Address:
644 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 624-6996
Los Angeles has fabulous restaurants, so many that my goal here is to give you just a couple so that until you get your bearings you will have some choices.
The All Around Favorite
The Engine Co. has a menu of what I would call American grill. It has a wide choice of dishes at reasonable prices. A good wine and beer selection as well as superior service makes this my all round favorite.
This great restaurant, for some inexplicable reason, gets faint praise from the guidebooks. But every guest of The Inn who has dined there (and there are many) returned with good things to say.
644 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 624-6996
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The all around favorite Chinese
This unpretentious dining room has been the site for years of great food served by pleasant waiters. Often mentioned as one of the best, it is. While I would like to try others, when I want Chinese food, I can’t give up the opportunity for Yang Chow in order to experiment. The place often looks closed because of dark windows but don’t let that throw you. Inside it is light, clean and cheerful.
819 North Broadway Avenue, Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 625-0811
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Union Station area
Traxx is a kick and a half because of its location right smack dab in the midst of Union Station, itself a worthy destination if you want to see the beauty that abounds in Los Angeles architecture. The food is innovative, but not too cute. Traxx has interesting flavors and presentations that you don’t run into every day.
800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 625-1999
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On the Marina
This place has a unique charm. The food, which is good and fairly priced, together with the setting adds to a whole which is greater than the sum of its parts. It overlooks a modest little Marina in San Pedro which has a panache more intriguing than the Los Angeles County Marina south of Santa Monica. The energy here is more directed to boating and fishing than living the fast life. It is an absolute pleasure to sit at the windows–the length of one long wall -or the veranda and watch the small sailboats, kids in dinghies, and the day fishing boats return as the sun sets nearby. Add a great margarita, crab cakes and shrimp cocktail and life is good. Favorite dishes are the lobster bisque and the crab-Louie, almost as good as that of Frascati, gone decades ago.
I have to mention the trip from The Inn which takes you through the working port of San Pedro and the refineries which at night are lit like a gigantic Christmas pageant. The huge cranes are thrilling, all in all, a great evening.
141 West 22nd Street, San Pedro
Phone: (310) 548-4400
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South of The Inn on Figueroa is what I call fast food heaven. In spite of this characteristic, there are good, modestly priced places to eat when you don’t have time, energy or money to “dine”
Surprisingly good pasta in an abundance of styles; salads and pizza. I don’t know of any better, except perhaps at far higher prices with $5.00 valet charges. The only drawback is kind of a big, noisy setting with not much charm. But then, you’re not spending a whole evening there.
2827 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 742-0303
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This modest Chinese buffet is good. What else pan I say? There have been many days when I was hungry but uninspired to clean up or spend lots of time that this place has provided lunch or dinner, for under $6.
735 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 624-1131
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657 W. 23rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-741-2200
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