Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc. I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the must-haves!

Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:33:16 +0000, korianne
> wrote:

>
>Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
>L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
>experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
>I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
>must-haves!
>
>Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?

Corndogs.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/341733

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:06:05 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:33:16 +0000, korianne
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
> >L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
> >experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
> >I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
> >must-haves!
> >
> >Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?
>
> Corndogs.
> http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/341733

Chowhound is good.
<http://www.chow.com/search?query=what+to+eat&board_name=Los+Angeles+Ar ea&from_date=1+year+ago&search_board_id=2&type=Top ic>

There is also a not very active food focused group called la.eats
that's populated with members of another regional California food
group.

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On Jul 14, 2:33 am, korianne >
wrote:
> Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
> L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
> experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
> I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
> must-haves!
>
> Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?
>
L.A. has an enormous variety of dining experiences. If you can think
of it, you can probably find it here. Answering your question is
impossible until you narrow it down somewhat? Are you interested in
high end fine dining? Celebrity watching? Famous chefs? Moderate
price with highest quality? Slow food? Locavore? Ethnic? If so,
which of hundreds? Tradition (i.e., L.A. tradition?)?

That said, two things ring our bell every time this question comes
up. First, in spite of other towns' attempts to catch up in recent
years, this is the home of both the original and the most innovative
taco trucks. Second, the San Gabriel Valley is home to the best
Chinese food outside of Shanghai and Siingapore.

And I agree that searching through Chowhound can provide a lot of
information. You do have to beware of strongly worded, highly skewed
opinions, however. -aem

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:51:43 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

> L.A. has an enormous variety of dining experiences. If you can think
> of it, you can probably find it here. Answering your question is
> impossible until you narrow it down somewhat? Are you interested in
> high end fine dining? Celebrity watching? Famous chefs? Moderate
> price with highest quality? Slow food? Locavore? Ethnic? If so,
> which of hundreds? Tradition (i.e., L.A. tradition?)?

And then there are all the (specialty) food trucks.
http://www.foodtrucksmap.com/la/

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:27:48 -0500, Andy > wrote:

> sf > wrote:
>
> > And then there are all the (specialty) food trucks.
> > http://www.foodtrucksmap.com/la/
>
>
> NOT FAIR!!!
>
> Only a Kalifornia service website!
>
> Ya BUM!!!
>
You can change cities, but I don't see Philly.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Jul 14, 2:33*am, korianne >
wrote:
> Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
> L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
> experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
> I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
> must-haves!
>
> Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?
>
> --
> korianne

Go to the laweekly.com website and poke around for Johnathan Gold's
list of 99 places to eat in Los Angeles and surrounding area. He won
a Pulitizer for his food writing. A must try is Langer's in the
Westlake Area of Los Angeles. Open for breakfast & lunch (closes at
5:00 PM) the absolutely best pastrami on corn rye; you can get there
via the redline subway the stop is Wilshire/Alvarado. Do not eat at
Olvera St., tourist trap type food. You can take the gold line to
boyle heights (east of downtown) and make a stop at many of the places
on the route for good cali/mex food.

Harriet & critters in cool Azusa. (everything from a to z in the usa)
or so I'm told.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:20:47 -0700 (PDT), "critters & me in azusa, ca"
> wrote:

> On Jul 14, 2:33*am, korianne >
> wrote:
> > Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
> > L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
> > experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
> > I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
> > must-haves!
> >
> > Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > korianne
>
> Go to the laweekly.com website and poke around for Johnathan Gold's
> list of 99 places to eat in Los Angeles and surrounding area. He won
> a Pulitizer for his food writing. A must try is Langer's in the
> Westlake Area of Los Angeles. Open for breakfast & lunch (closes at
> 5:00 PM) the absolutely best pastrami on corn rye; you can get there
> via the redline subway the stop is Wilshire/Alvarado. Do not eat at
> Olvera St., tourist trap type food. You can take the gold line to
> boyle heights (east of downtown) and make a stop at many of the places
> on the route for good cali/mex food.
>
I hope she isn't planning of visiting this weekend. Things will be a
mess anywhere near the section of 405 that will be closed this
weekend.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Jul 14, 12:46*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:20:47 -0700 (PDT), "critters & me in azusa, ca"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > On Jul 14, 2:33*am, korianne >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
> > > L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
> > > experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
> > > I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
> > > must-haves!
>
> > > Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?
>
> > > --
> > > korianne
>
> > Go to the laweekly.com website and poke around for Johnathan Gold's
> > list of 99 places to eat in Los Angeles and surrounding area. *He won
> > a Pulitizer for his food writing. *A must try is Langer's in the
> > Westlake Area of Los Angeles. *Open for breakfast & lunch (closes at
> > 5:00 PM) the absolutely best pastrami on corn rye; you can get there
> > via the redline subway the stop is Wilshire/Alvarado. *Do not eat at
> > Olvera St., tourist trap type food. *You can take the gold line to
> > boyle heights (east of downtown) and make a stop at many of the places
> > on the route for good cali/mex food.
>
> I hope she isn't planning of visiting this weekend. *Things will be a
> mess anywhere near the section of 405 that will be closed this
> weekend.
>
> --
>
> Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

oh yeah, "carmagedden". since azusa is about 40 miles east of there,
i forgot about it. the closing of the north and sound bound lanes of
one of the busiest freeways (south of the 101 to north of the 10) in
the country for 2 1/2 days, (friday night to monday morning) to tear
down half of the mulholland overcrossing bridge and make it wider.
one of the radio jocks, tim conway, jr., is having a "carmagedden"
party on top of the marriott hotel in the sherman oaks mall to watch
the traffic mess.

jet blue had a special yesterday. $4.00 each way to fly from burbank
to long beach, 15 minute trip. sold out in about 4 hours or less, and
crashed the website.

the next summer, the other side of the bridge is going to be torn down
and the mess will be repeated.

harriet & critters

In article >,
korianne > wrote:

> Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visitin
> L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want t
> experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc
> I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all th
> must-haves!
>
> Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas
>
>
> --
> korianne

Don't miss Philippe's. It's an El Lay original.

http://www.philippes.com/

korianne wrote:
>
> Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
> L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
> experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
> I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
> must-haves!
>
> Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?

I've heard the restaurant at the Church of Scientology
Celebrity Centre is outstanding, and their Sunday brunch
is a fantastic deal. You don't need to be a member of
the church to go there.

"critters & me in azusa, ca" wrote:
>
> Go to the laweekly.com website and poke around for Johnathan Gold's
> list of 99 places to eat in Los Angeles and surrounding area. He won
> a Pulitizer for his food writing. A must try is Langer's in the
> Westlake Area of Los Angeles. Open for breakfast & lunch (closes at

This guy recommends Canter's.

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2...11.html#020950

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. I don't care much about celebrities and all that jazz. Your suggestions are really useful, a good start for more research on the matter. I just hate to return from an awesome vacation and be asked for instance "did you have the fabulous Coney Island Hot Dogs while there?" and have no idea what's the conversation about. (I did have the yummy Coney Island Hot Dogs, thank you very much!)

Thank you all for your ideas, I wrote them down. *happy*

On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne >
wrote:
>
> 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

it's so nice to have such glad information about l.a

Thank you for such an extensive recommendations list!! 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? I'm so excited to try everything out. Although this looks like I'll be coming back with some additional pounds on my hot bod

On Jul 19, 8:17 am, korianne >
wrote:
> aem;1638853 Wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne
> > wrote:-
>
> > 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

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:17:55 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

> On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne

> > "Food Wiki" - MyCityCuisine. Did you guys hear anything about it?

I it looked up and found
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/MyCit...d-m640983.aspx
where I found a link to
http://www.mycitycuisine.org/wiki/Category:USA so I went to San
Francisco, of course. LOL! Rice-a-Roni??? The fact that it's *not*
a San Francisco treat (and who really believes that?) is right up
there with "Don't call it Frisco"... and real SF sourdough is just a
fond memory now. NotBob can find better tasting (with a better crust)
in Colorado than I can find here in the City.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:17:55 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne
>
>> > "Food Wiki" - MyCityCuisine. Did you guys hear anything about it?
>
> I it looked up and found
> http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/MyCit...d-m640983.aspx
> where I found a link to
> http://www.mycitycuisine.org/wiki/Category:USA so I went to San
> Francisco, of course. LOL! Rice-a-Roni??? The fact that it's *not*
> a San Francisco treat (and who really believes that?) is right up
> there with "Don't call it Frisco"... and real SF sourdough is just a
> fond memory now. NotBob can find better tasting (with a better crust)
> in Colorado than I can find here in the City.
>
What do you expect from Foodbanter posters?

Jill

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:09:34 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:17:55 -0700 (PDT), aem >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne
>>
>>> > "Food Wiki" - MyCityCuisine. Did you guys hear anything about it?
>>
>> I it looked up and found
>> http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/MyCit...d-m640983.aspx
>> where I found a link to
>> http://www.mycitycuisine.org/wiki/Category:USA so I went to San
>> Francisco, of course. LOL! Rice-a-Roni??? The fact that it's *not*
>> a San Francisco treat (and who really believes that?) is right up
>> there with "Don't call it Frisco"... and real SF sourdough is just a
>> fond memory now. NotBob can find better tasting (with a better crust)
>> in Colorado than I can find here in the City.
>>
>What do you expect from Foodbanter posters?
>

About the same as you.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:09:34 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:17:55 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Jul 15, 7:08 am, korianne
> >
> >> > "Food Wiki" - MyCityCuisine. Did you guys hear anything about it?
> >
> > I it looked up and found
> > http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/MyCit...d-m640983.aspx
> > where I found a link to
> > http://www.mycitycuisine.org/wiki/Category:USA so I went to San
> > Francisco, of course. LOL! Rice-a-Roni??? The fact that it's *not*
> > a San Francisco treat (and who really believes that?) is right up
> > there with "Don't call it Frisco"... and real SF sourdough is just a
> > fond memory now. NotBob can find better tasting (with a better crust)
> > in Colorado than I can find here in the City.
> >
> What do you expect from Foodbanter posters?
>
They were just thrown out as possible topics and are still looking for
writers. I have no idea why this wiki thing should get off the ground
between wikipedia and chowhound... and of course yelp.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Well, as far as I understood, this is just like the regular Wiki, so if something is wrong, you can definitely delete / change. I too agree some entries are not quite accurate. The only US city dish-list I found acceptable was Madison, WI.

If any of you guys are curious to see what I have come up so far, you can see it he Los Angeles Cuisine - Mycitycuisine.org
There are some other contributors that started writing things up based on the dish list I made. If it's not entirely accurate, please feel free to modify/delete. And once again, thank you all for your help! *bows*