Jaunted - Tag: Los Angeles Restaurants http://www.jaunted.com/ The Pop Culture Travel Guide en-us Copyright 2006 - SFO MEDIA 2008-12-04T04:46:14Z Jaunted Jaunted Jaunted http://www.jaunted.com/images/jauntedw.jpg http://www.jaunted.com/tag/Los%20Angeles%20Restaurants Los Angeles: A Writer's Escape to the Other LA http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/3/24/10530/6308
The image of a struggling writer at a dingy motel is a well-worn cliché. That of a writer housed at clean, wi-fi connected digs in LA's Koreatown is a little more fresh and is, as New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff tells us, a welcome change from the desperately posh hotels of Sunset Boulevard.

But even the most focused journalists need to leave the room sometimes. If you're in Koreatown, don't miss Tahoe BBQ on Wilshire Blvd. Bring a friend to this large, hall-style restaurant. Get a couple orders of samkyubsal (fatty pork), eat it ddukbossam style--wrapped in chewy rice cakes--and wash it down with a few shots of soju. Expect to pay about $15.

The next morning, get out of the neighborhood to have some delicious espresso at Intelligentsia in Silverlake. NYT says this cool, blue-and-white tiled joint has "the best cup of coffee in Los Angeles." Their signature Black Cat espresso is $2.

If inspiration is calling you towards the sea, the Library Alehouse in Santa Monica is your spot. Hammer out the last bits of your article before deadline, use the free wi-fi to send it in, and then relax in the back patio with a glass of high-gravity Belgian ale. At $7.50, sip slowly--or you might stumble into another cliché.

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Ford's Filling Station in Culver City has made a lot of noise for several reasons. One, it's helmed by Harrison Ford's son Benjamin Ford and in Los Angeles, any venture related to a celebrity is hot for at least two weeks. Two, Ford (Ben, not Harrison) has gone the route of a gastropub, often found in New York and London and other cities with more authentic culture than LA.

The other month we popped in for lunch on a Thursday. Having had some bad luck trying to get dinner reservations, we thought we should at least check to see if we needed a reservation for lunch before arriving. After all, Tinseltown loves to lunch and with the Sony studios nearby, we didn't want to take any chances. Turns out, reservations are recommended for lunch and dinner.

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