Guidebook for Los Angeles

Kristen
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Baked goods, breakfast & lunch are served at this warm cafe with outdoor seats & dinner some nights.
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Heirloom Bakery & Cafe
807-C Meridian Ave
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Baked goods, breakfast & lunch are served at this warm cafe with outdoor seats & dinner some nights.
Delicious homemade food, crowded with locals. Great for coffee, breakfast, brunch, and lunch.
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Cos & Pi
303 Pasadena Ave
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Delicious homemade food, crowded with locals. Great for coffee, breakfast, brunch, and lunch.
Cheerful shop serves up a range of traditional Spanish baked goods & cafe fare in a casual setting.
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Antigua Bread
5703 N Figueroa St
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Cheerful shop serves up a range of traditional Spanish baked goods & cafe fare in a casual setting.
Pizzas with many toppings, plus salads & hot sandwiches, served in a minimalist space with a patio. 1 mile from my home.
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Blazing Stone Pizza
3320 Monterey Rd
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Pizzas with many toppings, plus salads & hot sandwiches, served in a minimalist space with a patio. 1 mile from my home.
Neighborhood standby known for NYC-style pies & hearty Italian cooking in a casual setting.
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Folliero's Italian Food and Pizza
5566 N Figueroa St
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Neighborhood standby known for NYC-style pies & hearty Italian cooking in a casual setting.
Bright, airy cafe offering craft coffee, espresso, pastries & light breakfast & lunch fare.
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Civil Coffee
5629 N Figueroa St
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Bright, airy cafe offering craft coffee, espresso, pastries & light breakfast & lunch fare.
Vegetarian eatery offering health-focused fare in a basic, counter-serve setting. Specializes in gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan food. Great for breakfast, coffee, or lunch.
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Kitchen Mouse
5904 N Figueroa St
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Vegetarian eatery offering health-focused fare in a basic, counter-serve setting. Specializes in gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan food. Great for breakfast, coffee, or lunch.
Bustling local standby wins fans with modern vibe, expansive outdoor patio & New American classics. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bar. The bar gets quite crowded at night if you want to just go for a drink after a long day.
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Mike & Anne's
1040 Mission St
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Bustling local standby wins fans with modern vibe, expansive outdoor patio & New American classics. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bar. The bar gets quite crowded at night if you want to just go for a drink after a long day.
New American restaurant serving refined steaks & seafood in a quaint cottage with a garden patio. Fine dining.
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The Raymond Restaurant
1250 South Fair Oaks Avenue
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New American restaurant serving refined steaks & seafood in a quaint cottage with a garden patio. Fine dining.
Open since 1946, this upbeat family-friendly mainstay slow-cooks BBQ staples over pecan logs. Weekend brunch, lunch, dinner, bar.
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Gus's BBQ
808 Fair Oaks Ave
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Open since 1946, this upbeat family-friendly mainstay slow-cooks BBQ staples over pecan logs. Weekend brunch, lunch, dinner, bar.
Year-round open-air market, open 4-8 PM Thursdays, featuring fruit, vegetables & local vendors. In historic South Pasadena by the Metro Gold Line at South Pasadena Station.
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South Pasadena Farmers' Market
920 Meridian Ave
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Year-round open-air market, open 4-8 PM Thursdays, featuring fruit, vegetables & local vendors. In historic South Pasadena by the Metro Gold Line at South Pasadena Station.
Outdoor farmer's market open Tuesdays only, hosting produce, prepared food & craft vendors. Every Tuesday, 3PM to 8PM, Ave. 58 at Figueroa in Highland Park.
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Old LA/Highland Park Farmers' Market
Marmion Way
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Outdoor farmer's market open Tuesdays only, hosting produce, prepared food & craft vendors. Every Tuesday, 3PM to 8PM, Ave. 58 at Figueroa in Highland Park.
Local popular casual Vietnamese food, a few blocks away from my home.
Phö Eastern
4878 Huntington Dr S
Local popular casual Vietnamese food, a few blocks away from my home.
East Side cult favorite for deep-dish pizza, with limited counter seating. The correct address is 2734 N Eastern Ave, Los Angeles, 90032 (Airbnb keeps posting the wrong address when I try to add this restaurant). Dough Box Pizza is less than 1 mile from my home, and is good for delivery or pick-up.
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Dough Box Los Angeles
5567 N Eastern Ave
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East Side cult favorite for deep-dish pizza, with limited counter seating. The correct address is 2734 N Eastern Ave, Los Angeles, 90032 (Airbnb keeps posting the wrong address when I try to add this restaurant). Dough Box Pizza is less than 1 mile from my home, and is good for delivery or pick-up.
Airy neighborhood cafe offering java, tea & pastries, plus free Wi-Fi in a serene, chic space.
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Kindness & Mischief Coffee
5537 N Figueroa St
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Airy neighborhood cafe offering java, tea & pastries, plus free Wi-Fi in a serene, chic space.
Great LA bakery. "La Monarca Bakery’s founders grew up enjoying the rich variety of cakes, pastries and breads which are household staples in Mexico. They created La Monarca Bakery to bring The Sweet Flavor of Mexico™ to the U.S. Their products are made with 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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Great LA bakery. "La Monarca Bakery’s founders grew up enjoying the rich variety of cakes, pastries and breads which are household staples in Mexico. They created La Monarca Bakery to bring The Sweet Flavor of Mexico™ to the U.S. Their products are made with all-natural fresh ingredients, without the use of lard, frying or artificial preservatives."
Local laid-back eatery serves up pizza & Italian classics in a comfy setting with an attached sports bar.
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Charlie's Trio
5769 Huntington Dr N
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Local laid-back eatery serves up pizza & Italian classics in a comfy setting with an attached sports bar.
Located a few blocks (walking distance) from my house. Colorful Mexican restaurant & cantina with familiar dishes, patio seating & margaritas.
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Hecho en Mexico
4976 Huntington Dr S
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Located a few blocks (walking distance) from my house. Colorful Mexican restaurant & cantina with familiar dishes, patio seating & margaritas.
Located a few blocks from my home (walking distance). Local, casual Mexican food.
El Vaquero Restaurant
Huntington Drive South
Located a few blocks from my home (walking distance). Local, casual Mexican food.
This is the closest good sushi spot to my home. Casual, great for various rolls, great for take-out.
Bluefin Sushi and Roll
960 Mission Street
This is the closest good sushi spot to my home. Casual, great for various rolls, great for take-out.
Great Neopolitan style brick-oven pizza. Gluten Free and Vegan options available if you prefer those options to the other high quality imported Italian ingredients they use (like "00" flour" and buffalo mozzarella), and you can also bring your own wine or beer to the patio to enjoy with your pizza. Super delicious quality ingredients here, no matter what you order. I highly recommend this place for a local neighborhood casual delicious pizza/meal. A 0.6 mile walk from my home.
Fahrenheit LA
Great Neopolitan style brick-oven pizza. Gluten Free and Vegan options available if you prefer those options to the other high quality imported Italian ingredients they use (like "00" flour" and buffalo mozzarella), and you can also bring your own wine or beer to the patio to enjoy with your pizza. Super delicious quality ingredients here, no matter what you order. I highly recommend this place for a local neighborhood casual delicious pizza/meal. A 0.6 mile walk from my home.
Urth Caffe offers exceptional quality coffee, tea, baked goods, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their practice is based on sourcing local, sustainable, and whenever possible organic ingredients. Urth enjoys many direct, special relationships with local farmers. Urth Caffé’s menu offers a fresh, healthy, sustainable way of eating, drinking and living by using 100% natural ingredients completely free of any artificial ingredients or GMOs. Urth uses the creamiest butter, grass-fed beef, local family free-range vegetarian-fed eggs; organic and hormone-free dairy, seasonal sustainable fruits and organic salad lettuces from the farm brought directly to thier cafes each day.
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Urth Caffé
459 S Hewitt St
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Urth Caffe offers exceptional quality coffee, tea, baked goods, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their practice is based on sourcing local, sustainable, and whenever possible organic ingredients. Urth enjoys many direct, special relationships with local farmers. Urth Caffé’s menu offers a fresh, healthy, sustainable way of eating, drinking and living by using 100% natural ingredients completely free of any artificial ingredients or GMOs. Urth uses the creamiest butter, grass-fed beef, local family free-range vegetarian-fed eggs; organic and hormone-free dairy, seasonal sustainable fruits and organic salad lettuces from the farm brought directly to thier cafes each day.
Emporium hosting food vendors & florists, plus game nights, movies & other events, since 1917. Great for lunch. So much to choose from!
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Stór miðborgarmarkaður
317 S Broadway
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Emporium hosting food vendors & florists, plus game nights, movies & other events, since 1917. Great for lunch. So much to choose from!
Landmark deli offering a huge variety of hearty sandwiches & baked goods around the clock.
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Canter's Restaurant, Bakery, Deli and Bar
419 N Fairfax Ave
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Landmark deli offering a huge variety of hearty sandwiches & baked goods around the clock.
Jewish heritage Bakery with delicious goods -- if that's your thing!
Diamond Bakery
335 N Fairfax Ave
Jewish heritage Bakery with delicious goods -- if that's your thing!
Nancy Silverton & Mario Batali turn out acclaimed wood-burning-oven pizzas & antipasti in busy digs.
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Pizzeria Mozza
641 N Highland Ave
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Nancy Silverton & Mario Batali turn out acclaimed wood-burning-oven pizzas & antipasti in busy digs.
Wood-fired pizzas, brochettes & other Italian specialties are served in a cozy space with a patio.
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Della Terra
7675 Beverly Blvd
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Wood-fired pizzas, brochettes & other Italian specialties are served in a cozy space with a patio.
Bustling trattoria presenting upmarket Italian cuisine in compact, urbane environs. With home-made/fresh pasta...
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Angelini Osteria
7313 Beverly Blvd
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Bustling trattoria presenting upmarket Italian cuisine in compact, urbane environs. With home-made/fresh pasta...
great egg salad sandwiches, variety of sandwiches and baked goods.
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Europane Bakery + Cafe
345 E Colorado Blvd
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great egg salad sandwiches, variety of sandwiches and baked goods.
I used to live in Naples, Italy as a kid. This is the BEST Neopolitan style pizza (in America) I have ever had. If you like an authentic Napoletana Pizza then this is the place for you. Incredibly good, and very well priced. Go to the "happy hour" for $6 pizzas (& discounted drinks) Monday through Friday 3PM to 6PM. Or, go for "Margherita Monday's" , for $5 Margherita Pizzas -- after 6PM on Mondays only.
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Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana: Pasadena
625 E Colorado Blvd
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I used to live in Naples, Italy as a kid. This is the BEST Neopolitan style pizza (in America) I have ever had. If you like an authentic Napoletana Pizza then this is the place for you. Incredibly good, and very well priced. Go to the "happy hour" for $6 pizzas (& discounted drinks) Monday through Friday 3PM to 6PM. Or, go for "Margherita Monday's" , for $5 Margherita Pizzas -- after 6PM on Mondays only.

Essentials

This is a no-frills grocery store, only 2 blocks from my home -- so it's good if you want something convenient & close by.
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Food 4 Less
5100 N Figueroa St
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This is a no-frills grocery store, only 2 blocks from my home -- so it's good if you want something convenient & close by.
Local grocery store.
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Pavilions
1213 S Fair Oaks Ave
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Local grocery store.
Local grocery store with good prices on all kinds of produce, snacks, nuts, prepared salads, sandwiches, snacks, and frozen meals.
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Trader Joe's
345 S Lake Ave
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Local grocery store with good prices on all kinds of produce, snacks, nuts, prepared salads, sandwiches, snacks, and frozen meals.
Gourmet market chain with carefully selected meat, seafood, produce, cheese, wine & imports.
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Bristol Farms South Pasadena
606 Fair Oaks Ave
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Gourmet market chain with carefully selected meat, seafood, produce, cheese, wine & imports.
Retail chain offering home goods, clothing, electronics & more. You can find probably anything at all you need in this store: food, pharmacy, bodily care, cleaning products, clothing, shoes, etc.
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Target
2626 Colorado Blvd
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Retail chain offering home goods, clothing, electronics & more. You can find probably anything at all you need in this store: food, pharmacy, bodily care, cleaning products, clothing, shoes, etc.
This is the closest bank to my home.
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Chase Bank
459 S Atlantic Blvd
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This is the closest bank to my home.
This is the closest Post Office to my home.
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United States Postal Service
10 W Bay State St
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This is the closest Post Office to my home.
There are some great Organic, Gluten-Free, and Vegan options at this grocery store, some high quality products which are not available in all grocery stores. Also a smoothie bar and deli sandwiches, etc. This store is 1.8 miles from my home (about a 6 minute drive).
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Fresco Community Market
5914 Monterey Rd
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There are some great Organic, Gluten-Free, and Vegan options at this grocery store, some high quality products which are not available in all grocery stores. Also a smoothie bar and deli sandwiches, etc. This store is 1.8 miles from my home (about a 6 minute drive).

Entertainment & Activities

Hip, antique-filled spot for bowling, live music, craft cocktails, pizzas, salads & seasonal fare.
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Highland Park Bowl
5621 N Figueroa St
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Hip, antique-filled spot for bowling, live music, craft cocktails, pizzas, salads & seasonal fare.
Great views of LA at night.
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Griffith stjörnufræðistöðin
2800 E Observatory Rd
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Great views of LA at night.

Drinks & Nightlife

Craft beers, creative cocktails & American bar fare at this local haunt with DJ nights & happy hour.
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The Greyhound Bar & Grill
5570 N Figueroa St
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Craft beers, creative cocktails & American bar fare at this local haunt with DJ nights & happy hour.
Beer, wine, cocktails & gourmet pub grub in a counter-serve space with a hip, industrial vibe.
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The York
5018 York Blvd
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Beer, wine, cocktails & gourmet pub grub in a counter-serve space with a hip, industrial vibe.
Funky, industrial venue serving globally inspired pub food paired with house beers & jukebox tunes.
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Golden Road Brewing Los Angeles
5410 W San Fernando Rd
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Funky, industrial venue serving globally inspired pub food paired with house beers & jukebox tunes.
This family-owned winery established in 1917 offers tours & tastings plus an on-site restaurant.
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San Antonio vínverslun
737 Lamar St
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This family-owned winery established in 1917 offers tours & tastings plus an on-site restaurant.
Hipsters crowd this dimly lit local dive-bar with a hard-rocking jukebox, throwback decor, pool table & patio.
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Footsies
2640 N Figueroa St
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Hipsters crowd this dimly lit local dive-bar with a hard-rocking jukebox, throwback decor, pool table & patio.
Trendy spot offering hip decor & a drink program that features unexpected ingredients.
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The Offbeat
6316 York Blvd
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Trendy spot offering hip decor & a drink program that features unexpected ingredients.
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Highland Park Brewery
1220 N Spring St
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Chill taproom pouring house beers & flights in a spare space with food trucks in the parking lot.
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Eagle Rock Brewery
3056 Roswell St
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Chill taproom pouring house beers & flights in a spare space with food trucks in the parking lot.
Vintage neighborhood bar/eatery with dark decor & an American menu, plus live jazz & swing bands.
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The Barkley Restaurant & Bar
1400 Huntington Dr
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Vintage neighborhood bar/eatery with dark decor & an American menu, plus live jazz & swing bands.
Local laid-back spot boasting a large outdoor patio, cocktails & bar bites plus jazz on Sundays.
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La Cuevita
5922 N Figueroa St
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Local laid-back spot boasting a large outdoor patio, cocktails & bar bites plus jazz on Sundays.
Bare-bones bar with multiple stages presenting experimental electronica & hip-hop shows.
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The Airliner
2419 N Broadway
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Bare-bones bar with multiple stages presenting experimental electronica & hip-hop shows.
The Echoplex is physically connected to its upstairs neighbor, the Echo, but it's so much larger and into its own thing that it has a separate back-alley entrance and a different street address. Reggae, hip-hop, funk, LGBT and other dance nights trade off with live concerts. The large stage, full sound system and dark lighting make the Echoplex an appropriate venue for big concerts, as well as spoken-word slams, beer and wine tastings, and even rollerskating. Full bar plus a smoking patio. Age limit varies. Street parking, with more parking available in a nearby metered public lot.
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The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd
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The Echoplex is physically connected to its upstairs neighbor, the Echo, but it's so much larger and into its own thing that it has a separate back-alley entrance and a different street address. Reggae, hip-hop, funk, LGBT and other dance nights trade off with live concerts. The large stage, full sound system and dark lighting make the Echoplex an appropriate venue for big concerts, as well as spoken-word slams, beer and wine tastings, and even rollerskating. Full bar plus a smoking patio. Age limit varies. Street parking, with more parking available in a nearby metered public lot.

Shopping

Mission Street (near the Gold Line metro stop) has a lot of cute antique stores, restaurants, and coffee shops.
Mission Street
Mission Street
Mission Street (near the Gold Line metro stop) has a lot of cute antique stores, restaurants, and coffee shops.
This area of Pasadena has a huge array of places to shop, restaurants, and bars. You can park in this parking lot where your first 90 minutes are free of charge.
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De Lacey Park&Walk Structure
45 S De Lacey Ave
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This area of Pasadena has a huge array of places to shop, restaurants, and bars. You can park in this parking lot where your first 90 minutes are free of charge.

Arts & Culture

Beautiful gardens and historical art collections.
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Huntington Library Art Collections og Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd
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Beautiful gardens and historical art collections.

Parks & Nature

Large open space nature reserve and regional park located less than 2 miles from my house. Open grassy areas with picnic tables, as well as hiking trails, and a lake (reached by hiking trails). Great views of downtown LA from the top of hiking trails in this park.
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Ernest E Debs Regional Park
4235 Monterey Rd
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Large open space nature reserve and regional park located less than 2 miles from my house. Open grassy areas with picnic tables, as well as hiking trails, and a lake (reached by hiking trails). Great views of downtown LA from the top of hiking trails in this park.