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What are your teenagers into? If they are into the cool, hip LA thing, then there are a lot of fun spots to check out. My teenagers love eating at Swingers and Cafe 101. In fact, my college-aged son and his cohorts drive in from Claremont (45 minutes away) to eat at Cafe 101, because it is open late and is very cool in an anti-cool way. (It was featured in the movie SWINGERS.) They often spot indie artists eating there, and they love the milkshakes. It is kind of north of Hollywood and west of downtown--so you might find yourself near it as you do tourist things. Silver Lake is full of similar venues and similar people (they could check out the Elliot Smith wall and eat at Millies or the Brite Spot.) If however they are into celebrity/star-gazing, others here on Chowhound have covered that.
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choctastic
Jan 31, 2010 07:36 AM
Sprinkles, haha. Actually, I would take them here for dessert.
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wienermobile
Jan 30, 2010 12:04 PM
Not far from Beverly Hills is LA's original Farmers Market on 3rd and Fairfax, wtih really good moderately priced food. It has something for everyone from tacos at Loteria to Brazilian bbq to gumbo at The Gumbo Pot. Everyone can get something different. A real taste of LA.
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wienermobile
Jan 30, 2010 02:21 PM
Yes dinner. The LA Farmers Market is open till 9 PM Monday-Friday, till 8 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday. There is plenty of seating all around the market including covered areas if it rains. You can all get food from different restaurants and then all join each other in the many seating areas. It's always a lively place and great for people watching and good food. Also next door is the Grove shopping center.
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re: rochelle
mollyomormon
Jan 30, 2010 06:07 PM
The LA Farmer's Market is a permanent market that's more restaurants and little shops than produce vendors.
If your teens are into celebrity spotting, the Newsroom Cafe across from the Ivy on Robertson at lunch would be a good place.
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Servorg
Jan 30, 2010 10:07 AM
B/L&D? How many meals? Up / Moderate / Down Scale? Ethnic okay? Car? Willing to drive out of B Hills? How far / time will you drive? Finally: Picky teen eaters or budding Chowhounds?
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Servorg
Jan 30, 2010 11:26 AM
There are some excellent Persian and Lebanese food choices not so very far from Beverly Hills. Shamshiri Grill on Westwood Blvd. would be a good place for delicious and reasonably priced food as would AlCazar Express on Wilshire Blvd. also be a good choice http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/683784 from what you describe.
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re: rochelle
Every teen I know loves Nate 'n Als. La Scala is also a pretty good choice as is Piccolo Paradiso on South Beverly Drive. Your teens may get lucky and see a celebrity at Nate 'n Als. Was there the other day and Gwen Stefani was there with her family. Lots of Paparazzi outside.
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re: sparkareno
Larry King is there for breakfast. Nate N'Al's is best for breakfast or lunch. Food tends to be a little too heavy for dinner. However, one can order breakfast or lunch for dinner. Word to the wise, if you don't want an enormous portion of smoked fish or chopped liver, order the appetizer size. (on the menu under appetizers).
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re: rochelle
If you go to La Scala, make sure at least one of you orders their famous and awesome chopped salad. It's enough for a full meal for one, or you could all share it together as an app. Otherwise although La Scala has a sort of comfy homey old-school Italian vibe, it's not particularly a great restaurant. But if you're staying within walking distance and want to hit something in that stretch, it's not bad.
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