Steaks Restaurants
1141 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266
A gourmet restaurant with linen-bedecked tables, cream-colored walls and a genteel atmosphere, Avenue is the kind of eatery with no dollar signs or decimal points on the...
1351 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
A full-service restaurant and bar with a legendary name, this outpost of Barney’s Beanery is not graced by the lingering echoes of Jim Morrison urinating on the bar,...
939 Broxton Ave., Westwood, CA, 90024
BJ's serves deep-dish Chicago-style pizza pies. Not a pizza freak? Not to worry. BJ's also serves ribs, steaks, burgers, sandwiches, salads and pastas. Of course you can wash...
8720 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA, 90069
Acclaimed restaurateur Laurent Tourondel brings his popular NYC French bistro/American steakhouse to the Sunset Strip. The concept has come to life in the iconic former Le...
1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA, 90254
Besieged as it is by hoards of sparkling tan women and tall men with brilliant white teeth, the bar, restaurant and dance-club known as Blue 32 clearly houses something...
101 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
The third in recent chain of exceedingly clean, modern and elegantly furnished restaurants, Boa serves the spoils of surf and turf at prices guaranteed to keep the hoi...
3505 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266
With bamboo thatch on the ceiling, Polynesian tiki masks on the walls and lights made from real puffer fish hanging above the fine leather booths, Bora Bora brings a little...
1457 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Broadway Deli bills itself as a “farmers market restaurant,” and with a semi-autonomous wine shop, a point-and-pick deli counter, a coffee-and-juice station and...
1615 Cabrillo Ave., Torrance, CA, 90501
A downtown Torrance favorite for over a decade, By Brazil knows how to do happy hour right. From 5-7 p.m. every weeknight, the Caipirinha flows freely here. But...
64 W Union St., Pasadena, CA, 91103
The open-air patio at Café Santorini is high on romance; on the second floor of Bonham Alley’s historic brick building, you’re thrust well above the...
3932 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90029
Nestled behind a sneaker store and a flower shop at the hub of Sunset Junction, this cozy French bistro can’t be seen from Sunset Blvd. Strings of soft lights hanging...
1600 N Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90028
Pricey comfort food and the decadent décor are the big draws at Citizen Smith. Designer Thomas Schoos (Table 8, Koi) went with a dark, gothic-glam look for the...
3626 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90026
Quick: If you don't have a famous chef or a spectacular dining room, what's the most important factor in launching a new restaurant? Location, location, location. The new...
1334 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA, 90254
Once the rugged, live music-oriented annex to the Brit-themed Bestie’s, the Cruz Room is now the shadowy, DJ-oriented annex to the departed pub’s still-British...
1760 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
The place looks pretty much the same as it did in the ’60s and ’70s, and that’s the point. As a favorite with area hipsters who come for its unpretentious...