LA/SoCal: "Best of" -- make your submission!

[erikiksaz]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Best Casino: Pechanga Resort and Casino

what do you think of Pala? or Viejas? even Barona?

So far i've been to Morongo and Barona. Barona was REALLY nice, very nice, clean environment, whereas Morongo needs more freakin' ventilation :frown:

 

[MrDingleDangle]

best hamburger- Fathers Office
Best Video Rental- A Video Store Named Desire (santa monica near barrington, $1 rentals on all movies)

 

[ArmenK]

Best deal on a burrito: 12 inch steak or chicken for $3.25 at a hole in the wall place next to UCLA (on Gayley)... and it tastes damn good

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Best of? Everything's the best in SoCal

agreed


the getty is one of the nicest museums, defintely worth a trip

and goto el cholo for dinner after, awesome margaritas!

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

"Goldiggers Entertainment" on Santa Monica Blvd.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: ArmenK
Best deal on a burrito: 12 inch steak or chicken for $3.25 at a hole in the wall place next to UCLA (on Gayley)... and it tastes damn good

Is this that shack next to In n Out, or someplace else? I demand to know.


Best Fish Tacos: El Siete Mares

 

[ArmenK]

Originally posted by: GoodRevrnd

Originally posted by: ArmenK
Best deal on a burrito: 12 inch steak or chicken for $3.25 at a hole in the wall place next to UCLA (on Gayley)... and it tastes damn good

Is this that shack next to In n Out, or someplace else? I demand to know.


Best Fish Tacos: El Siete Mares

Its close to In-n-out, on the same block. Stuck to the mexican place is a another hole in the wall commonly referred to as "buck fiddy" which has sub sandwiches for pretty cheap.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

BEST FRIED CHICKEN: Pioneer Fried Chicken (on Sunset between Hillhurst and Commonwealth...thats on the east side you suckaz)

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
BEST FRIED CHICKEN: Pioneer Fried Chicken (on Sunset between Hillhurst and Commonwealth...thats on the east side you suckaz)

I find it hard to believe its better then Roscoe's.

 

[weezergirl]

Best music venue: TROUBADOUR! I love that place....it's soo tiny. (Henry Fonda is great too for a midsize type venue)
Best Tacos/Burrito: A lot of people say Tito's Taco stand which I went to for the first time today and it was good. But I dont know about BEST! but dont listen to me...I'm not much of a mexican food person.
Best beach to walk around (not swim): Venice
Best shopping area: 3rd street. I love the variety of stores there, plus can't beat the street acts!
Best boba: I like tea station in san gabriel
Best pho: a lot of people say pho 76 (i think it's in san gabriel too) but i think every place tastes pretty much the same.
best soontofu: beverly soontofu in ktown or bcd tofu
best cheap sushi place: sushi mac

 

[weezergirl]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
BEST FRIED CHICKEN: Pioneer Fried Chicken (on Sunset between Hillhurst and Commonwealth...thats on the east side you suckaz)

I find it hard to believe its better then Roscoe's.

I've never eaten at Pioneer but everyone who's eaten there RAVES about it...

oh i forgot another famous chicken place....zankou's!

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

Roscoes is good but it's also over hyped up alot.

Zankou is good for that middle eastern type chicken (trivia: the original owner of Zankou killed his whole family and himself in the mid-ninties)

Pioneer is tru fried chicken...gotta luv dat bird!!!

 

[ArmenK]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
Roscoes is good but it's also over hyped up alot.

Zankou is good for that middle eastern type chicken (trivia: the original owner of Zankou killed his whole family and himself in the mid-ninties)

Pioneer is tru fried chicken...gotta luv dat bird!!!

Actually, the owner killed himself, his mother, and his sister last year. They lived in Glendale (thats where i'm from). The other day I heard Zanou is expanding and that they will be opening up 11 new locations. Currently thay have 5 or 6 (Glendale, Hollywood, Pasadena, Anaheim,Van Nuys?). I am the proud owner of a Zankou t-shirt which I purchased for 3.99 from the Glendale location

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

last year? dang I thought it was in the 90's lol

Oh by the way, DO NOT go to the Pioneer chicken near Fairfax...they straight up biters...not OG

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: weezergirl
Best music venue: TROUBADOUR! I love that place....it's soo tiny. (Henry Fonda is great too for a midsize type venue)

I still prefer The Greek Theater but the Troubadour is definitely an awesome venue.

Best Tacos/Burrito: A lot of people say Tito's Taco stand which I went to for the first time today and it was good. But I dont know about BEST! but dont listen to me...I'm not much of a mexican food person.

As my friend puts it, Titos is great American Mexican food. If you want great authentic mex its this place down on Hoover just north of the 10. Ghetto neighborhood and I don't think anyone in the joint speaks english. Great food tho.

Best pho: a lot of people say pho 76 (i think it's in san gabriel too) but i think every place tastes pretty much the same.

Just stay away from the ones in the "other" valley (San Fernanado). Its nasty compared to the ones in San Gabriel/Alhambra/etc. I think pho 76 is the one on Garfield/Main in Alhambra. Pretty good but there's another one on Las Tunas in San Gabriel that's awesome. Its called the Phoenix something or other.

 

[hans007]

best gridlock.

405. seconded only by the 91 in my opinion.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
last year? dang I thought it was in the 90's lol

Oh by the way, DO NOT go to the Pioneer chicken near Fairfax...they straight up biters...not OG

I thought it was a chain

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
last year? dang I thought it was in the 90's lol

Oh by the way, DO NOT go to the Pioneer chicken near Fairfax...they straight up biters...not OG

I thought it was a chain

Pioneer Chicken was a chain until the early 90's when Popeyes chicken bought them all out...and messed up the receipe in the process.

But a handfull of individual Pioneer restaurants were not part of the buy-out , and they continued to operate under the Pioneer name. But since that they had no Pioneer corporation over looking them, they strayed from the original receipe...escept the Pioneer branch on Sunset.

That's why the Pioneer on Sunste is OG while the rest be biters.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
last year? dang I thought it was in the 90's lol

Oh by the way, DO NOT go to the Pioneer chicken near Fairfax...they straight up biters...not OG

I thought it was a chain

Pioneer Chicken was a chain until the early 90's when Popeyes chicken bought them all out...and messed up the receipe in the process.

But a handfull of individual Pioneer restaurants were not part of the buy-out , and they continued to operate under the Pioneer name. But since that they had no Pioneer corporation over looking them, they strayed from the original receipe...escept the Pioneer branch on Sunset.

That's why the Pioneer on Sunste is OG while the rest be biters.

Gotcha. My mom always did love Pioneer Chicken....

 

[Corporate Thug]

best school: UCLA

eat it trojans!

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
last year? dang I thought it was in the 90's lol

Oh by the way, DO NOT go to the Pioneer chicken near Fairfax...they straight up biters...not OG

I thought it was a chain

Pioneer Chicken was a chain until the early 90's when Popeyes chicken bought them all out...and messed up the receipe in the process.

But a handfull of individual Pioneer restaurants were not part of the buy-out , and they continued to operate under the Pioneer name. But since that they had no Pioneer corporation over looking them, they strayed from the original receipe...escept the Pioneer branch on Sunset.

That's why the Pioneer on Sunste is OG while the rest be biters.

But theres a Rosco's chicken on Sunset too...

 

[wicktron]

Best 24hr Food Spot: The Original Pantry (Figueroa St)
Best Hot Dogs: Pinks (La Brea Ave)
Best Up&Coming Artists: Project Blowed (Leimert Blvd)
Best Chicken: Roscoe's

 

[ArmenK]

Originally posted by: shady06
best school: UCLA

eat it trojans!

*CONFIRMED*

 

[zener]

Best place for dim sum : Hong Kong Palace at Colima street (HW 60 exit nogales)

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Best Hamburger/Cheeseburger: Apple Pan (I think its on Pico accross the street from the Westside Pavillion).

Best Mexican Food: Enrique's (Long Beach on PCH@Loynes).