Damn, they go across the street and the quality takes a dive? Maybe it's just a staffing/training issue. This one sells noodles all day (not just lunch)?
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Damn, they go across the street and the quality takes a dive? Maybe it's just a staffing/training issue. This one sells noodles all day (not just lunch)?
TheKaeptain
Banned
I swear the annex was open last week. I drove by there last monday.
Gordon0Freeman
Member
Yo. So I wanna eat some really good Arabic food. My best friends mom use to cook cabbage and would stuff rice and meat in it and roll it up! Stuff was delish. Any good Arabic restaurants in LA? Or even closer to the riverside area?
NathanMcMahon
Banned
Blipsy Barcade in Korea Town if you like hipstery dive places. I've got a photo essay running tThursday in my paper about that place,
BuggyDClown
Member
Minus the fact that half the machines don't work right, and there's only 12 total yeah it's okay. So disappointed in my visit to that place.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
where specifically? There is a fantastic spot for Lebanese right in Sherman Oaks off the 101 on Woodman called Carnival. Some of the best middle eastern food I've ever had, to be quite honest
NathanMcMahon
Banned
yeah. it's a little too divey right now.
it's not the quality.
their menu isnt the same as regular Tsujita; I believe Tsujita is a tonkotsu style while annex is shoyu.
it's just different.
FYI I just helped open up a new foodstall. Come by and say hi, I'll most likely be there or my friend who happens to be on NeoGAF too.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/04/sticky_rice_grand_opening.php
So how is it? I'm still kinda annoyed they aren't serving their signature tsukemen at Annex.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/04/sticky_rice_grand_opening.php
So how is it? I'm still kinda annoyed they aren't serving their signature tsukemen at Annex.
Gordon0Freeman
Member
Cool thanks ill look into it. I'm in corona right off cajaclo on the 15.
beat
Member
And you guys are in LA Weekly's top 10 Hainanese chicken places. http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/05/hainan_chicken_los_angeles.php?page=2
(I still haven't made it down to Sticky Rice yet.)
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
This is about half a mile from my house. As long as the wind doesn't change it'll stay about a mile away.
The flames are closer to where I was than the photo makes them seem to be. I hate brush fires.
Dude, stay safe.
(btw this is Wendy Drive)
There was an army of fire trucks at Trader Joe's at around 5:30.
There was a controlled burn started up the road (Borchard at Los Vientos) at 6, I got some video of it. It sounds like the burn was successful and it saved that neighborhood. Can't say enough about how great the firefighters are. My house is about 2/3 of a mile east of there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRIHj_3-wBA
There was a controlled burn started up the road (Borchard at Los Vientos) at 6, I got some video of it. It sounds like the burn was successful and it saved that neighborhood. Can't say enough about how great the firefighters are. My house is about 2/3 of a mile east of there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRIHj_3-wBA
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Man so I finally tried Gray Box pizza after driving past the Culver City location for like 3 years. Pretty meh. Is there any good pizza in West LA at all? The only decent place I know of so far is Pitfire.
Yes but the list is bullshit because I know I'm better than most of them. But I'm not bitter, I know the girl who wrote the list and it's all good (it's dat politics yo).
beat
Member
What are your thoughts on 800 Degrees?
And Tomato Pie, maybe? is that Westside?
My pizza desire isn't nearly as ambitious as wanting pizza greatness. I just want a tasty buck-a-slice joint. I guess buck-fifty would be OK. Ideally something where the pizza is ready to go under heatlamps. I guess Whole Foods does that, for $3/slice but it's $3 a slice. Even worse when I go to a 'by the slice' restaurant and they cook the pizza to order, and it's $4+/slice after you actually get some toppings on it.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Yo I can see the smoke clouds from my house.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Yeah, the sky didn't turn orange like in 2007:
But the sky started raining ash. My cat was pissed.
But the sky started raining ash. My cat was pissed.
Illithid Dude
Member
Milo+Olive on Wilshire. Owned by the same people who own Huckleberry, Rustic Canyon, and Sweet Rose Creamery.
And Pizza Hut
ClassyPenguin
Banned
The worst one was in like 2005 or 4. There was ash raining down for a few days. It was nuts.
I am totally coming by to visit when I am in town for E3...
timetokill
Banned
Good luck getting something there. I tried getting an apartment there once, and apartment hunting was impossible. We'd have an appointment to check out a place, then get called on the way there to be told it was just taken.
Anyway, I'm not sure what suggestions you want. You pretty much self-selected like a 9x9 block area already, and the coastal line is pretty much all hotels, so.... ?
StopMakingSense
Member
Seriously. Why the incredibly tiny grid (half of which is heavy commercial)??
Yeah anything you can afford in that area
beat
Member
Santa Monica is more expensive than most of the rest of metro LA, or even most of the western neighborhoods of LA that border Santa Monica. People like living by the ocean.
You won't really know for sure about walkability and liveliness until you arrive here and see for yourself, but if that doesn't work for you, use padmapper.com and walkscore.com. The former even has links to the latter, so you can just click on an eligible apartment and then see its walkscore.
timetokill
Banned
The reason you're told south of Montana is because north of Montana is rich folks homes, so that makes sense.
As far as walkability, it depends how much/often/far you plan on walking. The area you listed is all around the Promenade, which yeah, is nice walking area. But it's also pretty expensive.
Hilariously, they have recently build a ton of really nice income-restricted housing in the area, which means you have to make less than $60k or something, but the rent is also like $2k a month. So they expect you to take all your income and pretty much spend it on living there. No wonder they can't fill up the apartments (which Santa Monica is requiring them to do).
I'd say expand your search eastward in Santa Monica, above the 10, or just south of the 10 while still staying in Santa Monica. There are still a lot of pockets of nice walkability, especially if you're near Wilshire or Santa Monica Blvd. South of the 10 can get a little sketch though, so keep that in mind, even while they are improving that.
Santa Monica has a pretty nice city bus service, but if you want further transportation, I'd suggest looking in Culver City, where the Expo line just opened. This is expanding out to Santa Monica (to I think Colorado and 5th avenue), but it's not scheduled until 2015 or so, and I'm not sure how long you're planning on living in Santa Monica.
Anyway, that's some info. If you're just looking for walkability and not planning on traveling out of your home area too often, you might look at the Miracle Mile (WeHo) area. It sucks in that it's a hassle to get to/from wrt freeways, but there's some nice walking area there. I lived there for a few years and I could walk to the grocery, movies, restaurants, pretty much everything you could want, and did so often. Usually late at night, too.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Tried Milo & Olive last night. Pretty tasty, good sausage and good crust. But... still not really what I'm looking for in the end. I think it's pretty easy to find a place where you pay $20 something for a small gourmet style pizza, all woodburning and expensive ingredients and whatnot. Those kinds of pizzas are awesome, but there's gotta be something good in between that and Pizza Hut. AA pizza, I guess. If I was back in Chicago it would be Giordannos or Lou Malnattis, if I was in St. Louis it would be Imos, dunno what to do in LA.
StopMakingSense
Member
Early 2016. In fact, my wife is doing the art for one of the stations.
timetokill
Banned
Ugh. Such bullshit. Sucks that it takes so damn long.
Cool project for your wife though!
Thanks everyone for the reply, really helpful. I noticed the apartment are much more smaller, and yet more expensive than any other area($2000+ for 350 sf). I will checkout Miracle Mile, not sure if I'll move there though, as my main motive was to live by the ocean, without being too far away from the valley as I have to commute there 2 times a week.
Woot I got props from Jonathan Gold!
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-jonathan-gold-great-tacos,0,6140172.story
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-jonathan-gold-great-tacos,0,6140172.story
TheKaeptain
Banned
Japanese Beer? Tell me more.
ZedIndyLil
Member
Damn, that's pretty big-time. Congratulations!
TheKaeptain
Banned
Where is a good place to get Tsukemen later on at night?
Illithid Dude
Member
Welcome! I live just on the other side of Montana, off of San Vicente, so you are pretty much in my hood. As far as more 'suburban' parts of L.A. goes, Santa Monica is pretty much the best. Clean, attractive, and the wind from the ocean blows most of the marine layer away. As for where to look for an apartment, I'd recommend anyplace between 2nd and 22nd street, though if you are going to look in the single digits I'd recommend something a little closer to Wilshire, so you could walk to downtown Santa Monica and take advantage of all of the amenities DTSM offers.
Oh thanks, say hi next time I'm not around as much anymore but from time to time.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I'm going back home (Fresno) on the 20th. Before I leave I am going to try and visit Spirit House. I want to try those tacos.
JrBaconCheeseburger
Member
Tommy's World Famous Hamburgers on rampart.
I love this place and it always hits the spot.
Many would agree
Chili Cheese
I love this place and it always hits the spot.
Many would agree
Chili Cheese