The 5 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles

1. Scarpetta Beverly Hills

Dine indoors or out, al fresco-style overlooking the Beverly Canon Gardens at Scarpetta, arguably the best restaurant in Los Angeles. The restaurant combines the excitement of fabulous food with a tres chic atmosphere that attracts the rich and famous of LA. The menu varies depending on the season and available of the very best ingredients. Past lunch offerings include black truffles, charred radicchio, soft shell crab sandwich, raw yellowtail, and aged beef burgers. Indulge at dinner on meals such as duck and foie gras ravioli in a marsala reduction, roasted pink snapper, and freshly-made fusilli in a saffron seafood broth with broccoli rabe and tomato. A meal at Scarpetta will set you back a small fortune, but what's money for if not to experience such greatness, dahling?

2. Tito's Tacos

The influx of Mexican culture in southern California is undeniable, and fortunately, this means a great deal of delectable food prepared from tried and true recipes formulated back in the old country. Tito's Tacos offers a taste of Mexico with its tacos, tamales, enchiladas, tostadas, burritos, chili, rice, salsa, and guacamole. This reasonably-priced restaurant is one of the best lunch and dinner restaurants in Los Angeles.

3. Kiroki Sushi

If southern California is the closest you'll get to Japan, then an authentic Japanese meal from Kiroki is in order. The (priceless) menu offers over two dozen kinds of sushi and sashimi, and over a dozen types of rolls. Enjoy miso soups, white fish Carpaccio, fried gobo, hot egg custard with sea urchin and scallops, cucumber sunomono salad with grilled fresh water eel, and Japanese vegetable plates. You really can't go wrong with your order; each dish is its own photogenic piece of art. Pair your Japanese cuisine with hot or cold sake, or some of California's best wines.

4. Phillipe The Original

A dropped sandwich incident led to the invention of the French-dipped sandwich at Phillipe The Original, and you can still get one of those savory 'accidents' today. Choose ham, beef, turkey, lamb, or pork and then specify your level of dip to the meat carver – none, single, or double-dipped. Sandwiches are served on crusty French rolls and topped with Phillipe's own spicy mustard upon request. Enjoy your sandwich with a soft drink, ice-cold beer, or tea. These one of a kind sandwiches make Phillipe The Original one of the best restaurants in Los Angeles.

5. M Cafe

Everything on the menu at the M Cafe is prepared from fresh, in-season whole foods without refined sugars, poultry, red meat, dairy, and eggs. It's one of the best progressive restaurants in Los Angeles with this macrobiotic cooking approach. A sample of the breakfast menu includes a breakfast enchilada, filled with tempeh bacon, organic scrambled tofu, soy mozzarella, chili beans, and avocado. Try a veggie burger with fresh toppings on freshly-made buns and wraps with sweet potato fries at lunch and indulge in a tofu salad or six different varieties of vegetarian sushi.

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