Beverly Hills Area Dining

taco bell on robertson blvd.

 

Well, you have to do In-n-Out burger, just to see if it lives up to the hype.

 

All right, smarty-pants... what type of food do you prefer?

So far, the best I've seen is Porterhouse Bistro.


http://www.porterhousebistro.com/

 

Check out that bistro website. They have a Prix-Fixe menu of four courses and two cocktails for $34.50. Damn cheap for Beverly Hills.

Entrees are:

12 oz Rib Eye Steak-Included: One side dish
(Cajun spices optional on the Rib Eye Steak, please let your server know)
Grilled Swordfish Entre
Rack of Lamb Entre
Pan Seared Whitefish Entre
Grilled Chicken Entre
Southern Fried Chicken Entre
Lobster & Vegetable Pastina Entre
Vegetarian Plate of the Day


I'd hit it.

 

Or try this, if you prefer italian:

http://www.ladolcevitabeverlyhills.com/

Apparently, a 40 yr. old institution.

Or, for Indian:

http://gateofindiala.com/

 

http://www.mrchow.com/beverlyhills.html


if you can afford it...

 

Ted has owned and run "ted's of beverly hills steakhouse" ("come and put our meat in your mouth"), at the corner of 5th and main in beverly hills, for the last 30 years, after inheriting it from his father, dick bell.

He is known for his many innovations including the baked potato wrapped in tin foil, the related baked potato christmas tree, the "Ted" (captain morgan's and coke), the steak sandwich and the gorgonzola and garlic salad. He also introduced the serrated knife to the steak world, was the first to put lemon juice on shrimp cocktail and was the first to use two salad forks in the place settings. When you go there, don't piss Ted off or he'll slap your wife on the ass.

Go to Ted's. He want's to put his meat in your mouth.

 

FYI...I did stop by In N Out again while I was in LA for the Rose Bowl last week. It was a little better since I was drunk, but still no Whataburger.

 

http://natenal.com/index.html

get the corn beef, pastrami, swiss cheese, cole slaw and russian dressing on rye

 

DAMN! Beat me to it!

Definitely do Nate -n- Al's. Best deli in Beverly Hills, one of the top 3 in all of Los Angeles.

 

You can wait in line at Pink's, which will take 3 hours so it shouldn't be too fast

 

Here are my recommendations:

Sushi:
Matsuhisa.

Italian Food / Wine:
Valentino (Santa Monica)

Steak:
Lawry's Prime Rib

French (affordable):
Cafe Bizou (Sherman Oaks, Pasadena) - Often voted as people's favorite restaurant in various reader polls.

Thai Food:
Sanamluang Cafe (Hollywood) - It is located in a minimall and looks a bit run down. But most of my Thai friends swears it is their favorite Thai restaurant.

 

I've eaten at La Dolce Vita. You'll love it!

 

My friend has a taco stand in the farmer's market. It's called Loteria Grill. That's a little ways away between there and hollywood.

Here's the citysearch on it :

http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/11398449

google beverly hills + lunch gave me this

http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/bestof/LA_bestpowerlunch.html

here's a top ten from that site

http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/bestof/LA_top10foodrating.html

 

La Dolce Vita is great. It is ashamed that you don't have time to move just a bit out of Beverly hills because there is the best Italian food I have ever had in my life in Glendale near Pasadena. Everything from the appetizer, to the entree to the dessert is just excellent. Nothing is low quality. The prices are pretty reasonable, and the atmosphere is kind of a catch all. You would fit in wearing business casual, or or shorts and anything a notch above a t-shirt.

If you get any time check it out. It is called Far Niente.

Also a bit of ways from Beverly Hills in Malibu there are the famous places but one that I like as much if not more is Paradise Cove Malibu Beach Cafe.