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   [th]RESTAURANT NAME[/th]
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   [th]Area - Address [/th]
   [th]Supervision[/th]
Tierra Sur At Herzog Winery in Oxnard 5/5 stars-The menu here is constantly changing but is always amazing.  The flavors you will try here are unlike any you will get at another kosher restaurant in the world.
Oxnard -

   
La Gondola4.5/5 stars
-Avocado eggrolls to die for (I had it and I didn't like it
 I can't eat Avocado when it's warm, I'm sure others can't too-Sillypainter).  Great Bread with garlic margarine on the house(agree-Sillypainter) Great Gondola Burger special for lunch with excellent pasta or a soup.  And the Chai Steak with Carmelized Steak Sauce and arguably the best kosher ribs out there.   I'm getting hungry thinking about this place!
Pico

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Shiloh's4/5 stars
-Great baby back ribs and peppercorn steak.  They serve steaks with a number of dipping sauces which is pretty cool.  Also had some delicious key lime pie.
I did have a bad experience here with really bad food though...and service can be poor here as well.
Beverly Hills Thai4/5 stars-It can get very crowded so it's best to make a reservation in advance.
Jeff's 3.5/5 stars-Homemade onion rings, homemade sausages, Steak Sandwich, Western burger, lots of good and greasy stuff here.
PKD (Pico Kosher Deli)3.5/5 stars
-Excellent Deli-style food along with equally good homemade onion rings. No Reservations, but rarely more than a few minute wait. closes at 9 PM.
Pat's3/5 stars
-Either you love this upscale steakhouse or you hate it.  I used to hate it until my brother became good friends with the bartender.  Now when I go back with him we're treated to a feast for a king! Don't miss the bread pudding dessert!
Shanghai2.5/5 stars
-LA hasn't had very good Chinese since Sholom Cuisine closed.  This place is decent though.
Harissa4/5 stars-Home of the LA-famous pretzle challah! They offer Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/North African cuisine.  They have lots of seating and long hours.


1. Tierra Sur At Herzog Winery in Oxnard
5/5 stars
-The menu here is constantly changing but is always amazing.  The flavors you will try here are unlike any you will get at another kosher restaurant in the world.

2. La Gondola
4.5/5 stars
-Avocado eggrolls to die for (I had it and I didn't like it
 I can't eat Avocado when it's warm, I'm sure others can't too-Sillypainter).  Great Bread with garlic margarine on the house(agree-Sillypainter) Great Gondola Burger special for lunch with excellent pasta or a soup.  And the Chai Steak with Carmelized Steak Sauce and arguably the best kosher ribs out there.   I'm getting hungry thinking about this place!

3. Shiloh's
4/5 stars
-Great baby back ribs and peppercorn steak.  They serve steaks with a number of dipping sauces which is pretty cool.  Also had some delicious key lime pie.
I did have a bad experience here with really bad food though...and service can be poor here as well.

4. Beverly Hills Thai
4/5 stars
-It can get very crowded so it's best to make a reservation in advance.

5. Jeff's
3.5/5 stars
-Homemade onion rings, homemade sausages, Steak Sandwich, Western burger, lots of good and greasy stuff here.

6. PKD (Pico Kosher Deli)
3.5/5 stars
-Excellent Deli-style food along with equally good homemade onion rings. No Reservations, but rarely more than a few minute wait. closes at 9 PM.

7. Pat's
3/5 stars
-Either you love this upscale steakhouse or you hate it.  I used to hate it until my brother became good friends with the bartender.  Now when I go back with him we're treated to a feast for a king! Don't miss the bread pudding dessert!

8. Shanghai
2.5/5 stars
-LA hasn't had very good Chinese since Sholom Cuisine closed.  This place is decent though.

9. Harissa
4/5 stars
-Home of the LA-famous pretzle challah! They offer Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/North African cuisine.  They have lots of seating and long hours.

Milk/Parve:

1. Fish Grill
4.5/5 stars
-The best fish you'll ever have, period.  I'm not such a fish person, but their Grilled Salmon on Angel Hair Pasta with a huge order of well-seasoned fries...YUM! Get the grilled salmon sandwich.

2. Milky Way Reopened, brand new place worth a visit
4/5 stars
-Steven Spielberg's adorable mom will come shmooze with you and show you his movie posters in the back.  Cheeze blintzes and lemon tart are awesome. Chimichangas, potato latkes, and more all at prices that haven't been raised in decades.

3. Pizza Nosh (Agoura Hills)
4/5 stars
-Excellent pizza and Eggplant Parmesean, worth a stop if you're in the area.

4. Pizza Mayven
4/5 stars
-Good plain pizza and excellent fries, and that's about it.

5. Nagila Pizza
3/5 stars
-Good but pricey stuffed crust pizza, and that's about it. There are some big fans of their Naco's out there as well.

6. Trattoria Natalie
4.5/5 stars
-A trattoria is translated from Italian as a tavern, and that's what this restaurant feels like.  They have a cool on-table feature: its a paging device with three bottons.  One botton calls for water, the other for the bill, the last for a waiter.  The food is very good and prices not too expensive.

7. Meshuga for Sushi/Meshuga for Sushi 2
4/5
-With 3 locations (one in La Brea, one in Pico, and one in the valley), they offer great sushi at reasonable prices.  They have some space to eat in the restaurant.  They have long hours and a decent lunch menu.


IF you eat non-CY:
-Sweet Rose Creamery, on Beverly is Kosher and considered some of the best ice cream in LA by foodies http://www.sweetrosecreamery.com/, usually have 4 or 5 non dairy flavors
-Toppings Frozen Yogurt 349 S Robertson Blvd, good frozen yogurt, usually have a non dairy flavor or two


If you eat CY:
-Milky's at 1429 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035 recently became kosher and is cholov yisrael.

Breakfast/Bakery:
1. Cafe Elite
4.5/5 stars
-Amazing cake/crumb donuts along with your usual breakfast food.

2. Schwartz Bakery/Circa NY
4/5 stars
-A great but expensive bakery.  The crumb cheese danish is a personal favorite, as is their wonderful Caramel cake and "kit kat" chocolate rice crispy bars.
They also now serve breakfast in their Pico and Fairfax location.  I had the combo Pancake+Waffle+Franch Toast meal with fruit salad that was very good.
On friday's only they sell raspberry cheese pockets - they always sell out of them early.

3. La Brea Bagel
3/5 stars
-Very good bagels with all kinds of toppings and other breakfast food.

4. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf - 7235 Beverly Blvd
4/5 stars
-The only coffee bean in LA that has Cholov Yisroel upon request and offers 3 Pas Yisroel bakery items from Delice; Chocolate Almond croissant, Custard twist, and chocolate croissant - also upon request.


SHABBOS TAKE OUT OPTIONS

1. Ralph's - both the Pico and La Brea locations have a kosher section with takeout
2. PKD: http://www.pkdla.com/soon.htm
3. Western Kosher on Pico: http://www.orderstart.com/westernkosher
4. Lieders La Brea: 129 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
5. Lieders Takeout, 8721 W. Pico Blvd, supposed to be excellent, check FB page for hours, (Shabbos Food LA: http://www.shabbosfoodla.com/)
6. Ariel's glatt has a nice selection - NE corner of La Brea and Beverly
7. Got Kosher has very ethnic style shabbat take out- lots of Moroccan food.
8. Elite Cuisine on La Brea/Detroit and Beverly has some nice options and the staff is really nice.


ATTRACTIONS

Attractions for the first time visitor (in no particular order):

1. Santa Monica (Pier, 3rd St. Promenade)
2. Hiking (Santa Monica Mountains, Hollywood Hills)(list of hikes sortable by distance)
3. Theme parks (Universal, Disneyland, Knotts, Six Flags Magic Mountain)
4. Beaches (Venice and Santa Monica are the most popular; Hermosa and Manhattan are the prettiest, Marina del Rey is the emptiest as it's in a residential area)
5. City Sites (The Grove, Hollywood & Highland Blvd, Rodeo Dr/Beverly Hills, Beverly Center)
6. Segway tours with www.segwow.com (tours are available in various locations)
7. TV Show Filmings (get free tickets to local TV shows being filmed) www.tvtix.com
8. Getty Center and Getty Villa.
9. Warner Bros Studio Tour
10. Mulholland Drive in Burbank (view of LA and the Hollywood sign)
11. Marina Del Ray Sportfishing or Whale watching (sometimes on groupon)
12. Griffith Observatory- Driveable Scenic View
13. LA Zoo

Attractions for the experienced visitor:

1. Santa Barbara, 2 hours north (40 min from Tierra Sur)
2. San Diego/ Coronado, 2 hours south
3. Big Bear/ Lake Arrowhead, 2 hours east
4. Hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains.
5. Secret Stairs by Charles Fleming- check out the book
6. Hollywood Bowl
7. Descanso Gardens and Huntington Library and Gardens
8. Calico ghost town, 2 hours east
9. OC County fair (July 12-Aug 11 2013)
10. Adamson House in Malibu
11. Griffith Park - Merry-go-round, Pony Rides, & wagon rides for kids, Horseback Riding for older children.
12. The Queen Mary. Out of commission passenger and WWII ship. Is currently a museum, and a hotel. You can explore the ship or stroll along the empty decks at midnight (closed to tours at night, but open to hotel guests) with a great view of the Long Beach Harbor. 45 minutes south of L.A.

This is a general list.  I can go into specifics if you're interested. HT: Yehoshua

Amusement Parks: Adventure City, Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios, Knotts Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Legoland, Santa Monica Pier, Urban Air, Boomers

Water Parks: Raging Waters, Knotts Soak City, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Wild Rivers

Museums: Getty, Skirball, LACMA, La Brea Tarpits, Peterson Car, CA Science Center (space shuttle), Cayton Children Museum, Museum of Tolerance, Aquarium of the Pacific, Kidspace Children Museum

Hiking Trails: Griffith Park, Runyon Canyon, Caballero

Attractions: Rodeo Drive, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Adventure Lagoon, Sky Zone, Jump Club, Get Air, LA Zoo, Grove, Universal CityWalk, TopGolf, Lucky Strike Bowling, K1 Speed, Griffith Park Observatory, Travel Town Railroad, Madame Tussauds, Sunset Ranch Hollywood Horseback Riding, Beach, Marina Del Rey, Pump it up

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Hotels within walking distance of shuls (under 2 mi.)

Pico
1. Mr. C (closest YOLA)
2. SLS
3. Residence Inn by Marriott (closest to Adas Torah or YICC)
4. Beverly Hills Marriott (closest to Adas Torah or YICC)
5. Best Western Plus Carlyle Inn (closest to Torat Chaim or Anshe Emes)
6. Intercontinental Century City (closest to YOLA)

Hancock Park
116northfuller.com
116northfuller.com - in the heart of Hancock Park / La Brea area. 5 minute walk to many shuls. 4 bedroom house with full kosher kitchen, hot plate, everything you need for shabbos.

Other areas
1. Andaz West Hollywood
2. W Westwood
3. Four Seasons, Beverly Hills
4. L'Ermitage


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« Reply #8000 on: December 16, 2016, 12:01:35 PM »
Anyone or anywhere I can borrow a blech or crock pot for shabbos in the Pico area?
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« Reply #8001 on: December 16, 2016, 12:06:19 PM »
Anyone or anywhere I can borrow a blech or crock pot for shabbos in the Pico area?
I have a pareve mini crock pot. PM if interested.

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« Reply #8002 on: December 19, 2016, 01:04:46 PM »
Mini TR.

The food:

Amazing list:
-Shiloh's: Lamb & Truffle Open Ravioli (Slow lamb comfit (32 Hours) in a herb printed ravioli with mushroom)

Great list:
-Cafe Eilat: Portabella mushroom panini
-Magic Castle Dinner catered by Schwartz: Rib Eye
-Fish Grill: Grilled Salmon Sandwich
-Shiloh's: Kansas BBQ Short Ribs 18oz (Deliciously juicy, cooked on low temperature for 36 hours) these are their baby back ribs
-La Gandola: Avocado Egg rolls
-Jeff's: Wild Western Burger

Very good:
-Shiloh's: Tarte Flambé (Thin sliced beef bacon, parve crème Fraiche, and grilled onions On thin crust lavazza bread.)
-Fish Grill: Angel Hair Pasta Salmon
-La gandola: Mushroom Onion Burger
Jeff's: French Dip
Schnitzly: Chicken fingers

Good:
-Ditmas: Flat Iron Steak
-Jeff's: BBQ Beef Sandwich
-Cafe Elite: Breakfast Burrito

OK:
-Ditmas: Tony Fries
-Ditmas: Monkey Bread (Rhodes dough cinnamon rolls are probably better)

Skip:
-Shiloh's: Wild Mushroom Egg Rolls
-Ditmas: Rib eye
-Jeff's: Pastrami Sandwich
-La Gandola: Chicken Fingers
--Magic Castle Dinner catered by Schwartz: Pasta
-Beverly Hills Thai: Didn't like anything we ordered likely just don't like Thai food or it was a very very off night.

The hotels:
Intercontinental was a great location during the week, just 6 minutes from Pico and  they stacked multiple award nights no problem, so at around $165/night it is a truly great value.
SLS was a very weird room in the signature suite, their service is simply incredible, they gave us a room for an extra night for free as long as our baby wanted to sleep before our flight, and without us asking they went out and bought us board games for shabbos.

If anyone wants more details added let me know.
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« Reply #8003 on: December 19, 2016, 01:07:41 PM »
It must be you and Thai food. I've never been there and didn't like what I got.

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Re: Los Angeles Master Thread
« Reply #8004 on: December 19, 2016, 01:09:49 PM »
Mini TR.

The food:

Amazing list:
-Shiloh's: Lamb & Truffle Open Ravioli (Slow lamb comfit (32 Hours) in a herb printed ravioli with mushroom)

Great list:
-Cafe Eilat: Portabella mushroom panini
-Magic Castle Dinner catered by Schwartz: Rib Eye
-Fish Grill: Grilled Salmon Sandwich
-Shiloh's: Kansas BBQ Short Ribs 18oz (Deliciously juicy, cooked on low temperature for 36 hours) these are their baby back ribs
-La Gandola: Avocado Egg rolls
-Jeff's: Wild Western Burger

Very good:
-Shiloh's: Tarte Flambé (Thin sliced beef bacon, parve crème Fraiche, and grilled onions On thin crust lavazza bread.)
-Fish Grill: Angel Hair Pasta Salmon
-La gandola: Mushroom Onion Burger
Jeff's: French Dip
Schnitzly: Chicken fingers

Good:
-Ditmas: Flat Iron Steak
-Jeff's: BBQ Beef Sandwich
-Cafe Elite: Breakfast Burrito

OK:
-Ditmas: Tony Fries
-Ditmas: Monkey Bread (Rhodes dough cinnamon roles are probably better)

Skip:
-Shiloh's: Wild Mushroom Egg Rolls
-Ditmas: Rib eye
-Jeff's: Pastrami Sandwich
-La Gandola: Chicken Fingers
--Magic Castle Dinner catered by Schwartz: Pasta
-Beverly Hills Thai: Didn't like anything we ordered likely just don't like Thai food or it was a very very off night.

The hotels:
Intercontinental was a great location during the week, just 6 minutes from Pico and  they stacked multiple award nights no problem, so at around $165/night it is a truly great value.
SLS was a very weird room in the signature suite, their service is simply incredible, they gave us a room for an extra night for free as long as our baby wanted to sleep before our flight, and without us asking they went out and bought us board games for shabbos.

If anyone wants more details added let me know.
Nice tr
Sounds like you ate and slept most of your trip. Sounds just about right. perfect.
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« Reply #8005 on: December 19, 2016, 01:16:32 PM »
It must be you and Thai food. I've never been there and didn't like what I got.
That's what I assumed.

Nice tr
Sounds like you ate and slept most of your trip. Sounds just about right. perfect.
Thanks.

Actually kid had a high fever most of the trip :-/
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« Reply #8006 on: December 19, 2016, 03:04:21 PM »
That's what I assumed.
Thanks.


the drinks, the appetizers, and the side dishes at Ditmas are better than their entrees, imo. Did you have any sides/appetizers other than their fries?
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« Reply #8007 on: December 19, 2016, 03:04:45 PM »
Happy to hear stacking nights at Intercontinental worked! Personally I think it's one of best values in LA.

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the drinks, the appetizers, and the side dishes at Ditmas are better than their entrees, imo. Did you have any sides/appetizers other than their fries?
Had sliders and trafficking, didn't care much for either. Another couple I know went the same week as me and also didn't like it.
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Happy to hear stacking nights at Intercontinental worked! Personally I think it's one of best values in LA.
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« Reply #8010 on: December 21, 2016, 01:52:13 PM »
Is there any parking around the Marriott BH?

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Is there any parking around the Marriott BH?
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« Reply #8012 on: December 21, 2016, 02:02:52 PM »
Happy to hear stacking nights at Intercontinental worked! Personally I think it's one of best values in LA.
can one of you explain stacking award nights at IC? do you mean just using free IHG nights plus/or points-paid nights together for 2 rooms instead of one or something else?

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« Reply #8013 on: December 21, 2016, 03:58:54 PM »
can one of you explain stacking award nights at IC? do you mean just using free IHG nights plus/or points-paid nights together for 2 rooms instead of one or something else?

Making 2 consecutive reservations with free nights from different accounts, and having the hotel combine reservations so you don't need to check out of one room and into another.

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« Reply #8014 on: December 22, 2016, 12:09:56 AM »
Looking for Weekday stay.

What are my options for a oceanview stay with either SPG or Marriot points?

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Looking for Weekday stay.

What are my options for a oceanview stay with either SPG or Marriot points?

le meridian has good ocean view rooms with SPG pts, however they are not right up along the beach. Which LA area are you looking for?
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« Reply #8016 on: December 24, 2016, 10:40:42 PM »
le meridian has good ocean view rooms with SPG pts, however they are not right up along the beach. Which LA area are you looking for?
Anywhere where I can get to a shachris minyan no earlier than 9:15-9:30.

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« Reply #8017 on: December 24, 2016, 10:41:42 PM »
Anywhere where I can get to a shachris minyan no earlier than 9:15-9:30.
Bais Bezalel, Bais Yehuda, so Pico Robertson and La brea.

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« Reply #8018 on: December 24, 2016, 10:46:43 PM »
Bais Bezalel, Bais Yehuda, so Pico Robertson and La brea.
Which is the closest to the Le Merdian? How long would it take me to drive there from the LM at the 9am hour?

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Re: Los Angeles Master Thread
« Reply #8019 on: December 24, 2016, 10:49:52 PM »
Which is the closest to the Le Merdian? How long would it take me to drive there from the LM at the 9am hour?
Beis Betzalel is closer. GIYF for driving times.