Guidebook for West Hollywood

D. Marilyn
D. Marilyn
Guidebook for West Hollywood

Food Scene

My favorite local restaurant...and it's walking distance...great food and ambience...pizza...pasta...organic, salmon on cedar board that is amazing...good wine...take out, eat in...daily specials
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Cheebo
7533 Sunset Blvd
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My favorite local restaurant...and it's walking distance...great food and ambience...pizza...pasta...organic, salmon on cedar board that is amazing...good wine...take out, eat in...daily specials
great seafood, new and very good food...americana menu....full bar...walking distance...more expensive than Cheebo's.
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The Pikey
7617 Sunset Blvd
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great seafood, new and very good food...americana menu....full bar...walking distance...more expensive than Cheebo's.
Italian restaurant that can be surprisingly good and reasonable if you have a coupon...check online at restaurant.com for a coupon....good atmosphere...I'm come here many times...
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Pizzeria Vivoli & Italian Grill
7994 Sunset Blvd
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Italian restaurant that can be surprisingly good and reasonable if you have a coupon...check online at restaurant.com for a coupon....good atmosphere...I'm come here many times...
Huge amounts of food...with a gigantic menu...can eat outside...good ambience...walking distance....good drinks...prices are good...have a salad, a sandwich, a dinner...casual
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Aroma Sunset Bar and Grill
7373 Sunset Blvd
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Huge amounts of food...with a gigantic menu...can eat outside...good ambience...walking distance....good drinks...prices are good...have a salad, a sandwich, a dinner...casual
The best fast food burgers in LA...and the cheapest. Fresh and cooked to order.
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In-N-Out Burger
7009 Sunset Blvd
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The best fast food burgers in LA...and the cheapest. Fresh and cooked to order.
If you love Chipotle, it's walking distance....this is a smaller one...usually busy...I love it.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill
7660 Sunset Blvd
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If you love Chipotle, it's walking distance....this is a smaller one...usually busy...I love it.
They deliver, they're close and I enjoy the food...eat in or out. Walking distance.
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Sunset Thai Cuisine
7513 Sunset Boulevard
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They deliver, they're close and I enjoy the food...eat in or out. Walking distance.
Casual and not too costly...I enjoy it...the salmon was very good...Walking distance.
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Luca on Sunset
7950 Sunset Blvd
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Casual and not too costly...I enjoy it...the salmon was very good...Walking distance.
Best margaritas and chipsBest atmosphere...This place is always mobbed.Looks like a hole in the wall..prkg in back..very popular.A bar and restaurant...mariachi live musicReasonable..I go here a lot.
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El Compadre
7408 Sunset Blvd
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Best margaritas and chipsBest atmosphere...This place is always mobbed.Looks like a hole in the wall..prkg in back..very popular.A bar and restaurant...mariachi live musicReasonable..I go here a lot.
High end...when you want to spulge and say you have been to Mario Batteli's place. Good. Very busy. Make reservations in advance.
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Osteria Mozza
6602 Melrose Ave
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High end...when you want to spulge and say you have been to Mario Batteli's place. Good. Very busy. Make reservations in advance.
sushi done tapa style...reasonable...different...I love it. And good. Try the shrimp on toast
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Robata JINYA
8050 W 3rd St
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sushi done tapa style...reasonable...different...I love it. And good. Try the shrimp on toast
A known haunt...not cheap...no sign...may see someone you know...
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The Little Door
246 26th St
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A known haunt...not cheap...no sign...may see someone you know...
Excellent sushi...very original presentations.
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Hirozen
8385 Beverly Blvd
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Excellent sushi...very original presentations.
Lots of people in the industry go here for lunch.
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The Ivy
113 N Robertson Blvd
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Lots of people in the industry go here for lunch.
Very good vegetarian, incl. fish....take out or eat in...very very casual. Good for lunch. I've been told that lots of people come here, including celebrities.
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M Cafe
7119 Melrose Ave
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Very good vegetarian, incl. fish....take out or eat in...very very casual. Good for lunch. I've been told that lots of people come here, including celebrities.
Incredible breakfast...very busy...good prices...lots of food..share...pancakes are wonderful.
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The Griddle Cafe
7916 Sunset Blvd
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Incredible breakfast...very busy...good prices...lots of food..share...pancakes are wonderful.
Best bagels in Los Angeles...in my mind, better than New York. And all the goodies that go with it. Take out or eat in. Casual. Usually a line...goes fast.
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The Bagel Broker
7825 Beverly Blvd
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Best bagels in Los Angeles...in my mind, better than New York. And all the goodies that go with it. Take out or eat in. Casual. Usually a line...goes fast.
Very good bar and restaurant across the street from ArcLight Theater. Make a reservation. Fresh seafood and fish.
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The Hungry Cat
1535 Vine St
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Very good bar and restaurant across the street from ArcLight Theater. Make a reservation. Fresh seafood and fish.
another Thai restaurant with a lot of rock n roll memorabilia. Open til 3 or 4 am
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Toi On Sunset
7505 1/2 Sunset Blvd
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another Thai restaurant with a lot of rock n roll memorabilia. Open til 3 or 4 am
great place to come...and relax...or write or read or people watch
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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
7915 Sunset Blvd
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great place to come...and relax...or write or read or people watch
and clubby feel...
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Pink Taco Sunset
8225 Sunset Blvd
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and clubby feel...
Great prices...always busy...open until 4 a.m. and good food...and walking distance.
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Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine
7181 Sunset Blvd
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Great prices...always busy...open until 4 a.m. and good food...and walking distance.
Very popular "scene" restaurant...excellent food, ambience...on Melrose...can walk there...reasonable prices...
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The Village Idiot
7383 Melrose Ave
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Very popular "scene" restaurant...excellent food, ambience...on Melrose...can walk there...reasonable prices...
A French bistro restaurant that is casual and very good and usually very busy. You don't need reservations...casual...and you can eat outside under the heat lamps and people watch. Very nice.
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Le Petit Four
8654 Sunset Blvd
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A French bistro restaurant that is casual and very good and usually very busy. You don't need reservations...casual...and you can eat outside under the heat lamps and people watch. Very nice.
More casual and much less expensive than it's sister restaurant Osteria Mozza. Very very popular place. I enjoyed it.
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Pizzeria Mozza
641 N Highland Ave
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More casual and much less expensive than it's sister restaurant Osteria Mozza. Very very popular place. I enjoyed it.
Just listed by LA Magazine as one of 10 best new restaurants
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Trois Mec
716 N Highland Ave
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Just listed by LA Magazine as one of 10 best new restaurants
Vegan. Just listed as one of the top 10 new LA restaurants. I haven't been there yet
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Crossroads Kitchen
8284 Melrose Ave
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Vegan. Just listed as one of the top 10 new LA restaurants. I haven't been there yet
Just listed as one of LA's top 10 new restaurants. It's good--next to Osteria Mozza, of which it is an offshoot. Expensive.
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Chi Spacca
6610 Melrose Ave
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Just listed as one of LA's top 10 new restaurants. It's good--next to Osteria Mozza, of which it is an offshoot. Expensive.
This place is walking distance--4 blocks---It's new and I haven't tried it yet...
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Acabar - Permanently CLOSED
1510 N Stanley Ave
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This place is walking distance--4 blocks---It's new and I haven't tried it yet...
This is the restaurant of the chefs on the Food Network show 2 Dudes Catering...I haven't been here..but it's on my list to go
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Animal
435 N Fairfax Ave
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This is the restaurant of the chefs on the Food Network show 2 Dudes Catering...I haven't been here..but it's on my list to go
This is the place I really want to try. Seafood and a well known chef...it's supposed to be very good...lots of craft beers also.
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Connie and Ted's
8171 Santa Monica Blvd
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This is the place I really want to try. Seafood and a well known chef...it's supposed to be very good...lots of craft beers also.
My daughter says this place is fabulouos. And very busy...so make reservations.
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Ink
8360 Melrose Avenue
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My daughter says this place is fabulouos. And very busy...so make reservations.
A lot of celebrities are spotted here. Very good food...expensive.
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Lucques
8474 Melrose Ave
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A lot of celebrities are spotted here. Very good food...expensive.
This is another restaurant on my list...meat intensive...
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Salt's Cure
1155 N Highland Ave
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This is another restaurant on my list...meat intensive...
Very good Italian
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Angelini Osteria
7313 Beverly Blvd
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Very good Italian
Hollywood's oldest restaurant...with that old Hollywood feel. As LA Magazine says: "Pure Raymond Chandler."
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Musso & Frank Grill
6667 Hollywood Blvd
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Hollywood's oldest restaurant...with that old Hollywood feel. As LA Magazine says: "Pure Raymond Chandler."
A sushi restaurant that is very popular, especially the bar.
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Sushiya on Sunset
8650 Sunset Blvd
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A sushi restaurant that is very popular, especially the bar.
Good vegetarian quick food...you can eat in...
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Veggie Grill
8000 Sunset Blvd
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Good vegetarian quick food...you can eat in...
walking distance...wifi, close
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Starbucks
359 S La Brea Ave
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walking distance...wifi, close
excellent korean bbq...busy place...good atmosphere...my kids love this place...you cook at your table
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Genwa Korean BBQ
5115 Wilshire Blvd
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excellent korean bbq...busy place...good atmosphere...my kids love this place...you cook at your table
beautiful restaurant overlooking the ocean...have lunch there and eat outside on a sunny day if you are going to Malibu...high end
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Geoffreys
27400 Pacific Coast Hwy
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beautiful restaurant overlooking the ocean...have lunch there and eat outside on a sunny day if you are going to Malibu...high end
I've always liked this place...sawdust on the floor...peanuts in their shell...fresh fish..overlooking the ocean...casual..but not cheap...good ambience...usually busy...closer in than Geoffreys
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Gladstones Restaurant
17300 CA-1
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I've always liked this place...sawdust on the floor...peanuts in their shell...fresh fish..overlooking the ocean...casual..but not cheap...good ambience...usually busy...closer in than Geoffreys
for pancakes with your kids...reasonable prices...casual...not high end...a chain..but open late and when you have the urge to eat pancakes...this is close
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IHOP
2754 Hollywood Blvd
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for pancakes with your kids...reasonable prices...casual...not high end...a chain..but open late and when you have the urge to eat pancakes...this is close
A quickie place for Mediterranean food, hummas, chicken, pita bread...can eat in or take out. And you can walk there.
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Zankou Chicken
5065 Sunset Blvd
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A quickie place for Mediterranean food, hummas, chicken, pita bread...can eat in or take out. And you can walk there.
Named as a Best Bars in LA and also Best Brunch in LA. You can walk there. Plus at brunch they have "bottomless" drink special.
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Laurel Hardware
7984 Santa Monica Blvd
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Named as a Best Bars in LA and also Best Brunch in LA. You can walk there. Plus at brunch they have "bottomless" drink special.
Named to a Best Brunch in LA list...in a hotel...validated parking...check out website..10 minutes drive
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Public Kitchen & Bar
7000 Hollywood Blvd
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Named to a Best Brunch in LA list...in a hotel...validated parking...check out website..10 minutes drive
casual new restaurant from the star chef's of Hatfields...serving breakfast, brunch and lunch.
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The Sycamore Kitchen
143 S La Brea Ave
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casual new restaurant from the star chef's of Hatfields...serving breakfast, brunch and lunch.
Named to a Best Brunch in LA list.
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The Church Key
8730 Sunset Boulevard
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Named to a Best Brunch in LA list.
Maybe a 20 minute drive...named to a best brunch list...it is in Silverlake.
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Square One Dining
4854 Fountain Ave
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Maybe a 20 minute drive...named to a best brunch list...it is in Silverlake.
Named to a best brunch list...check out menu on website...
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Eveleigh
8752 Sunset Blvd
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Named to a best brunch list...check out menu on website...
Named to a best brunch list..
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Sqirl
720 N Virgil Ave
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Named to a best brunch list..

Arts & Culture

Comedy club walking distance...when you need to laugh. Casual. Not expensive.
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Laugh Factory
151 S Pine Ave
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Comedy club walking distance...when you need to laugh. Casual. Not expensive.
Chinese food that is OK but a fully stacked music venue with lots of acts playing. Drinks.
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Genghis Cohen
740 N Fairfax Ave
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Chinese food that is OK but a fully stacked music venue with lots of acts playing. Drinks.
It's good and close.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
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It's good and close.
So Cool.
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Griffithin observatorio
2800 E Observatory Rd
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So Cool.
You can't miss it. Stunning.
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Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Dr
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You can't miss it. Stunning.
Often they hold various and sundry film festivals open to the public.
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Directors Guild of America
5055 W 3rd St
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Often they hold various and sundry film festivals open to the public.
Another comedy club...lots of comedy on TV filmed here.
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Brea Improv Comedy Club
180 S Brea Blvd
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Another comedy club...lots of comedy on TV filmed here.
The best movie theather in the city. I've seen many directors and actors come here...there is a restaurant inside...and one theater you can have drinks. Can book a movie online and pick your seats.
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Pacific Cinerama Dome
6360 Sunset Blvd
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The best movie theather in the city. I've seen many directors and actors come here...there is a restaurant inside...and one theater you can have drinks. Can book a movie online and pick your seats.
Big Productions in a great landmark theater.
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Hollywood Pantages -teatteri
6233 Hollywood Blvd
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Big Productions in a great landmark theater.
concerts in the summer outdoors
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Hollywood Bowl
2301 Hollywood Bowl Rd
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concerts in the summer outdoors
Outdoor Concerts
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The Greek Theatre
2700 N Vermont Ave
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Outdoor Concerts
now the Sundance Movie Theaters. Foreign and independent films. This is new and just opened after taking over sunset 5 theater group.
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AMC Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd
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now the Sundance Movie Theaters. Foreign and independent films. This is new and just opened after taking over sunset 5 theater group.
A music venue that is very popular
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Hollywood Palladium
6215 Sunset Blvd
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A music venue that is very popular
another studio tour without the rides
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Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
3400 Warner Blvd
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another studio tour without the rides

Drinks & Nightlife

Lots of people go here...
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Bar Marmont
8171 Sunset Boulevard
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Lots of people go here...
Not a bar for alcohol...but a hookah bar...and lots of teas and lebanese food. Different. busy. walking distance.
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Xai Verandah Lounge
7677 Sunset Blvd
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Not a bar for alcohol...but a hookah bar...and lots of teas and lebanese food. Different. busy. walking distance.
a happening bar...and sushi place..expensive...beautiful, especially eating outside in the bar area...total LA
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Katana LA
8439 Sunset Blvd
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a happening bar...and sushi place..expensive...beautiful, especially eating outside in the bar area...total LA

Essentials

farmers market on sundays 9-1pm
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Hollywood Farmers’ Market
1600 Ivar Ave
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farmers market on sundays 9-1pm
Organic and regular groceries...incredible selection. Lots of take out food...best cheese section...fun to go here.
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Whole Foods Market
7871 Santa Monica Blvd
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Organic and regular groceries...incredible selection. Lots of take out food...best cheese section...fun to go here.
Small market...with lots of stuff....great wine selection...food to go...very fast to get in and out.
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Bristol Farms
7880 Sunset Blvd
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Small market...with lots of stuff....great wine selection...food to go...very fast to get in and out.
An experience. Great prices. Great selection. Lots of stuff. Always food samples. Alcohol and wine. I go here a lot for food, flowers, wine, chocolate, and italian frozen pizza.
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Trader Joe's
11976 Ventura Blvd
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An experience. Great prices. Great selection. Lots of stuff. Always food samples. Alcohol and wine. I go here a lot for food, flowers, wine, chocolate, and italian frozen pizza.
Open very late...Ralph's Market. This is your local market
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Ralphs
7257 Sunset Blvd
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Open very late...Ralph's Market. This is your local market

Everything Else

tennis, basketball, park
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Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd
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tennis, basketball, park
our metro---can go to downtown, Universal City...and all over...check the routes...can also connect with train at Union station, which will take you to San Diego or Santa Barbara.
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Hollywood / Highland station
6815 Hollywood Blvd
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our metro---can go to downtown, Universal City...and all over...check the routes...can also connect with train at Union station, which will take you to San Diego or Santa Barbara.
a gym that has basketball court, pool, racquetball courts...all indoors...and great gym. May have a day pass...$15.00 dollars a day...$45 a week.
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LA Fitness
1628 N El Centro Ave
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a gym that has basketball court, pool, racquetball courts...all indoors...and great gym. May have a day pass...$15.00 dollars a day...$45 a week.
Another gym...see if they offer a day pass.
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Crunch Fitness - Sunset
8000 Sunset Blvd
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Another gym...see if they offer a day pass.
juices, smoothies...convenient...parking...close
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Robeks Fresh Juices & Smoothies
6848 Sunset Blvd
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juices, smoothies...convenient...parking...close
The best yogurt bar none. You can take a walk there for a real treat...Across from Ralph's.
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Pinkberry
2829 Hyperion Ave
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The best yogurt bar none. You can take a walk there for a real treat...Across from Ralph's.
huge inventory of shoes...good prices..free parking in back.
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Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse
6920 Sunset Blvd
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huge inventory of shoes...good prices..free parking in back.

Sightseeing

Nothing like it...In the city, a marvelous walk, hike...3 different routes...hidden....lots of movies and TV shot here...dog park too...can walk to Mulholland and the views are great.
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Runyon Canyon Park
2000 N Fuller Ave
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Nothing like it...In the city, a marvelous walk, hike...3 different routes...hidden....lots of movies and TV shot here...dog park too...can walk to Mulholland and the views are great.
It has everything...shopping, movies, Lucky Strike Bowling, restaurants, street performers, club
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Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Blvd
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It has everything...shopping, movies, Lucky Strike Bowling, restaurants, street performers, club
Big
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Griffith Park
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
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Big
the big aquarium in the city--a 45 min drive if you miss traffic
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Tyynenmeren akvaario
100 Aquarium Way
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the big aquarium in the city--a 45 min drive if you miss traffic
in long beach 45 min drive without traffic
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The Queen Mary
1126 Queens Hwy
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in long beach 45 min drive without traffic
where they film shows
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Paramount Pictures Studio Tour
5515 Melrose Ave
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where they film shows
go here for lunch...it has been around since the 1930's. Next to The Grove. It's all outside...perfect for LA weather.
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The Original Farmers Market
6333 W 3rd St
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go here for lunch...it has been around since the 1930's. Next to The Grove. It's all outside...perfect for LA weather.

Shopping

My favorite outdoor mall. Beautiful. A Nordstrom's, other shopping, restaurants, atmosphere galore and movies.
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The Grove
189 The Grove Dr
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My favorite outdoor mall. Beautiful. A Nordstrom's, other shopping, restaurants, atmosphere galore and movies.
shoes...and off broadway is across from in and out burger...so two great shoe warehouses.
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DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
7021 Hollywood Boulevard
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shoes...and off broadway is across from in and out burger...so two great shoe warehouses.