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Laurel Tavern on Friday night
it's sorrrrt of unreasonable, although the tables are first come first served and you serve yourself. you have to find a table, by yourself, get a menu from the bar and order from the bar. NO table service, except when they bring you your food. don't be deterred though, because the food is quite good. plus, thats the whole gastropub experience.
I've eaten there several times in the past few weeks and tried many things that have been really fantastic. The roast marrow bones are absolutely not to be missed (if you're into that sort of thing), try the laurel burger, skip the mussels (really flavorless), the beet and burrata salad is sooo refreshing.
be prepared to wait, and know that as the night goes on, the crowd gets drunker and rowdier.
Give up on Studio City/Ventura?? a few good spots
The pho place across from pho 999 is pho sa 1. I haven't heard great things about Pho 999 but Pho Sa 1 is quite possibly the best I've ever had. Always crowded (in a reasonable, people can't get enough of the food kind of way), they're open late (sort of- 10 pm) and you can EASILY have an unbelievable meal with a date for under $20. Plus the asian market next door has lots of great, unusual foods to browse and buy!
Pho Sa 1 @
Sepulveda and Victory Blvd.
NYC TRIP/ YOUNG FOODIE ON BUDGET
thanks for some great recommendations! any word on pho?
NYC TRIP/ YOUNG FOODIE ON BUDGET
I will be traveling from LA to New York for a week and I'd like some recommendations on great places to eat! I am a soon-to-be college graduate who grew up with foodie parents and thus inherited their great taste in food and atmosphere. But I'm on a much different budget ;( being thrifty is creative!! I am staying in the East Village but I don't mind trekking somewhere else. I like creative, adventurous, delicious food in a restaurant with a hip, up-beat, neighborhood-y feel. I'm a stickler for great service (having perfected my own actress-by-day, waitress-by-night skills). If you're interested press 3 after the beep. no, i'm kidding.
phew...anyway...
I'd love recommendations for
quick, tasty lunches throughout the city (italian delis, hot dog stands, etc)
some places good for a large group
a good romantic dinner place
a tapas bar
a coffee shop(s) throughout the city
good dim sum
sushi that doesn't break the bank, or make me barf
a wine bar
any great bar a normal gal (and her friends) could get into without being a movie star
a burger
pizza
vietnamese pho
a scandinavian restaurant
(i know those last two are random- i have a swedish boyfriend who loves pho. who knew?)
any other suggestions are WELCOMED!
