Recommendation for inexpensive but good dinner for 8 in West LA on a Monday night
Normally we would go to garlic chicken at Versailles on Venice Blvd., but I'm trying to think of something different. Not expensive, casual, fun, delicious food, not too noisy. All suggestions welcome!
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re: Servorg
Seconded (thirded?) ... and there's a $20 for $10 coupon on yipit today. Don't know how long these things are available. I love Tara's food - very authentic for that general region.
Thai Boom on the same block is also very good, but a little less atmospheric.
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Thai Boom
10863 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034-
re: aliris
westsidegal
Oct 11, 2011 01:15 PM
fyi re Thai Boom:
they will let you order off of the "lunch specials" part of their menu at any time.
makes getting dinner there amazingly inexpensive. . .-----
Thai Boom
10863 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034-
re: westsidegal
Wow; that's great to know. thanks.
They were *so* helpful a month or so ago when we found ourselves with 2 youngish children arriving back in town, very hungry, very tired, really very, very - dangerously tired (long story) -- I steered us over there, plonked into a table and they fed us in very short order so that we could roll out and get this day behind us. It was the next best thing to having a mother around; very helpful. Very appreciated. And the food is cheap even without that lunch special option and very tasty too. I really appreciate their presence.
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re: aliris
westsidegal
Oct 12, 2011 01:05 PM
i especially like the prik pao they serve.
also, imho, their salads are a cut above those served at most of the other thai restaurants.
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re: aliris
echoparkdirt
Oct 13, 2011 07:54 PM
Tara's was quite yummy. Get the Yak chili! Perfect for a casual, sit-down, adventurous group that likes some atmosphere...
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wienermobile
Oct 11, 2011 07:46 AM
C & O Trattoria in MDR.
http://www.cotrattoria.com/the new Killer Shrimp.
http://www.killershrimp.com/or Wurstkuche Venice
623 Lincoln Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
http://www.wurstkuche.com/venice.html-----
C & O Trattoria
31 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292Killer Shrimp
4211 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292›1 Reply-
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westsidegal
Oct 12, 2011 01:03 PM
fwiw:
if you go to Wurstkuche, expect to be sitting at a communal table and expect that your sausage will be served on a piece of wax paper that is held up by a metal "basket."
also, you will be placing your order at the counter, getting a number, and having your food delivered to you after you find a place to sit.although i find myself eating at wurstkuche pretty regularly, for some gatherings it's just too informal.
by comparison, versailles is much more formal--they use real plates, they take your order, you sit at your own table.
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Servorg
Oct 11, 2011 07:32 AM
If you like Persian food then Shamshiri Grill might hit the spot
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Shamshiri Grill
1712 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024›7 Replies-
re: Servorg
PaulF
Oct 11, 2011 12:47 PM
What do you like at Shamshiri?
I always end up at Shaherzad when I eat Persian in Westwood. Their fried red snapper beckons me sometimes and I must have it. It's a lunch special there and so huge I can't really finish it. So I never get to Shamshiri, but I'm curious.
I also like Tara's recommended below, it's the only Himalayan place I've ever been.
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Shaherzad
1422 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024Shamshiri Restaurant
19249 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324-
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re: Servorg
westsidegal
Oct 11, 2011 01:35 PM
+1 for the ghormeh sabzi
i also really like their rendition of stuffed grape leaves. instead of stuffing the leaves with the traditional white rice/oil combo, they stuff the leaves with a spiced lentil paste that i much prefer.
(my daughter likes their shish kabob made with beef filet.)
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