Guidebook for Los Angeles

Laura
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Our favorite Mexican restaurant on the west side, great food and wide selection or beer tequila and mescal. They have a good happy hour as well.
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Madre Oaxacan Restaurant and Mezcaleria
10426 National Blvd
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Our favorite Mexican restaurant on the west side, great food and wide selection or beer tequila and mescal. They have a good happy hour as well.
Great if you like Mussels, Wednesday they do eat as much as you like!
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Meet in Paris French Bistro
9727 Culver Blvd
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Great if you like Mussels, Wednesday they do eat as much as you like!
Great Mexican fusion place, amazing tacos gets very busy at lunch
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Loqui
8830 Washington Blvd
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Great Mexican fusion place, amazing tacos gets very busy at lunch
Fresh and very tasty Vietnamese food
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Phorage
3300 Overland Ave
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Fresh and very tasty Vietnamese food
Intimate Asia fusion Ramen, you don't need to pay for the extra chilli unless you really like it hot!
KOTOYA RAMEN
10422 National Blvd
Intimate Asia fusion Ramen, you don't need to pay for the extra chilli unless you really like it hot!
Pizza pizza pizza!
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The Doughroom
3409 Overland Ave
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Pizza pizza pizza!
Best brunch spot locally.
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Overland Cafe
3601 Overland Ave
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Best brunch spot locally.
Great fresh tiki bowls
TikiFish
3300 Overland Ave
Great fresh tiki bowls
We highly recommend a drive down the PCH along the Malibu coastline. Stop off and get some great fresh seafood at this casual place on the beach. Can get busy around 12.
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Malibu Seafood Fresh Fish Market & Patio Cafe
25653 CA-1
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We highly recommend a drive down the PCH along the Malibu coastline. Stop off and get some great fresh seafood at this casual place on the beach. Can get busy around 12.
Amazing seafood in enormous family size portions! You have to pay for parking but afterwards you can stay and hang out on the Paradise Cove Beach.
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Paradise Cove Beach Cafe
28128 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Amazing seafood in enormous family size portions! You have to pay for parking but afterwards you can stay and hang out on the Paradise Cove Beach.

Drinks & Nightlife

Go here for happy hour and lobster tacos and a beer!
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Lobster & Beer
3456 Motor Ave
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Go here for happy hour and lobster tacos and a beer!
My favorite local dive bar, pool, music excellent beer selection and really good food!
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The Irish Times Pub & Restaurant
3267 Motor Ave
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My favorite local dive bar, pool, music excellent beer selection and really good food!
Great for a posh happy hour cocktail in an amazing setting.
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The Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd
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Great for a posh happy hour cocktail in an amazing setting.
Great beer and uber cool surroundings located in the arts district. Has corn hole, food trucks, games. You can walk to Bar Eighty Two from here! There is street parking and some parking lots from $5-10.
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Angel City Brewery
216 S Alameda St
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Great beer and uber cool surroundings located in the arts district. Has corn hole, food trucks, games. You can walk to Bar Eighty Two from here! There is street parking and some parking lots from $5-10.
A hipster arcade bar in the Arts District with all your favorite video games from your childhood for only 25 cents a play! Lots of fun and walking distance to Angel City Brewery.
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Eightytwo
707 E 4th Pl
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A hipster arcade bar in the Arts District with all your favorite video games from your childhood for only 25 cents a play! Lots of fun and walking distance to Angel City Brewery.

Parks & Nature

Big park with basketball and tennis courts and a nice place for a walk.
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Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
2551 Motor Ave
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Big park with basketball and tennis courts and a nice place for a walk.
Beautiful hikes in the mountain over looking the ocean!
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Temescal Canyon Park
15900 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Beautiful hikes in the mountain over looking the ocean!
Beautiful trails that make you feel like you're up in the mountains instead of 15 minutes from Sunset Blvd. Great views over LA and the Valley.
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Franklin Canyon Park, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority
2600 Franklin Canyon Dr
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Beautiful trails that make you feel like you're up in the mountains instead of 15 minutes from Sunset Blvd. Great views over LA and the Valley.
Insane cliffsides on the beach in Malibu. Truly hidden away and the prettiest beach in Malibu!
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El Matador Beach
32350 Pacific Coast Hwy
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Insane cliffsides on the beach in Malibu. Truly hidden away and the prettiest beach in Malibu!

Essentials

1 block from our apartment, a great locally owned shop you can pick up amazing Stumptown coffee, wines and craft beer, lots of yummy snacks and all your other basic grocery needs.
Rose Market LLC.
3300 Overland Ave
1 block from our apartment, a great locally owned shop you can pick up amazing Stumptown coffee, wines and craft beer, lots of yummy snacks and all your other basic grocery needs.
Mexican owned grocery store with fresh produce. I'd recommend their Guac!
Palms Super Market
3568 Motor Ave
Mexican owned grocery store with fresh produce. I'd recommend their Guac!
Local grocery store, think less expensive version of Whole Foods.
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Sprouts Farmers Market
5660 Sepulveda Blvd
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Local grocery store, think less expensive version of Whole Foods.
Local grocery store and the Rite Aid Pharmacy is next door.
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Vons
4030 S Centinela Ave
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Local grocery store and the Rite Aid Pharmacy is next door.
Well priced groceries, my favorite. They have great ready meals and freezer meals and a CVS pharmacy next door.
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Trader Joe's
6150 Slauson Ave
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Well priced groceries, my favorite. They have great ready meals and freezer meals and a CVS pharmacy next door.
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Whole Foods Market
225 Lincoln Blvd
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Arts & Culture

Great studio tour just a mile from our house. Book ahead online.
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Sony Pictures Studios
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Great studio tour just a mile from our house. Book ahead online.
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The Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Hwy
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IGetty
1200 Getty Center Dr
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
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La Brea Tar Pits neMuziyam
5801 Wilshire Blvd
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Getting Around

Local expo line takes you to Santa Monica in 15 minutes or Downtown in about 40 minutes
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Palms
10021 National Blvd
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Local expo line takes you to Santa Monica in 15 minutes or Downtown in about 40 minutes

Sightseeing

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Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica Pier
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Hollywood Wigs
6530 Hollywood Boulevard
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Amaziko eVenice
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Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Abbot Kinney Boulevard
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I-Griffith Observatory
2800 E Observatory Rd
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Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive
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I-TCL Chinese Theatres
6925 Hollywood Blvd
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Take a drive from Santa Monica up the PCH along the Malibu coastline. The drive just gets more beautiful the farther along you go! If going during the week it's best to avoid rush hour.
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Pacific Coast Highway
2186 CA-1
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Take a drive from Santa Monica up the PCH along the Malibu coastline. The drive just gets more beautiful the farther along you go! If going during the week it's best to avoid rush hour.
My favorite stretch is between Laurel Canyon Blvd and Coldwater Canyon Drive where you can look across the entire valley and on the other side of Mulholland you look across to the ocean.
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Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
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My favorite stretch is between Laurel Canyon Blvd and Coldwater Canyon Drive where you can look across the entire valley and on the other side of Mulholland you look across to the ocean.