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310-274-0101;
www.natenal.com
;
414 N Beverly Dr; dishes $6.50-13;
7am-9pm; )
Dapper seniors, chatty girlfriends, busy execs and even Larry King have kept this New
York-style nosh spot busy since 1945. The huge menu brims with corned beef, lox and
other old-school favorites, but we're partial to the pastrami, made fresh on-site.
Picca
SOUTH AMERICAN
Start with a crispy chicken tail, move onto a skirt steak topped with a fried egg and served
with fried bananas and chickpeas and finish with a vanilla-bean pisco flan. Or better yet,
dive deep and wide into the spectacular raw bar - filled with a variety of ceviche, sashimi
and other succulent seafood concoctions.
Bouchon
FRENCH
11:30am-9pm Mon, to 10:30pm Tue-Fri, 11am-10:30pm Sat, to 9pm Sun; )
Quiche and salad, oysters on the half-shell or mussels steamed opened in white-wine
sauce, steak frittes or roast leg of lamb with artichoke, Thomas Keller's Bouchon empire
brings you classic French bistro cuisine in classy, but not stuffy environs. You can taste the
goods at a discount at
Bar Bouchon
downstairs.
Ivy
CALIFORNIAN
310-274-8303;
www.theivyrestaurants.com
; 113 N Robertson Blvd; mains
$22-97; 8am-11pm)
With a long history of celebrity power-lunches, this is where Southern comfort food (like
fried chicken and crab cakes) have been elevated to haute cuisine. Service is refined and
impeccable, and paparazzi etiquette (among one another and their prey) is a fluid, dynamic
beast.
Malibu
Café Habana
MEXICAN, CUBAN
