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Guerrilla Tacos (Los Angeles, CA)

Guerrilla Tacos 826 E 3rd St Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining dates: 7/12/13, 5/2/14, 5/3/14 Guerrilla Tacos began almost two years ago and has consistently generated positive attention for its unique approach to tacos. There are so many taquerias in Los Angeles it’s difficult to stand out, but Guerrilla Tacos has done it with its upscale, modern approach to…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Choco Chicken (Los Angeles, CA)

Choco Chicken 403 W 12th St Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 5/28/14 At first, chocolate and fried chicken sounded like an odd pairing. When I thought about it some more, I was intrigued and really wanted to try it. I imagine chicken & waffles smothered in a syrup elicited the same initial response, but…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Faith & Flower (Los Angeles, CA)

Faith & Flower 705 W 9th St Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 4/3/14 Faith & Flower is one of the bigger downtown restaurant openings lately, brought to us by a powerful partnership between Coastal Luxury Management (Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Los Angeles Food & Wine) and Stephane Bombet (Picca). It’s the first LA…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Fifty Seven (Los Angeles, CA)

Fifty Seven 712 S Santa Fe Ave Los Angeles, CA 90021 Dining date: 3/28/14 Located in between popular daytime options Bread Lounge and Stumptown Coffee and just around the corner from always-popular Bestia, Fifty Seven is the latest restaurant opening in the red hot Arts District. The restaurant, which opened this past week, is to me one…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Zo (Los Angeles, CA)

Zo 334 S Main St Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 3/7/14 I’ve only visited Cheviot Hills’ Sushi Zo a couple of times, but both times I’ve concluded that it was a top-tier sushi place in Los Angeles. So, I was very excited to hear chef Keizo Seki was opening up a downtown location in…

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Dining Out | Southern California

The Factory Kitchen (Los Angeles, CA)

The Factory Kitchen 1300 Factory Pl Ste 101 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 2/25/14 The Factory Kitchen, opened four months ago, is one of the newer entrants to the still-hot downtown food scene, particularly the Arts District. It joins Drago Centro, Bestia and Maccheroni Republic as Italian restaurants to open up in the area in the last…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Bestia (Los Angeles, CA) [2]

Bestia 2121 7th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90021 Dining date: 8/17/13, 11/8/13, 1/3/14 Bestia has quickly become one of my favorite restaurants in the city with its delicious Italian food. I’m not the only one that’s visited regularly as the restaurant seems to be packed night-in and night-out for those stopping in for Ori Menashe’s…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Terroni Downtown (Los Angeles, CA)

Terroni Downtown LA 802 S Spring St Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 11/16/13 Terroni has been on my list of restaurants to try for some time now. I first tried a sampling of the restaurant at The Taste 2011, where they were making a selection of their pastas fresh on the spot. The Toronto-based…

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