, with its brick walls and dark cherry colored wood, harkens back to the old days of the classic pizzerias and Italian restaurants of the East Coast.
Original Tommy's is world famous for topping burgers, fries & hot dogs with a signature chili since 1946.
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Original Tommy's
5873 Hollywood Blvd
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Original Tommy's is world famous for topping burgers, fries & hot dogs with a signature chili since 1946.
Casual spot with rotating draft brews & eclectic bottles, plus exotic sausages & high-end bar bites.
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Blue Palms Brewhouse
8440 Hollywood Blvd
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Casual spot with rotating draft brews & eclectic bottles, plus exotic sausages & high-end bar bites.
Modern conveyor-belt sushi restaurant serving hot & cold rolls, teas, & creative cocktails.
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Blue C Sushi
6374 Sunset Blvd
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Modern conveyor-belt sushi restaurant serving hot & cold rolls, teas, & creative cocktails.
Featured in the film "Swingers," this throwback lounge offers classic Continental eats & live music.
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The Dresden Restaurant & Lounge
1760 N Vermont Ave
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Featured in the film "Swingers," this throwback lounge offers classic Continental eats & live music.
Classic California-based burger chain serving customizable patties, hand-cut fries & thick shakes.
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In-N-Out Burger
7009 Sunset Blvd
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Classic California-based burger chain serving customizable patties, hand-cut fries & thick shakes.
The WAFFLE is a stylishly modern yet familiar eatery that makes every effort to support sustainable and organic farming practices.
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The Waffle
6255 Sunset Blvd
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The WAFFLE is a stylishly modern yet familiar eatery that makes every effort to support sustainable and organic farming practices.
A new fast casual eatery that combines simple, fresh quality meals with innovative technology. Sleek, counter-serve restaurant known for its panini-style pressed sandwiches & hearty soups.
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The Melt - CLOSED
7111 Sunset Blvd
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A new fast casual eatery that combines simple, fresh quality meals with innovative technology. Sleek, counter-serve restaurant known for its panini-style pressed sandwiches & hearty soups.
Slow food done fast, serving fresh, healthy, chef-inspired, farmer's market sensible dishes at an affordable price in a relaxed environment.
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Tender Greens
6290 Sunset Blvd
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Slow food done fast, serving fresh, healthy, chef-inspired, farmer's market sensible dishes at an affordable price in a relaxed environment.
Seattle-based coffeehouse chain known for its signature roasts, light bites and WiFi availability.
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Starbucks
359 S La Brea Ave
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Seattle-based coffeehouse chain known for its signature roasts, light bites and WiFi availability.
The sweet flavor of Mexico! Products are made following traditional recipes with only all-natural fresh ingredients, without the use of lard, frying or artificial preservatives.
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La Monarca Bakery
5833 N Figueroa St
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The sweet flavor of Mexico! Products are made following traditional recipes with only all-natural fresh ingredients, without the use of lard, frying or artificial preservatives.

Sightseeing

The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,500 five-pointed terrazzo & brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard & three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood.
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Hollywood Walk Of Fame HQ
6255 Sunset Blvd
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,500 five-pointed terrazzo & brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard & three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood.
With over 4,210 acres of both natural chapparal-covered terrain and landscaped parkland and picnic areas, Griffith Park is the largest municipal park with urban wilderness area in the United States.
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I-Griffith Observatory
2800 E Observatory Rd
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With over 4,210 acres of both natural chapparal-covered terrain and landscaped parkland and picnic areas, Griffith Park is the largest municipal park with urban wilderness area in the United States.
Serene enclave at Griffith Park featuring walking paths amid tropical foliage & a man-made brook.
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Ferndell Nature Museum
5375 Red Oak Dr
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Serene enclave at Griffith Park featuring walking paths amid tropical foliage & a man-made brook.

Arts & Culture

Famous 1920s amphitheater and home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the host of hundreds of musical events each year.
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Hollywood Bowl
2301 Hollywood Bowl Rd
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Famous 1920s amphitheater and home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the host of hundreds of musical events each year.
Cinema palace. Features concrete blocks set in the forecourt, which bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day.
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I-TCL Chinese Theatres
6925 Hollywood Blvd
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Cinema palace. Features concrete blocks set in the forecourt, which bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day.
A live-performance auditorium and a Hollywood landmark that showcases the latest innovations from the leader in entertainment technology
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I-Dolby Theatre
6801 Hollywood Blvd
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A live-performance auditorium and a Hollywood landmark that showcases the latest innovations from the leader in entertainment technology
Mingle with your favorite Hollywood movie stars' and other famous Americans & historic icons in themed galleries.
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood
6933 Hollywood Blvd
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Mingle with your favorite Hollywood movie stars' and other famous Americans & historic icons in themed galleries.
The longest running wax museum in the United States and the only wax museum in the country devoted entirely to celebrity figures.
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I-Hollywood Wax Museum
6767 Hollywood Blvd
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The longest running wax museum in the United States and the only wax museum in the country devoted entirely to celebrity figures.
The world's most amazing facts and incredible achievements are brought to life with film, video, special effects and vivid animated displays
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Guinness World Records Museum
6764 Hollywood Blvd
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The world's most amazing facts and incredible achievements are brought to life with film, video, special effects and vivid animated displays
Hollywood history, including props, costumes, scripts & photos, housed in a historic building.
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I-Hollywood Museum
1660 N Highland Ave
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Hollywood history, including props, costumes, scripts & photos, housed in a historic building.
Museum with kitschy oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons. Two floors filled with more than 300 exhibits, artifacts, and oddities from around the world.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!
6780 Hollywood Blvd
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Museum with kitschy oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons. Two floors filled with more than 300 exhibits, artifacts, and oddities from around the world.
Home of the alternative comedy troupe that launched many well-known TV & film stars' careers.
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Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA
5919 Franklin Ave
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Home of the alternative comedy troupe that launched many well-known TV & film stars' careers.
The UCB Theatre is home to LA's best live comedy. Improv, sketch, stand-up and more for $10 or less.
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Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA
5919 Franklin Ave
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The UCB Theatre is home to LA's best live comedy. Improv, sketch, stand-up and more for $10 or less.
LA branch of the Chicago institution with nightly sketch & improv comedy in 3 theaters plus classes.
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iO West
6366 Hollywood Boulevard
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LA branch of the Chicago institution with nightly sketch & improv comedy in 3 theaters plus classes.
Cozy venue for an improvisation & sketch comedy troupe that launched many famous careers.
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The Groundlings Theatre
7307 Melrose Ave
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Cozy venue for an improvisation & sketch comedy troupe that launched many famous careers.
ComedySportz is the longest running stage show in Los Angeles, now in its 26th year! It's not stand-up comedy about sports...it's improv comedy played as a sport!
ComedySportz Los Angeles
5269 Lankershim Blvd
ComedySportz is the longest running stage show in Los Angeles, now in its 26th year! It's not stand-up comedy about sports...it's improv comedy played as a sport!
The award-winning, critically-acclaimed theater company resides in an intimate, 99-seat theater. It is renowned for its calendar of bold, irreverent, local productions.
Sacred Fools Theater Company
1078 Lillian Way
The award-winning, critically-acclaimed theater company resides in an intimate, 99-seat theater. It is renowned for its calendar of bold, irreverent, local productions.
Spare, intimate performance space is known for presenting innovative works by emerging playwrights.
Theatre of Note
1517 N Cahuenga Blvd
Spare, intimate performance space is known for presenting innovative works by emerging playwrights.

Drinks & Nightlife

Funky '70s retro bar with era-appropriate garage sale decor, an Airstream trailer & backyard BBQ.
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Good Times at Davey Wayne's
1611 N El Centro Ave
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Funky '70s retro bar with era-appropriate garage sale decor, an Airstream trailer & backyard BBQ.
Dragonfly is a multi entertainment venue featuring eclectic live music, DJ nights, burlesque, reggae, & more!
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Dragonfly Bar
6510 Santa Monica Boulevard
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Dragonfly is a multi entertainment venue featuring eclectic live music, DJ nights, burlesque, reggae, & more!
Dimly-lit, 1930s-inspired wine & beer stop with a vintage vibe & classic music on vinyl records.
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The Know Where Bar
5634 Hollywood Blvd
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Dimly-lit, 1930s-inspired wine & beer stop with a vintage vibe & classic music on vinyl records.
Easygoing diner & pub doling out deli sandwiches, soups & other typical American fare, plus beers.
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Dreams Cafe & Bar
5625 Sunset Blvd
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Easygoing diner & pub doling out deli sandwiches, soups & other typical American fare, plus beers.
There's no cover to hear local musicians play weekly residencies at this cozy, unassuming haunt.
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Piano Bar
6429 Selma Avenue
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There's no cover to hear local musicians play weekly residencies at this cozy, unassuming haunt.
Upbeat neighborhood spot known for rotisserie chicken & American fare plus hopping bar & happy hour.
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Birds
5925 Franklin Ave
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Upbeat neighborhood spot known for rotisserie chicken & American fare plus hopping bar & happy hour.

Essentials

Supermarket open from 6AM - 2AM 7 days / week
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Ralphs
7257 Sunset Blvd
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Supermarket open from 6AM - 2AM 7 days / week
Offering innovative, hard-to-find, great-tasting foods at great everyday prices. No sales, no gimmicks, no clubs to join, no special cards to swipe.
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Trader Joe's
11976 Ventura Blvd
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Offering innovative, hard-to-find, great-tasting foods at great everyday prices. No sales, no gimmicks, no clubs to join, no special cards to swipe.
No-frills supermarket chain stocking a wide selection of bulk grocery items, produce & more.
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Food 4 Less
5420 Sunset Blvd
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No-frills supermarket chain stocking a wide selection of bulk grocery items, produce & more.

Shopping

23,500 sq ft 24-hour "high end" drug store. Offers a vast array of alcohol from 6A-2A daily, fresh sushi made in store, beauty bar, prescriptions & photo services, groceries, snacks & household items.
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Walgreens
1501 Vine St
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23,500 sq ft 24-hour "high end" drug store. Offers a vast array of alcohol from 6A-2A daily, fresh sushi made in store, beauty bar, prescriptions & photo services, groceries, snacks & household items.