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Fatburger is almost as cheap as the incredible IN-N-OUT Burger with more of a diner feel and no Bible verses

Charcoal - when you want upscale - new but gaining fans - 6372 W Sunset Boulevard, LA, CA 90028

The Oinkster - worth the drive to Eagle Rock - you don't really need a reason to visit ER, just do it before it gets too trendy.

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Old fashioned cafe with minimal decor that looks like a cinema set for a b-grade movie. Even the cashier is behind a wired cage! Be warned - no credit cards.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9179 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9173 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9173 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9161 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9161 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9109 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9109 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3795 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3795 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2669
Great food, dozens of different open-air restaurants. Argentinian, Middle Eastern, incredible Mexican, Creole, Chinese, French, diners, bars, everything.

You can also buy truly hideous souvenirs here, snow globes with palm trees, bare-breasted salt and pepper shakers, kittens made of rabbit fur (eeek!) deeply un-chic, and perfect gifts for your boss.

It's next to the newer open-air shopping mall called "The Grove", as in Coconut, I expect, not Notting Hill. There you can find a big department store and tons of Gap, Crate and Barrel, Anthropologie type shops.

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and there's a lady from Oaxaca who has a cart (the one under the blue umbrella, usually) on Echo Park Boulevard just south of Sunset Blvd., between Sunset and Echo Park Lake, Wednesdays thru Saturdays from noon until 5:30--she's illegal (so no links here) and delicious!

Traditional blue corn quesadillas with huitlacoche (an earthy black fungus paste that grows on ears of corn), squash blossoms, and other wonderful things to put in, pickled cactus to put on top--$3! Sometimes she doesn't show because she's afraid of the policia, but she's worth taking your chances. Yum.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9175