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I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks. — Joe E. Lewis
Mako Sushi
503 East Live Oak Ave. (at Lenore Ave.), Arcadia 91006
(626) 447-6150
$30-$40 per person
Lunch: 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Dinner: 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Bottom Line: What a find — affordable sushi that takes [...]

Señor Fish
618 Mission Street, South Pasadena 91030
Locations in Eagle Rock (Señor Fresh), Alhambra, and Downtown
(626) 403-0145
Under $10 per person

Daily 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Bottom Line: If you’re jones’n for fish tacos, there is no other choice.

“Always fresh, never fishy,� is a mantra more commonly associated with your favorite sushi joint than your corner taco [...]

It takes a lot to cook an egg. You have to understand the egg in order to cook an egg, especially if it’s one you want to eat.
– Marco Pierre White
For the past three months or so, I have been searching all over the area for the eggs you only read about in books. You [...]

Piccolo Ristorante
5 Dudley Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 314-3222
$20-$50 per person
Bottom Line: Go, quickly, before it becomes any more popular.
This morning, as I was enjoying my morning cup of joe courtesy of the Coffee Klatch, I flipped over to KTLA’s morning show to find Gayle Anderson showing off La Botte, Stefano de Lorenzo’s new restaurant in Santa [...]

Babita Mexicuisine
1823 S. San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel 91776
(626) 288-7265
$20-$50 per person
Lunch: Tu-F 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Dinner: Su, Tu-Th 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm; F-Sa 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Bottom Line: Think good Mexican food is all tacos from the side of a truck? Think again. And again. And again.
On a slow night at [...]