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10-02-2007, 12:40 PM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
I'm not a foodie, but from my limited experience I've found LA food to be way underrated and SF food overrated. I'm not talking the ultra-high end or famous places in either city, but everything else ranging from street food to moderately high priced restaurants. Although I have been to a few of the high end places in SF and not been too impressed (Mooses comes to mind).
I think a lot of SF places get by on location, tradition, and reputation. Since SF real estate is so precious it's tough to open a new place and it's often a lot harder for patrons to go 6 extra blocks on foot for better food. Whereas in LA everyone is in their car, it's a lot easier to open a new place, and there's just a ton more places to choose from. So LA places (that aren't the ultra-trendy celeb spot of the moment) really have to make it on food alone. 
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10-02-2007, 12:52 PM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
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A lot of food, which is funny because of LA's reputation for bad food. [/ QUOTE ] Huh - I've never heard that before... if you include the greater LA area, it's at the very least well known for really good Asian (specifically Chinese in SGV, Korean in K-Town, Japanese). And as evidenced by the thread responses, I'd say LA is very much a food city. [ QUOTE ] I'm not a foodie, but from my limited experience I've found LA food to be way underrated and SF food overrated. [/ QUOTE ] Having lived in both cities also I'd agree. But I hear this most wrt fine dining / higher-end spots, not overall as much. Suzzer, you kind of allude to this - but I think it's not a fair comparison as SF is tiny and LA is sprawling and enormous with way more selection / variety. Bay Area vs. LA is probably fairer - even then I think LA probably has better food (especially in the cheaper range) but it's really close. -Al
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10-02-2007, 05:02 PM
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Suzzer, you kind of allude to this - but I think it's not a fair comparison as SF is tiny and LA is sprawling and enormous with way more selection / variety. Bay Area vs. LA is probably fairer - even then I think LA probably has better food (especially in the cheaper range) but it's really close. -Al [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I just think it's kind of ironic though because in general SF looks at LA as a giant, plastic, phony, coke-fueled, cultural wasteland (they're right of course, but still). One area I guarantee they think they're vastly culturally superior in is food. But I don't think SF is superior at all. The whole SF/LA rivalry is pretty funny. SF hates LA. LA is like "huh?". It seriously took me about 4 months of living in LA to realize the people were generally cool and weren't going to all of a sudden turn evil on me. I decided then that all city-stereotypes are stupid. Every place has about the same ratio of cool people, idiots, flakes, people you can count on, etc. Although you can make some stereotypes about mostly transient cities like NY/SF/LA vs. cities like Kansas City, where almost everyone if from there and never left, or left and came back.
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#4
10-02-2007, 05:05 PM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
LA people, the last time I was home I went to bar in Silverlake that was in an old firehouse, had both a front and back patio, but can't for the life of me remember exactly where it was or the name of it. Any ideas?
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#5
10-02-2007, 05:09 PM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
Went to LA last weekend.
LA is a shithole. I would never want to live there. Things to do: meet rappers and one awful singer, very fun, they like to party. Places to go: Dodger stadium, watch the Giants win 11-2, heckle fans, talk [censored], get the whole section to hate you. Great time. Things not to do: live there
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10-02-2007, 05:53 PM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
Oh yeah I forgot. SD hates LA too. And NYC. And Santa Barbara. And Seattle. And Portland.
But Vegas likes us I think. Not sure what Phoenix thinks. My aunt in KC thinks LA is fun to visit but she wouldn't want to live there. Take that FWIW.
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10-02-2007, 09:04 PM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
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LA people, the last time I was home I went to bar in Silverlake that was in an old firehouse, had both a front and back patio, but can't for the life of me remember exactly where it was or the name of it. Any ideas? [/ QUOTE ] Edendale Grill. It's on Rowena near Silverlake Blvd. Good bar, good but overpriced food. Was a nightmare when it first opened, but they got their [censored] together. If I was feeling hearty I could walk there.
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#9
10-04-2007, 03:19 AM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
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[ QUOTE ] LA people, the last time I was home I went to bar in Silverlake that was in an old firehouse, had both a front and back patio, but can't for the life of me remember exactly where it was or the name of it. Any ideas? [/ QUOTE ] Edendale Grill. It's on Rowena near Silverlake Blvd. Good bar, good but overpriced food. Was a nightmare when it first opened, but they got their [censored] together. If I was feeling hearty I could walk there. [/ QUOTE ] I always thought that place kinda sucked. The Red Lion is fun, though. Oh, and Blair's. Go to Blair's--best food in LA, I think.
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#10
10-04-2007, 10:27 AM
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Re: Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go
samsonite,
Edendale DID suck, for quite awhile. Then, suddenly, it got better. Maybe they changed managers or something. Blair's is very good, my wife and I went through a period where we went there every other weekend. A nice restaurant with an excellent beer list is a restaurant I like. Red Lion is great, had my 30th birthday party there.
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