79678 Wed Mar 15 13:44:07 -0800 2006 18 2 Los Angeles Area 0 440250 I've been to Palms Thai with uber-fab Thai Elvis and am looking for something else that is similarly fun, unusual or quirky. Any suggestions? Wed Mar 15 13:44:07 -0800 2006 0 Nina 1 440292 Quirky? Lowenbrau Keller Wed Mar 15 15:41:53 -0800 2006 440250 0 Adsvino 1 440328 Bahooka in Rosemead. Wed Mar 15 17:02:07 -0800 2006 440250 0 martyR 2 440380 I should also mention Columbo's in Eagle Rock. The entertainment can be "interesting" Wed Mar 15 18:55:18 -0800 2006 440328 0 martyR 2 440434 i dunno. bahookas is dark, dingy and not so fresh smelling. the food was utterly forgettable. Wed Mar 15 20:24:44 -0800 2006 440328 0 wilafur 1 440353 Medieval Times? Link: http://www.medievaltimes.com/2006/cahomepage.htm Wed Mar 15 17:37:28 -0800 2006 440250 0 ipse dixit 2 440429 YEAH! Medieval Times rules! As long as enormous quantities of mead have been consumed, both before and during. I still have my Medieval Times hat hanging on a hook in my house, and I often wear it when I'm feeling saucy. Just make sure you don't look too closely at the food they serve. Wed Mar 15 20:17:44 -0800 2006 440353 0 Bob 3 440439 Medieval Times is only to be done when your young teenaged daughter insists on taking a couple of her friends there to celebrate her birthday, and you can't talk her out of it. Food is beyond bad; the only truly undrinkable beer I can remember. Wed Mar 15 20:45:48 -0800 2006 440429 0 LBQT 1 440358 Try Langer's. A great Pastrami and cream soda. Just look out the window at the show in the park across the street and watch for what the police look for on the video cameras. Lunch only because they lock up the doors at 4:00pm. I love L.A. Langer's (Pastrami – request “hand cut.”) 704 S Alvarado St (Red Line at MacArthur Park) Los Angeles, CA 90057-4020 (213) 483-8050 Wed Mar 15 17:45:41 -0800 2006 440250 0 Like-Go-Eat? 1 440361 Wat Thai on Songkran: the only religious holiday celebration I know that includes water-fights, and the food's good! Sushi Nozawa, but only if you're seated close enough to hear someone (not in your party) ask for a "Spicy California Roll" So. Cal's answer to the Soup Nazi and Edsel Ford Fong (the waiter, not the concession stand named after him)! Any place discussed on Eddie Lin's "Deep End Dining". Bugs. Guts. Bug guts. Live Octopus. All for your dining pleasure. r gould-saltman Link: http://deependdining.blogspot.com/ Wed Mar 15 18:04:34 -0800 2006 440250 0 Silverlake Bodhisattva 2 440481 Edsel Ford Fong! That's a blast from the past. Chow fun in the dumb waiter. I haven't thought of him in years. Thanks. Thu Mar 16 02:09:05 -0800 2006 440361 0 Christine 3 441168 San Franciscans, however, have such a nostalgia for him that, as I noted in passing, someone has opened a concession restaurant at the ballpark named after him. Who will raise such a monument to Nozawa, or to the guy who ran "The Bucket" (maybe still does, for all I know...) Speaking of which, who ARE Los Angeles' "dining characters"? rfgs Sun Mar 19 12:49:52 -0800 2006 440481 0 Silverlake Bodhisattva 1 440379 El Chavo in Hollywood has a shrine to Dolly Partin and an ancient Mexican guy singing and playing the guitar. The Dresden Room always makes for a bizarre experience when Marty and Elayne are playing (nightly after 9PM). Link: http://colleencuisine.blogspot.com/ Wed Mar 15 18:50:11 -0800 2006 440250 0 Colleen 2 440407 DRESDEN ROOM is a bullseye for the oddball/freak show department. You can eat there, too, but the food's a little scary. Dresden Room Restaurant (323) 665-4294 1760 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 Wed Mar 15 19:35:49 -0800 2006 440379 0 rabo encendido 1 440412 I second the Bahooka in Rosemead. The fish in the aquarium are so old, you can hear them wheezing as they swim slowly in their algae covered tanks. Wed Mar 15 19:49:20 -0800 2006 440250 0 FredEats 1 440483 Dinner at the Magic Castle? I find that place very freakish. Thu Mar 16 02:13:56 -0800 2006 440250 0 Christine 2 441182 How do you get tickets? Sun Mar 19 15:05:28 -0800 2006 440483 0 lil mikey 1 440592 i've got to throw my hat(with sequins!) into the Dresden ring. Have a couple (make that three) large cocktails and ask Marty and Elayne to do "Light My Fire" or......"Muskrat Love." Really. But don't do it sober. Thu Mar 16 15:14:47 -0800 2006 440250 0 Elaine 1 440598 Tokyo Delves Sushi on lankershim in North Hollywood for good sushi, chaos, and sake bombs! Thu Mar 16 15:37:00 -0800 2006 440250 0 SteveInSoCal