Dinner close to Home Depot Center?

[vickib]

It will be on a Wednesday night, between 8 and 9 pm, with about 20 tired, hungry adults who'll also want a cocktail or two. Oh, and just to make it more of a challenge, we'd like it to be moderately priced and tasty.
Who are we? High school teachers, administrators, and staff members coming from our school's graduation ceremony.

[Rizza]

Where will you be heading back to? It might help to know what direction you will be going in. How about Buffalo Fire Department in Torrance? It is owned by Michael Shafer who also owns the Depot across the street. Burgers are pretty tasty.

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Depot
1250 Cabrillo Ave, Torrance, CA 90501

Buffalo Fire Department
1261 Cabrillo Ave, Torrance, CA 90501

[vickib]

Everyone lives in different places: Long Beach, Downey, Los Feliz, etc., so traveling too far in any one direction might be a hardship for a portion of the group.
I was hoping someone had an unknown gem close to the Carson Mall.

Those addresses sound like Old Torrance...?
Thanks for the links, I'll look into them.

[wienermobile]

Five Guys Burgers at the Carson Mall.

[Ogawak]

Carson is a bit of a foodie wasteland. I know because I work there. usually I travel to Torrance or Long Beach for better food.

My recs for places to eat would be Back Home Lahaina. My fave is the hawaiian fried chicken with their fried rice. No cocktails

My other go to place is Rosario's for down home Italian. Good for pizzas, sandwiches and pastas. Can't remember whether they served cocktails.

[annapurna7]

I second the Back Home to Lahaina recommendation. I like the Katsu curry plate and their Kalua pork. They usually have live music in the evenings.

[JBC]

To Summarize ~ You're loooking for:

1) As Close as possible to HDC - becuase you'll be tired and hungry.
2) Full Bar is MANDATORY !
3) Tasty.
4) Moderately Priced - Ah here is the stumbling block (at least for me anyways) because it's too vague. If you could put a maximum per person price for food only (booze excluded) and whether your budget included tax & tip or not; you'd get more useful (IMHO) suggestions.

[SilverlakePhil]

I agree with ogawak , Carson has no decent places to eat. Sadly, the only Restaurant that fits your criteria but not in the food dept, is Chili's Grill & Bar at the South Bay Pavilion formerly known as the Carson Mall.

[SilverlakePhil]

The Doubletree Hotel (literally right off the 405) in Carson has a Lounge and Restaurant. Can't vouch for the place since I've never been there. You can check out the menus from this link:

http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/d...

[Funwithfood]

Has anyone been to the Fried Chicken place just off the freeway on the way to the Home Depot Center? (don't remember the name--drove by quickly)

[mpken]

Maybe Paradise is close enough. Full bar with a serviceable Asian fusion menu. They also have steaks, pastas, and burgers for the less adventurous.

For better food with a full bar, you'll have to hump it to Torrance

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Paradise Restaurants
889 W 190th St, Gardena, CA 90248

[vickib]

Oh, yes, I've seen it from the freeway. Thanks. That may do the trick.