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San Gabriel Valley self-guided food tour … suggestions please.
The Chinese restaurant version of painting the Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate
230 N Market St, Inglewood, CA 90301
Does anyone also agree with me that Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles is just not that great?
Not a big fan of the chicken. But the "Big Mama's Special" is pretty damned good. Really creamy/cheesy scrambled eggs with smothered potatoes. Heart attack on a plate.
For some reason, I can't get rid of the link to a Gardena restaurant.
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Big Mama
1721 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena, CA 90247
Best place you ate at this week?
Warner Bros. Commissary. Very good piece of salmon with sun-dried tomatoes
When you recommend SGV for Chinese food, are there particular cities you're generally talking about?
Laguna Beach is a LONG ways from the SGV. It's at least 40 miles one-way, so a trip to the SGV will be a day trip, particularly if you are going mid-week. That said, I hope you do go, as the other posters have listed some fantastic places to eat.
Gang of newbies @ Mei Long Village
I took someone there for the first time just the other day for the pork pump. She kept saying she couldn't believe it was pork, when you could make out what she was saying at all.
Smoke House in Burbank
I hadn't been to Beckham Grill in a few years, so I went a month or so ago. Friday night at 7 and they were out of prime rib. It's a prime rib restaurant for criminy's sake.
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Beckham Grill Restaurant
77 W Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91103
BBQ in a Liquor Store, near LAX?
The only thing like that I know of is in Torrance. There's a BBQ place in a liquor store on the corner of Torrance and Western. Think it's a Pacific Liquor. Unfortunately, I've never tried it.
What restaurants have ruined you?
The chicken fried steak at Eat At Joe's in Redondo Beach. I'm sure people think there are much better versions, but I can't find anywhere else that duplicates the taste of the meat and gravy for me.
The chili fries at Tops in Pasadena (Walnut). It's just fries and nothing-special chili, but I love it.
There's a carne asada burrito at The Burger Shack (used to be called Cypress Burgers) on Walnut in Pasadena that I crave about once a week. It doesn't taste like most other places but I have to have it.
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Burger Shack
9868 Garvey Ave, El Monte, CA 91733
Eat At Joes
, Redondo Beach, CA 90254
Chowhound's 99 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
Langers
JTHY
Sea Harbor
Babita
Birrieria Apatzingan
Bahooka (for the experience rather than food)
Dal Rae
J n J's Ribs and Burgers
Sapp's
The actual original Tommy's on Rampart
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Dal Rae
9023 E. Washington Blvd., Pico Rivera, CA 90660
Birrieria Apatzingan
10040 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91331
Downey lunch spots
I'm going to be working in Downey soon and don't know the area that well. Is there anything close by bellflower/Imperial Highway worth going to?
Carne Asada UnCooked
In Pasadena, Dona Rosa Market on the corner of Allen and Villa. It's behind a Pueblas Tacos restaurant. Terrific carne asada and their pollo preperado is like eating candy.
Best Gas Station Hot Dog in Los Angeles?
Can't speak for gas station dogs, but Flea Market hot dog stands are pretty good. Try the few that are at the PCC flea market.
Spiciest Polish Sausage in LA
I know Pink's doesn't get a lot of love on this board, but their spicy Polish is very good IMO. Quite hot too.
The Current State of Dumplings in SGV
I really like their fried dumplings. They fry to a very thick crust which I love, but others don't. I think it was ExileKiss who found them too chewy but they are perfect for me.
Short Ribs
If you are in Pasadena, go to Alexander's Meats inside of Howie's Market in San Gabriel. I've gotten terrific short ribs there.
Memphis BBQ in the SGV?
Bonnie B's is not bad. It's definitely not a Memphis dry-rub joint though.
LA Food Tour: Signature Item Cheap Eats
Yes they do as far as I know. They were open for dinner for a couple years, but I think they've gone back to just breakfast and lunch
LA Food Tour: Signature Item Cheap Eats
Egg salad sandwich at Europane, Pasadena
Chicken fried steak and eggs at Eat at Joes, Redondo Beach
Horseradish potato salad at Cassell's Koreatown
Egg custard at Sea Harbour, Rosemead
XLB at Dean Sin World, Monterrey Park
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Dean Sin World
306 N Garfield Ave # 2, Monterey Park, CA
Nick's Cafe ... best hash browns ever.
I used to go there a lot, but it's been about a year since my last visit. I need to go soon. It's very close to my work downtown.
Spiciest beef noodle soup
I seem to have a hard time finding very spicy beef noodle soup in SGV (admittedly I've not tried a lot of places). Kingburg Kitchen seems to have the hottest version I've found so far. JTLY has great noodles and great beef, but no matter what I say, the broth is just not hot enough. Dean Sin World also had kind of bland broth.
So, where can I get really spicy beef noodle soup?
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Kingburg Kitchen
715 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776
Dean Sin World
306 N Garfield Ave # 2, Monterey Park, CA
Old School Last Night @ the Dal Rae in Pico Rivera
I love this place. I love the made-tableside offerings, so it's almost always the Caesar, Steak Diane and cherries jubilee for my group.
Interesting version of an Oki Dog.
I had a great breakfast burrito from this truck when they were serving food for a historical tour in Pasadena I was on. I've noticed they are often in front of the Paseo complex on Colorado too.
#1 Sea Harbour, #2 Elite, #3 ______ ?
3. Lunasia
4. King Hua
5. 888
Has Mission 261 re-opened?
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Mission 261 Restaurant
261 S Mission Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776
King Hua Restaurant
2000 W Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801
Culver City area dinner-- cheap and delicious (and not Johnnie's)?
It's really called Pinches? That's hilarious
If you were a meat n' potatoes type of person...
The Derby in Arcadia
Damon's in Glendale
Colombos in Eagle Rock
Polka in that weird area between Glendale, Highland Park, Atwater
