651895 Sat Sep 12 14:48:25 -0700 2009 10 2 Los Angeles Area 0 5025092 Specifically, i'm looking for a recommendation for dinner tonight. I've got basically one shot at dinner while she's gone, and i want to make it a good one. She's a vegetarian, so our eating out choices are limited. I'm willing to spend up to 100 dollars for this meal. Any recommendations? Sat Sep 12 14:48:26 -0700 2009 1108885 impoverishedfoodie 1 5025094 Well, if you're looking to get a meat fix, go to Fogo de Chao off of Beverly Blvd in LA (on restaurant row). Sat Sep 12 14:50:00 -0700 2009 5025092 89472 DrBruin 1 5025109 . Sat Sep 12 14:57:17 -0700 2009 5025092 1108885 impoverishedfoodie 2 5025116 Go directly to Animal. Do not pass go. Get 3 appetizers (pork belly sliders being one of them if on the menu). Go home happy. (one review here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/620960 ) Sat Sep 12 15:01:01 -0700 2009 5025109 108169 Servorg 3 5025189 though i've never been to Animal, due to the fact i am not a pork person, I would say this recommendation is simply perfection. Sat Sep 12 15:32:42 -0700 2009 5025116 236685 organic snob 4 5025195 Animal all the way. Sat Sep 12 15:35:37 -0700 2009 5025189 60617 rednyellow 5 5025802 yesyesyesyesyes!!! --Dommy! Sat Sep 12 22:56:01 -0700 2009 5025195 10659 Dommy 1 5025168 I got this idea from DrBruin's recommendation-perhaps you could get some dining companions and head to Koreatown for some all you can eat (AYCE) Korean BBQ. Those places are definately not vegetarian friendly and is cheaper than Fogo de Chao (I've never been so I can't say that concretely!). Since money isn't an issue in your case, perhaps you can even go to place that has higher quality meat that isn't AYCE (like Park's BBQ which is highly recommended by other CHers). Sat Sep 12 15:24:18 -0700 2009 5025092 66937 crystaw 2 5025188 I dunno, KBBQ is so..ordinary. I'm looking for a foodie sort of meal, something where i can try a bunch of things and really experience something new and different. Sat Sep 12 15:32:11 -0700 2009 5025168 1108885 impoverishedfoodie 3 5025281 Go to Breed Street in East LA. Breed & Cesaer Chavez. In the parking lot behind B of A. Great hand made mexican street food. Goat, Barbacoa, Al Pastor, asada. Quesadillas D.F. style, hand made hurraches, fresh churros, jamaica, horchata, mariscos and the list goes on. If you spend more than $12-15 your are more of a pig than I am.....LOL Sat Sep 12 16:22:51 -0700 2009 5025188 11279 Burger Boy 1 5025206 if you would be willing to consider a mom and pop (read: not upscale) place that serves absolutely terrific mexican seafood (in the style of nayarit and sinaloa), then you must go to MARISCOS CHENTE in mar vista. there are tons of threads about this place on this board. if you can control your consumption of the chips/rice/tortillas you will be able to consume much more fish/shellfish. Sat Sep 12 15:39:26 -0700 2009 5025092 11935 westsidegal