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Very popular cafe with great food and pastries. Excellent breakfast place. I love the seating areas. It gets crowded for breakfast on the weekends. Coffee is just okay.
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Aroma Coffee & Tea Co
4360 Tujunga Ave
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Very popular cafe with great food and pastries. Excellent breakfast place. I love the seating areas. It gets crowded for breakfast on the weekends. Coffee is just okay.
This Mediterranean place is amazing. It is our favorite neighborhood restaurant. Make reservations. We love the hummos, the chicken kebbab. We have never had anything bad here to be honest.
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Mantee Cafe
10962 Ventura Blvd
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This Mediterranean place is amazing. It is our favorite neighborhood restaurant. Make reservations. We love the hummos, the chicken kebbab. We have never had anything bad here to be honest.
Great high end Mexican restaurant. We love the cucumber margaritas and the guacamole. This place gets pretty crowded so make reservations.
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Mercado
7910 W 3rd St
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Great high end Mexican restaurant. We love the cucumber margaritas and the guacamole. This place gets pretty crowded so make reservations.
Great Japanese food! Try the Spicy Tuna Poki Bowl. I get mine with brown rice.
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Daichan
11288 Ventura Blvd
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Great Japanese food! Try the Spicy Tuna Poki Bowl. I get mine with brown rice.
Our favorite local fancy restaurant. The happy hour here is really good. We love the food and when we don't want to venture far, this is our go to special occasion spot. They do a Brunch on Sunday.
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Ca Del Sole
4100 Cahuenga Blvd
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Our favorite local fancy restaurant. The happy hour here is really good. We love the food and when we don't want to venture far, this is our go to special occasion spot. They do a Brunch on Sunday.
This place is very nice. They have good to go food as well as table service. We like the decor so we will come for a coffee in the afternoon and also for breakfast.
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GC Marketplace
3315 Cahuenga Boulevard
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This place is very nice. They have good to go food as well as table service. We like the decor so we will come for a coffee in the afternoon and also for breakfast.
Great scrambles. Good pancakes. Nice wait staff. Tuna melt is pretty good too.
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Vivian's Millennium Cafe
10968 Ventura Blvd
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Great scrambles. Good pancakes. Nice wait staff. Tuna melt is pretty good too.
Great breakfast and lunch diner. We like the pancakes and this is usually our first choice for Sunday mornings. We go at 9:30a to avoid the crowds.
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Good Neighbor Restaurant
3701 Cahuenga Blvd W
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Great breakfast and lunch diner. We like the pancakes and this is usually our first choice for Sunday mornings. We go at 9:30a to avoid the crowds.
Mediterrenean. Pretty good beer selection actually and the food is good though we think its kind of heavy.
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Spitz - Studio City
3737 Cahuenga Boulevard
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Mediterrenean. Pretty good beer selection actually and the food is good though we think its kind of heavy.
This is an LA classic. Good Mediterrenean food.
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Zankou Chicken
5065 Sunset Blvd
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This is an LA classic. Good Mediterrenean food.
Very popular and famous sushi place. We've seen celebrities standing in line to get in here.
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SUGARFISH by sushi nozawa
600 W 7th St
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Very popular and famous sushi place. We've seen celebrities standing in line to get in here.
This is a famous sushi restaurant. Get the crispy rice spicy tuna. Its amazing and addictive. Lines can get very long.
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Sushi Katsu-Ya Studio City
11680 Ventura Blvd
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This is a famous sushi restaurant. Get the crispy rice spicy tuna. Its amazing and addictive. Lines can get very long.
Good vegetarian place. Has vegan offerings.
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SunCafe Organic
10820 Ventura Blvd
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Good vegetarian place. Has vegan offerings.
Great burgers. A little on the heavy side but decadent. LA Classic.
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Umami Burger Burbank
4300 Riverside Drive
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Great burgers. A little on the heavy side but decadent. LA Classic.
This is also home to Riverside which has the most amazing pizza!
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Red Door
10057 Riverside Dr
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This is also home to Riverside which has the most amazing pizza!
We like this place.
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Malbec Argentinean Cuisine - Toluca Lake
10151 Riverside Dr
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We like this place.
I like the grilled cheese with tomato soup here.
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Sweetsalt Food Shop
10106 Riverside Dr
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I like the grilled cheese with tomato soup here.
The tacos here are like my mom used to make. That means they are not Mexican classics. Still I love them.
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Henry's Tacos
4389 Tujunga Ave
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The tacos here are like my mom used to make. That means they are not Mexican classics. Still I love them.
Really cute shop with great gelato.
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Gelato Bar & Espresso Cafe
4342 Tujunga Ave
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Really cute shop with great gelato.
Solid place for a sandwich
TOGO'S Sandwiches
10941 Ventura Blvd
Solid place for a sandwich
Healthy fast food? We think so anyway.
Subway Restaurants
10610 Ventura Blvd
Healthy fast food? We think so anyway.
We order our pizza to be delivered from here. It is good.
Fernanda's NY Pizza
10604 Ventura Blvd
We order our pizza to be delivered from here. It is good.
We like the shabu shabu here. Its good.
Sapporo Ramen & Shabu Shabu
318 N Brand Blvd
We like the shabu shabu here. Its good.

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent neighborhood bar. We love the fish and chips.
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Oil Can Harry's
11502 Ventura Blvd
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Excellent neighborhood bar. We love the fish and chips.
Great burgers! A little heavy.
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Umami Burger Studio City
12159 Ventura Boulevard
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Great burgers! A little heavy.
Fantastic food and great cocktails. We will go here before heading to a movie at the Arclight/Cineramadome.
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Los Balcones Hollywood
1360 Vine St
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Fantastic food and great cocktails. We will go here before heading to a movie at the Arclight/Cineramadome.

Everything Else

Big theme park walking distance from our house. We have been many times and guests - especially kids love it.
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Universal Studios Hollywood
100 Universal City Plaza
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Big theme park walking distance from our house. We have been many times and guests - especially kids love it.
This is a festive place to go for dinner, a drink or a movie. There are many place to wander around and see and lots of people watching. Can feel too crowded we think. I don't like the movie theater.
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Universal CityWalk Hollywood
100 Universal City Plaza
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This is a festive place to go for dinner, a drink or a movie. There are many place to wander around and see and lots of people watching. Can feel too crowded we think. I don't like the movie theater.
They just re-did this Rite Aid. There a Walgreens across the street. Both are fine.
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Rite Aid
13333 Riverside Dr
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They just re-did this Rite Aid. There a Walgreens across the street. Both are fine.
Closest grocery store to the house.
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Ralphs
10901 Ventura Blvd
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Closest grocery store to the house.
Fantastic Ramen place. Can get crowded sometimes. Not too bad though.
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JINYA Ramen Bar
11239 Ventura Blvd
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Fantastic Ramen place. Can get crowded sometimes. Not too bad though.
There is pretty good parking around this TJs
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Trader Joe's
11976 Ventura Blvd
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There is pretty good parking around this TJs
Costco needs no description.
Costco Gas Station Burbank CA
1051 W Burbank Blvd
Costco needs no description.
Sometimes we come here on a Sunday to be outside and have something to look at. Sure its very suburban.
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I-Americana kwi-Brand
889 Americana Way
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Sometimes we come here on a Sunday to be outside and have something to look at. Sure its very suburban.
You can take the MTA red line here. Very close to the Hollywood sights.
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Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Blvd
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You can take the MTA red line here. Very close to the Hollywood sights.
This is my favorite indoor cycling club. Friendly, welcoming people. All cares are sweated out in the 45 min classes.
Sycle
3575 Riverside Dr
This is my favorite indoor cycling club. Friendly, welcoming people. All cares are sweated out in the 45 min classes.
Popular indoor cycling spot. Pretty hardcore workout. They make the room hot. Phew!
The Sweat Shoppe
11301 Riverside Dr
Popular indoor cycling spot. Pretty hardcore workout. They make the room hot. Phew!
Great place to get your hair done. Its not a bargain or anything. Just a "you get what you pay for" kind of place.
Drybar Studio City
13019 Ventura Blvd
Great place to get your hair done. Its not a bargain or anything. Just a "you get what you pay for" kind of place.
This is a quiet little restaurant with no sign out front. It has a great bar and lovely outdoor seating. Very romantic and a fun place to go for a cocktail.
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Firefly
11720 Ventura Blvd
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This is a quiet little restaurant with no sign out front. It has a great bar and lovely outdoor seating. Very romantic and a fun place to go for a cocktail.
This and the Farmer's Market (next door) are very popular in LA.
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The Grove
189 The Grove Dr
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This and the Farmer's Market (next door) are very popular in LA.
Nick Cage met Patricia Arquette here. Its pretty cool.
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Canter's Restaurant, Bakery, Deli and Bar
419 N Fairfax Ave
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Nick Cage met Patricia Arquette here. Its pretty cool.
This is an amazing place to have a personal trainer step up your work out. My friend Maria is a fantastic trainer and Taylor trains boxers and football players and regular people too!
Taylor Ramsdell - Strength & Conditioning Coach
This is an amazing place to have a personal trainer step up your work out. My friend Maria is a fantastic trainer and Taylor trains boxers and football players and regular people too!