Guidebook for Los Angeles

Robin & Marc
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

The closest coffee shop to us - about two blocks away. Adequate but not tops in our book.
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Tierra Mia Coffee
1202 N Alvarado St
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The closest coffee shop to us - about two blocks away. Adequate but not tops in our book.
It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this is the best pho on the east side. Cash only!
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Pho Cafe
2841 Sunset Blvd
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It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this is the best pho on the east side. Cash only!
Terrific authentic Japanese casual cuisine. Fantastic soups and sushis, very reasonably priced.
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Silverlake Ramen
2927 Sunset Blvd
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Terrific authentic Japanese casual cuisine. Fantastic soups and sushis, very reasonably priced.
It doesn't look like much, but it has superb classic old-school Italian food in a semi-fine dining setting. Menu is basic - because your insanely charismatic waiter will tell you about 20+ specials.
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Aroma
2903 Sunset Boulevard
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It doesn't look like much, but it has superb classic old-school Italian food in a semi-fine dining setting. Menu is basic - because your insanely charismatic waiter will tell you about 20+ specials.
Absolutely stunning sushi. You know its the real deal when everyone around you is Japanese. Reservations recommended.
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Sushi Gen
422 E 2nd St
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Absolutely stunning sushi. You know its the real deal when everyone around you is Japanese. Reservations recommended.
These people are passionate about coffee. Amazing hipster-watching.
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Intelligentsia Coffee Silver Lake Coffeebar
3922 Sunset Blvd
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These people are passionate about coffee. Amazing hipster-watching.
High quality, family run sushi. A little on the pricy side, and the service is hit or miss, but the sushi is wonderful.
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Saito's Sushi
4339 Sunset Boulevard
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High quality, family run sushi. A little on the pricy side, and the service is hit or miss, but the sushi is wonderful.
Amazing, amazing coffee, great pastries, and good boutique shopping in the places next door. Excellent people watching too. Walk around the reservoir and come here after!
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LAMILL COFFEE Boutique
1636 Silver Lake Blvd
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Amazing, amazing coffee, great pastries, and good boutique shopping in the places next door. Excellent people watching too. Walk around the reservoir and come here after!
Mind-blowing pies. Good diner food and staff is very nice. Parking just behind the restaurant. Lovely outdoor seating. It doesn't get busy until after 9 pm. A favorite for local hipsters.
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Brite Spot
1918 Sunset Blvd
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Mind-blowing pies. Good diner food and staff is very nice. Parking just behind the restaurant. Lovely outdoor seating. It doesn't get busy until after 9 pm. A favorite for local hipsters.
Cornmeal encrusted pizza. Delivers. New-age toppings that are delicious.
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Two Boots Echo Park
1818 Sunset Boulevard
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Cornmeal encrusted pizza. Delivers. New-age toppings that are delicious.
Best classic pizza on the east side. Pasta dishes are like Grandma's.
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Pizza Buona
922 N Alvarado St
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Best classic pizza on the east side. Pasta dishes are like Grandma's.
Incredible organic farm-to-table casual cuisine. Order at the counter. Reasonably priced. Deserts are awesome. Not open Sundays (we think.)
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Forage
2764 Sunset Blvd
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Incredible organic farm-to-table casual cuisine. Order at the counter. Reasonably priced. Deserts are awesome. Not open Sundays (we think.)
GO HERE NOW. Homemade gelatos that will blow your mind.
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Pazzo Gelato
3827 Sunset Blvd
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GO HERE NOW. Homemade gelatos that will blow your mind.
Unbelievable salads. The lettuce leaves are like no other lettuce leaves. Casual dining. It's quickly become a chain and there are also locations in Pasadena and Santa Monica.
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Tender Greens
6290 Sunset Blvd
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Unbelievable salads. The lettuce leaves are like no other lettuce leaves. Casual dining. It's quickly become a chain and there are also locations in Pasadena and Santa Monica.
Wonderful cupcakes and desserts.
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Lark Cake Shop
3337 Sunset Blvd
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Wonderful cupcakes and desserts.
Incredibly indulgent grilled cheeses. Yum.
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Mobile Vet New Britain
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Incredibly indulgent grilled cheeses. Yum.
One of the oldest restaurants in LA. Wonderful and kitschy. Good French food.
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Taix French Restaurant
1911 Sunset Blvd
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One of the oldest restaurants in LA. Wonderful and kitschy. Good French food.
Really good deep dish Chicago style pizza that everyone talks about. Funky living room setting inside. Deep dish pizza takes 45 minutes.
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Masa of Echo Park Bakery & Cafe
1800 Sunset Blvd
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Really good deep dish Chicago style pizza that everyone talks about. Funky living room setting inside. Deep dish pizza takes 45 minutes.
Great food, great deserts, beautiful outdoor seating. A very LA dining experience.
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Alcove
1929 Hillhurst Ave
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Great food, great deserts, beautiful outdoor seating. A very LA dining experience.
One of our favorite coffee shops. Eclectic decor and cuisine.
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Casbah Cafe
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One of our favorite coffee shops. Eclectic decor and cuisine.
A totally LA thing. Juices, almond milks, cleanses and lots of new age holistic healing powders.
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Moon Juice
2839 Sunset Blvd
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A totally LA thing. Juices, almond milks, cleanses and lots of new age holistic healing powders.
Super awesome food! Try their famous TOASTS! Their coffee is also sublime.
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Sqirl
720 N Virgil Ave
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Super awesome food! Try their famous TOASTS! Their coffee is also sublime.
Secret special spot; no sign. Look for valet parking on corner. AMAZING magical outdoor eats with tables terraced up a hillside. Cool inside bar with classic black/white movies projected on walls.
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Cliff's Edge
3626 Sunset Blvd
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Secret special spot; no sign. Look for valet parking on corner. AMAZING magical outdoor eats with tables terraced up a hillside. Cool inside bar with classic black/white movies projected on walls.
San Francisco style coffee house serving Wrecking Ball coffee. Amazing pastries. Vintage Faema Espresso machine.
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Woodcat Coffee Bar
1532 Sunset Blvd
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San Francisco style coffee house serving Wrecking Ball coffee. Amazing pastries. Vintage Faema Espresso machine.
Some consider this the best coffee in the heart of Echo Park. Great pastries/breakfast/lunch. Outdoor covered patio with everyone working on their laptops.
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Fix Coffee
2100 Echo Park Avenue
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Some consider this the best coffee in the heart of Echo Park. Great pastries/breakfast/lunch. Outdoor covered patio with everyone working on their laptops.
Great breakfast/lunch/dinner & coffee. Hip.
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Home
1760 Hillhurst Ave
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Great breakfast/lunch/dinner & coffee. Hip.
Hip coffee shop, 0.5 miles away. Walking distance. Great place if you need to get some work done, outlets at all of the tables.
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Andante Coffee Roasters
2201 Sunset Blvd
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Hip coffee shop, 0.5 miles away. Walking distance. Great place if you need to get some work done, outlets at all of the tables.
Best pizza in the area. Order delivery if you're staying in. Try the Syracuse Chicken (buffalo style) or the Grandma (classic cheese and tomato).
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Tomato Pie Pizza Joint
2457 Hyperion Ave
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Best pizza in the area. Order delivery if you're staying in. Try the Syracuse Chicken (buffalo style) or the Grandma (classic cheese and tomato).
Great Coffee from Oakland, CA, and definitely a favorite! Now with 4 locations in L.A. In historic Jensen Recreation Building about 6 - 7 blocks away and accross from Lassen's Natural Food Grocery.
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Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
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Great Coffee from Oakland, CA, and definitely a favorite! Now with 4 locations in L.A. In historic Jensen Recreation Building about 6 - 7 blocks away and accross from Lassen's Natural Food Grocery.
Fantastic Vegan Bistro, also serve good Vegan Ice Cream. Great menu and daily specials in historic Jensen Recreation Building a few doors down from Blue Bottle
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Sage Plant Based Bistro and Brewery Echo Park
1700 Sunset Blvd
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Fantastic Vegan Bistro, also serve good Vegan Ice Cream. Great menu and daily specials in historic Jensen Recreation Building a few doors down from Blue Bottle
Beer & wine bar & cafe. Great breakfast/brunch. 21+ ages AT ALL TIMES.
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The Semi-Tropic
1412 Glendale Blvd
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Beer & wine bar & cafe. Great breakfast/brunch. 21+ ages AT ALL TIMES.

Everything Else

A great place to walk or run, with a nice park on the east side of the reservoir. Walkable from our house through the Silverlake hills. Keep an eye out for the hidden staircases on your way down.
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Silver Lake Reservoir
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A great place to walk or run, with a nice park on the east side of the reservoir. Walkable from our house through the Silverlake hills. Keep an eye out for the hidden staircases on your way down.
A great place to walk or run. The park has been reopened as of June 2013 and is beautiful. Water lily gardens on either side of the lake.
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Echo Park Lake
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A great place to walk or run. The park has been reopened as of June 2013 and is beautiful. Water lily gardens on either side of the lake.
This is the cheapest gas for miles. Maybe the cheapest in town.
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ampm
2106 W Temple St
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This is the cheapest gas for miles. Maybe the cheapest in town.
A must-see, featured in the movie Swingers. Restaurant and lounge packed full of hipsters 9 pm onward. One of a kind musical act Marty and Elayne perform Tues thru Sat 9 pm til 1:15 am.
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The Dresden Restaurant & Lounge
1760 N Vermont Ave
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A must-see, featured in the movie Swingers. Restaurant and lounge packed full of hipsters 9 pm onward. One of a kind musical act Marty and Elayne perform Tues thru Sat 9 pm til 1:15 am.
One of our favorite things about LA are Korean Spas. This one is our go-to - serves both men and women. Get a scrub or Acupressure massage. Be sure to shower immediately or you will get dirty looks.
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Natura Spa
3240 Wilshire Boulevard
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One of our favorite things about LA are Korean Spas. This one is our go-to - serves both men and women. Get a scrub or Acupressure massage. Be sure to shower immediately or you will get dirty looks.
Great lunch and micro brews & sampling. Always busy & can be loud but fun. Couple of pool tables & Corn Hole games.
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Golden Road Brewing Los Angeles
5410 W San Fernando Rd
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Great lunch and micro brews & sampling. Always busy & can be loud but fun. Couple of pool tables & Corn Hole games.

Drinks & Nightlife

Cool ass bar. Hip and dark. They spin old records.
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4100 BAR
1087 Manzanita St
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Cool ass bar. Hip and dark. They spin old records.
An old movie theatre turned super hip gastropub. Gorgeous architecture. Good food and all-California wines, beers, and hard liquor. Great cocktails. Get the cast-iron chocolate chip cookie!
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Mohawk Bend
2141 Sunset Blvd
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An old movie theatre turned super hip gastropub. Gorgeous architecture. Good food and all-California wines, beers, and hard liquor. Great cocktails. Get the cast-iron chocolate chip cookie!
The Echo is a legendary East Side music venue and dive bar. Live indie music nightly.
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The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd
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The Echo is a legendary East Side music venue and dive bar. Live indie music nightly.
Dive bar that isn't a dive bar - a little more upscale. Pricy but killer cocktails, great ambiance, neighborhood crowd. Parking is impossible - take an Uber!
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Thirsty Crow
2939 Sunset Blvd
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Dive bar that isn't a dive bar - a little more upscale. Pricy but killer cocktails, great ambiance, neighborhood crowd. Parking is impossible - take an Uber!
Hip L.A. micro brewery located in historic area & building that originally was a industrial cable manufacturer. Kept the original deco character & original appointments.
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Angel City Brewery
216 S Alameda St
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Hip L.A. micro brewery located in historic area & building that originally was a industrial cable manufacturer. Kept the original deco character & original appointments.
Cool bar, food, craft beers, vintage pinball & video games!
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Button Mash
1391 Sunset Blvd
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Cool bar, food, craft beers, vintage pinball & video games!
Craft beers on tap plus hundreds of bottles for sale. Small location in a strip mall.
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Sunset Beer Company
1498 Sunset Blvd
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Craft beers on tap plus hundreds of bottles for sale. Small location in a strip mall.

Essentials

Great boutique wine shop with lots of esoteric selections as well as more easy drinking stuff. Nice clientele and owners. They have tastings regularly.
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Silverlake Wine
2395 Glendale Blvd
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Great boutique wine shop with lots of esoteric selections as well as more easy drinking stuff. Nice clientele and owners. They have tastings regularly.
If you find yourself needing plants, this is the place to find high quality fauna and some terrific exotic succulents. Nice gifts as well, and the staff are incredibly helpful.
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Sunset Boulevard Nursery
4368 Sunset Blvd
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If you find yourself needing plants, this is the place to find high quality fauna and some terrific exotic succulents. Nice gifts as well, and the staff are incredibly helpful.
Great Organic & Natural Foods & prepared food. Good Vegan options.
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Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins
2080 Hillhurst Ave
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Great Organic & Natural Foods & prepared food. Good Vegan options.
Great Organic & Natural Foods & prepared food. Good Vegan options.
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Lassens Natural Food and Vitamins
1631 Sunset Blvd
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Great Organic & Natural Foods & prepared food. Good Vegan options.
Whole Foods 365 is the 1st and flagship store for Whole Foods featuring their own brand line. Lower prices. Pre-prepped foods ready for cooking, great organic salad bar, staples. At peak times there can be 50 + people in a long line checking out but they have a ton of checkers and it moves relatively fast. Super popular grocery. Chloe Vegan Cafe inside store.
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Whole Foods Market 365
2520 Glendale Blvd
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Whole Foods 365 is the 1st and flagship store for Whole Foods featuring their own brand line. Lower prices. Pre-prepped foods ready for cooking, great organic salad bar, staples. At peak times there can be 50 + people in a long line checking out but they have a ton of checkers and it moves relatively fast. Super popular grocery. Chloe Vegan Cafe inside store.

Shopping

Great shopping in unique boutiques for home goods, apparel and gifts. A lovely place to stroll and get coffee at LaMill.
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Silver Lake Boulevard
Silver Lake Boulevard
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Great shopping in unique boutiques for home goods, apparel and gifts. A lovely place to stroll and get coffee at LaMill.
This whole neighborhood - Sunset Junction - has great shopping - unique boutiques and thrift stores. Mohawk General Store has a great selection of small designer clothes for men and women.
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Mohawk General Store
4011 Sunset Blvd
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This whole neighborhood - Sunset Junction - has great shopping - unique boutiques and thrift stores. Mohawk General Store has a great selection of small designer clothes for men and women.
Handmade leather goods. Made in the back of the shop. All kind of belts, bags, purses. Worth a visit.
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Dean Leather Accessories
1951 Sunset Blvd
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Handmade leather goods. Made in the back of the shop. All kind of belts, bags, purses. Worth a visit.
One of the best sneaker stores in LA. This location and it's sister store in NYC sometimes stocks sneakers available nowhere else.
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Undefeated Silver Lake
3827 Sunset Blvd
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One of the best sneaker stores in LA. This location and it's sister store in NYC sometimes stocks sneakers available nowhere else.
The best pet store in the area.
Collar & Leash
1836 Hyperion Ave
The best pet store in the area.
Great bookstore. Next door is it's sister shop that carries amazing coffee table books that are works of art.
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Skylight Books
1818 N Vermont Ave
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Great bookstore. Next door is it's sister shop that carries amazing coffee table books that are works of art.
Discount Steven Alan clothes for men and women.
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Steven Alan Outpost
1937 1/2 Hillhurst Avenue
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Discount Steven Alan clothes for men and women.
A fine jewelry shop with new items and carefully selected estate pieces owned by a brother and sister. They do custom work and repairs on-site.
KFK Jewelers Inc
8319 W 3rd St
A fine jewelry shop with new items and carefully selected estate pieces owned by a brother and sister. They do custom work and repairs on-site.

Arts & Culture

Historic LA movie theatre that shows new releases.
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Vista Theater
4473 Sunset Dr
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Historic LA movie theatre that shows new releases.
See a show here if you're visiting. It's one of the best live-music venues ever.
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Hollywood Bowl
2301 Hollywood Bowl Rd
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See a show here if you're visiting. It's one of the best live-music venues ever.
L.A. music industry cultural icon with permanent & traveling exhibits. If you love all forms of music, don't miss this!
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GRAMMY safn
800 W Olympic Blvd
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L.A. music industry cultural icon with permanent & traveling exhibits. If you love all forms of music, don't miss this!
Dodger's Baseball.
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Dodger Stadium
1000 Vin Scully Ave
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Dodger's Baseball.
Music club. Independent music scene.
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Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
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Music club. Independent music scene.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
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Love classic and custom cars? Welcome to the Los Angeles car culture!
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Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd
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Love classic and custom cars? Welcome to the Los Angeles car culture!
Dinosaur bones! They roamed right here.
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La Brea Tar Pits og safn
5801 Wilshire Blvd
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Dinosaur bones! They roamed right here.
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Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Dr
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Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Hwy
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In a town that glitters, neon is part of our history. See fab signs from the past. Super cool.
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Museum of Neon Art
216 S Brand Blvd
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In a town that glitters, neon is part of our history. See fab signs from the past. Super cool.
IMAX Theater with special event movies. See the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Dr
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IMAX Theater with special event movies. See the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Contemporary Art.
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Listasafn samtíðarinnar
250 S Grand Ave
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Contemporary Art.
Náttúrufræðistofnun Los Angeles-fylkis
900 W Exposition Blvd
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Parks & Nature

Top of Griffith Park, the iconic park in L.A.; observatory, train ride, horseback riding, bike rentals, L.A. Zoo, Gene Autry Western Museum, hiking (warning: watch out for mountain lions-really!)
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Griffith stjörnufræðistöðin
2800 E Observatory Rd
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Top of Griffith Park, the iconic park in L.A.; observatory, train ride, horseback riding, bike rentals, L.A. Zoo, Gene Autry Western Museum, hiking (warning: watch out for mountain lions-really!)