55213 Mon Jul 28 08:44:30 -0700 2003 12 2 Los Angeles Area 0 285720 TIA!! Mon Jul 28 08:44:30 -0700 2003 0 tommy 1 285722 what day of the week? Mon Jul 28 09:49:18 -0700 2003 285720 0 Filmfreaketta 2 285738 I'll be in town from Sunday to Saturday Mon Jul 28 12:28:00 -0700 2003 285722 0 tommy 3 287552 In Laguna Beach...consistently best breakfast and best view (oceanside on the patio) is C'est La Vie, on PCH near Forest Tue Aug 19 01:09:27 -0700 2003 285738 0 crazy canuck 1 285741 Las Brisas in Laguna Beach. Mon Jul 28 12:58:35 -0700 2003 285720 0 RVD 1 285743 In BH itself, I like breakfast at Il Forniao (301 N Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA, (310) 550-8330). Their pancakes are good, and I really like the fried eggs with pesto, salmon and goat cheese. Baked goods are also pretty good, and the espresso-based coffee drinks in the restaurant (but oddly, not at the take out counter) are generally excellent. John O'Groats (10516 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064, (310) 204-0692) is another decent breakfast place that's not too far away from BH. I like their biscuits, and their steel cut oatmeal's pretty good too. Mon Jul 28 13:17:57 -0700 2003 285720 0 David Kahn 1 285760 I like the Farm in Beverly Hills. Mon Jul 28 14:42:58 -0700 2003 285720 0 Hannah 1 285767 Laguna - Cafe Zinc, Madison Gardens, the Cottage, Surf & Sand Hotel, Montage Resort, Mexican restaurant on ocean side in S. Laguna - I'm spacing on the name... Lots of choices. Mon Jul 28 15:33:06 -0700 2003 285720 0 torta basilica 2 285785 The Mexican place open for breakfast is called the Coyote Grill, close quarters and rugged. Mon Jul 28 18:44:04 -0700 2003 285767 0 kc girl 1 285777 Re Beverly Hills, the previously recommended Il Fornaio, Farm, and John O'Groats ("Beverly Hills-adjacent" as we like to say in West LA, and a personal favorite) are all very fine, but as a visitor (and subject to budget) try not to miss one or more of these definitive "Beverly Hills" experiences for breakfast: (1) one of the big expensive hotels--Beverly Hills, Four Seasons, Beverly Wilshire, Peninsula--to feel absolutely decadent; (2) Nate-n-Al's--for a taste of the "old" Beverly Hills; (3) Barney Greengrass--crawling with agents and other people who all look like someone you've seen before, but (contrary to the usual inverse relationship between "industry" popularity and food quality) the food is generally excellent here, albeit overpriced, sometimes wildly overpriced. Another place for excellent breakfast, just outside the BH city limits, is Clementine, about which there are reams of comment on the LA board. And lots of people really like Le Pain Quotidien, although (like Il Fornaio) it is a non-local mini-chain, which may or may not count against it for your purposes. Gee, now it's time to talk about lunch! Mon Jul 28 17:22:02 -0700 2003 285720 0 PayOrPlay 2 285842 Where is Barney Greengrass? Tue Jul 29 15:21:05 -0700 2003 285777 0 tom 2 285851 Barney Greengrass is on the top (5th) floor of Barneys, the department store at 9570 Wilshire Blvd. It has a pretty side patio with a view of the Hollywood Hills, if you can get seated there. It is nothing like the New York Barney Greengrass, except for the great smoked fish. Tue Jul 29 16:06:33 -0700 2003 285777 0 PayOrPlay 1 285848 Airstream Diner, on Little Santa Monica and North Camden Drive, in Beverly Hills. They're actually open all day. Indoor and outdoor seating. I used to go there for lunch when I worked in the area, but definitely remember seeing breakfast foods on the menu. Tue Jul 29 16:00:51 -0700 2003 285720 0 jacinthe