On Jul 19, 8:17 am, korianne >
wrote:
> aem;1638853 Wrote:
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> > On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne
> > wrote:-
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> > I'm interested in Genuine L.A food, maybe "traditional" is not the
> > right
> > word here. Mostly food one would recommend to tourists, people
> > visiting
> > L.A for their first time. ....-
>
> > We have recommended these, or taken visitors to them. Typical L.A.,
> > we think. You might like reading about them. By no means a complete
> > list.
>
> > * Musso & Frank's. Old school Hollywood, great comfort food,
> > service and martinis.
> > * Il Campanile. Nancy Silverton's home base, great food for
> > decades.
> > * Valentino Santa Monica. Classy southern Italian, great wine
> > list.
> > * El Cholo or Lucy's El Adobe. Icons of Mexican food, southern
> > calif style.
> > * Pink's. Most popular hot dog stand in town.
> > * In'N'Out burgers. A SoCal institution.
> > * Yuca's. Taco stand in a liquor store parking lot. Best
> > cochinita pibil burrito in the world.
> > * The Ivy. Classic celebrity watching while paying high prices for
> > good food.
> > * Phillipes. Sawdust on the floor. Home of the French dip
> > sandwich. 11-cent coffee.
> > * Ocean Star. Either downtown or Monterey Park. Excellent dim
> > sum, even helpful waitstaff.
>
> > Among many, many others..... -aem
>
> Thank you for such an extensive recommendations list!!

You're welcome. It's just a highly subjective start. The next guy's
list could be entirely different.

> While I was
> searching for some of your suggestions on the web to get more info, I
> stumbled across the "Food Wiki" - MyCityCuisine. Did you guys hear
> anything about it?
> They have nothing on L.A, so I plan to volunteer as a contributor there
> when I get back from my trip and would like to use some of the tips you
> gave me. Would that be OK with you?

The food scene in L.A. is dynamic, ever-changing and extremely
diverse. I am not familiar with the site you mention but I do believe
that no one static site could do justice to L.A. You have only to
look through a week's worth of Chowhound to appreciate this. -aem