South Bay ~ CA 

Westwood ~ CA 

Venice ~ CA 

Universal Studios ~ California

1705 W. Pico Blvd. ~ Los Angeles, CA 90015 ~ 213-386-9422 (TACO Map)

At Crustacean, koi swim beneath your feet under a clear floor. Katsuya is framed by stone blocks spitting flames into the air before its Phillipe Starck-designed interior opens to you. La Boeheme carries a multi-armed Hindu statue among its ornate romantic setting. We’d much rather sit at Restaurante Flor Blanca #3, where we often have to inquire, “estan abierto hoy?”

Not that the lackluster facade doesn’t hide incredible treasures for the palatte and peepers. Just about every savory dish is imbued with the love of a home-cooked Salvadoran meal. The artwork is colorful and reverant, such as the plush beach towel that depicts women making pupusas on the wall.

Diving into a plate of fried yucca with the gorgeous Simone Shah, her current state of unemployment the subject of that day’s LA Times California page cover story (those photos did not do her justice, she’s wickedly hot), the love imbued in each bite spread throughout our bodies, signaling our brains to not stop eating until we needed to be rolled out, Violet Beauregarde-stylee. Don’t miss the yucca, its crunchy texture reminds me of honey-comb the way they crumble apart with a buttery tuber taste, they are like a million tiny pieces of fried stringy veggie stuck together with oil…

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Hermosa Beach ~ CA

Hollywood Forever Cemetary ~ 6000 Santa Monica Blvd @ Gordon St. ~ Hollywood, CA 90038

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Venice Beach ~ California

Hollywood ~ CA