Anthony Bourdain has 48 hours to eat the best food that LA has to offer. He stays at one of Hollywood's most luxurious and legendary hotels, Chateau Marmont.
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In-N-Out Burger
Anthony Bourdain gets a double-double "animal style" cheeseburger and chocolate shake.
9149 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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LudoTruck
Owned by Chef Ludo Lefebvre from LudoBites restaurant and "Top Chef." Locate the truck by checking Twitter, @ludotruck, or Facebook. LudoTruck only serves chicken. Tony samples chicken balls, biscuits baked with honey and lavender.
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Tony Also Recommends: Kogi Truck
This food truck serves Mexican-style tacos with a Korean culinary twist.
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Tony Also Recommends: Senor Fish
Serves sea bass, mahi-mahi and yellowtail. People come for the fish tacos, lightly battered and deep-fried.
422 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Ham Ji Park
Tony meets friend and owner of Kogi truck, Roy Choi. They start with side dishes. Ham Ji Park is famous for 3 dishes (pork belly, pork spare ribs marinated in spicy pepper paste, and pork stew).
3407 W 6th St, Ste 101-C, Los Angeles, CA 90020
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Tony Also Recommends: Yu Chun
Their house special is cold noodle soup.
3185 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
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Dan Sung Sa
At this old-school, traditional Korean restaurant, Tony drinks some makali (a fermented rice drink), and samples chicken gizzards and spicy octopus.
3317 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
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Tony Also Recommends: The Prince
This laid-back lounge offers one of the best preserved interiors in LA, and serves beer and Korean-style fried chicken.
3198 1/2 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005
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Tony Also Recommends: Philippe the Original
Set up like an old-school cafeteria/diner, Philippe is best known for its "French-dipped" sandwich. The breakfast of choice: cake donuts, along with 10-cent coffee.
1001 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Tony Also Recommends: King Eddy Saloon
This bar starts pouring at 6 a.m. Recommended for beer and whiskey.
131 E 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
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Tacos Villa Corona
Tony has 1 chicken and 1 steak taco. Tacos Villa Corona is a family- run, hole-in-the-wall restaurant, serving tacos and burritos from a closet-sized kitchen. Tony goes back for a second round and gets papas burrito (breakfast burrito).
3185 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039-1805
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Tony Also Recommends: Mexican Fruit Stands
Fresh-cut fruits (whatever they have) are thrown in a bag with salt, chili and lime. $5 of fresh, tasty and pretty-good-for-you food. Locations all over LA.
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Animal
Animal is a carnivore-centric restaurant specializing in all those good bits. Tony sits down with owners Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo. The men have marrow bone, chicken hearts, hamachi tostada, coconut sweetbreads, pig tails and crispy rabbit legs.
435 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Tony Also Recommends: Kokekokko
Yakitori grilled over traditional white charcoal (flown in from Japan) -- chicken livers, heart, thigh, skin and, if you go early, ask about the off-the-menu stuff like the sublime “chicken butt.” It runs out fast. Regulars sit at the counter.
203 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Red Medicine
For late-night, non-traditional Vietnamese, people enjoy this modern take on French and Vietnamese food involving very creative uses of herbs and flowers. Open late until 2 a.m., and very popular with food-service industry types.
8400 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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Jumbo's Clown Room
Jumbo's is a last refuge for the ancient art of burlesque. This ain’t no strip club. Tony, Jon and Vinny (from Animal) sip on beer and tequila.
5153 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027-6113
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