While you can eat the best of any international cuisine you fancy here, the real challenge is to go beyond the exotic temptations and explore what 'modern American cuisine' means.
Perry Street
A sleek, contemporary, understated restaurant, with 15 or so carefully edited "plates", accompanied by (very grown-up) house-made sodas or thoughtful wine options ... more
The Little Owl
Joey Campanaro's food is good and the service is warm and personal, helped by the tiny space and close seating. But it's the windows that make you fall in love ... more
Balthazar
Devotees come here for the attention to Francophile detail, the weekend breakfasts and the dinner comfort of a great steak with frites or a bowl of French onion soup ... more
CITY LIT: LOS ANGELES: Noir fiction casts a long shadow ... 
