Discover delicious bites and incredible stories...
Where can you enjoy an enormous loaded potato and live jazz? Where can you find L.A.’s only floating restaurant for a bowl of chowder? Where can you eat in a historic street car where Hollywood legends and mobsters once dined?
Whether you’re just visiting or have lived in Los Angeles your entire life, in Unique Eats and Eateries of Los Angeles, you’ll learn the surprising stories and fascinating people behind these and many more one-of-a-kind eateries. From historic delis, diners, and food halls to experimental innovators, multigenerational immigrant-founded businesses, and mission-driven restaurants that help improve people's lives, this book dives deep into the places that make Los Angeles special.
Danny Jensen has spent 16 years writing about the incredible food and people of Los Angeles. He’s also the author of LA Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Los Angeles’s Hidden Treasures; Secret Los Angeles: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure; and 100 Things to Do in L.A. Before You Die.
His writing and photography has appeared in Yahoo, Culinary Backstreets, Time Out, Thrillist, PBS, and elsewhere.
Danny's other books, LA Scavenger, Secret Los Angeles, and 100 Things to Do in LA Before You Die, offer locals and visitors an entertaining and insightful guide to L.A.’s under-the-radar destinations, strange stories, and hidden histories.
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