― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 05:50 (nineteen years ago) link
No. Riodan owns The Pantry downtown
and is the overland cafe the one thats a couple blocks before the 10 freeway (going north)? i always overlook that place because it looks like it might be pricey, yet shitty.
Yah, it's the orange building on the west side of Overland going north towards the 10. It's worth a stop - especially on the weekends for the $4.99 champagne brunch
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 08:01 (nineteen years ago) link
I want to visit LA for a long week (9is days) around April May.
On my own, and won't be driving obv.
Recommend me somewhere to stay, would like either near beaches or near to city centre. or anywhere really that's interesting.
talk to me.
― Ste, Thursday, 28 February 2008 11:24 (sixteen years ago) link
(ok realisation dawns that LAers aren't actually out of bed yet)
― Ste, Thursday, 28 February 2008 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
won't be driving
Is that legal?
― Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 February 2008 11:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Lots of Angelenos don't drive.
― felicity, Thursday, 28 February 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, it would probably be convenient to stay Downtown near the main 7th Street/MetroCenter rail hub (660 S. Figueroa St., LA, CA 90017)
Downtown itself has some great museums and food, and you'd be on the Red Line to Hollywood, the Blue Line to Long Beach, and the Purple Line to Museum Row/Miracle Mile.
This is theoretical (I drive) but perhaps other, non-driving LA ILXors can speak to this.
― felicity, Thursday, 28 February 2008 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i have no experience with the beverly laurel other than seeing it from the front, but it touts itself as a budget-boutique kinda place and it's in a location that's easy to traverse on foot or by bus. (the metro rail is great, but don't be afraid of the buses, they don't bite.)
http://www.yelp.com/biz/beverly-laurel-motor-hotel-los-angeles-2
― get bent, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:04 (sixteen years ago) link
There really is no city center, is there? I'd just stay by the beach I guess, Santa Monica or Venice - plenty of places you can just walk to down there & plenty of buses you can catch out of there to go elsewhere if need be.
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Nooo . . . **slow motion jumping to stop Ste from self-destruct**
There is a city center and it is called Downtown aka Historic Core.
Jeff, where you live? With all disrespect, why you trying to strand him out in sunny Santa Monica for 9 days? It isn't even LA! Dude said he doesn't drive (I think it's a dude). It will take hours to get to any museums or other good stuff.
He can easily go to the beach for a day or two, but surely he wants to see the city?
Santa Monica/Venice/Malibu are perfectly nice but . . . I mean, I like vanilla ice cream but I don't like 10 gallons of it.
― felicity, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Downtown is not the center of the city!
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
my house is the center of the city
― max, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
google maps for "los angeles, ca" puts the green arrow at 1st between broadway and spring
― get bent, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.geomidpoint.com/ has the midpoint a block over at 1st and main
― get bent, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
max's house is on the hellmouth
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah I'd kind of want to see more of the main city and the things it beholds rather than a week of beaches but i do want to see them at some point, it's all good info cheers guys.
(keep it coming)
― Ste, Thursday, 28 February 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Also check out Hotel Figueroa at Figueroa and 9th in downtown. It's close to the 7th Metro station which gets you onto the Red, Purple and Blue Lines which will take you to Hollywood, Wilshire, Long Beach, and Union Station (where you can grab the Gold Line to Pasadena). Once you're on Wilshire, you can take the 720 express bus west to the museums, Beverly Hills, Westwood, and Santa Monica.
Since you're going to be here for a week, I strongly suggest taking a day out to go to Santa Barbara on Amtrak.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 28 February 2008 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Most cities are centered on their 1st and Main or whatever, but LA is of course very different. Downtown is mostly deserted after M-F 9-5. I hang out there, but usually going to specific places. There's no real hanging out. For that I would recommend someplace more central, like Hollywood. It's more fun.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 28 February 2008 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
ive stayed at the beverly laurel. its romantic <3 <3
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
<3
― omar little, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
and yes saying downtown is the "city center" is just silly.
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Honestly, I wouldn't recommend staying downtown unless you are going to a convention or playing against the Lakers!
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
ste is gonna get sonned by pau gasol
― omar little, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I would say Hollywood close to the metro > Downtown > the beach, but definitely find a way to the beach communities while you're there.
Maybe this is why LA peoples need to find their center so often.
― gabbneb, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Ste, you should totally play against the Lakers while you're here.
― felicity, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
ste should move to the two, ste could give kobe fits on defense.
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
wear kobe down, save it for defense and let your bigs take over.
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
sry. i agree hollywood is a good jumping point. try not to get knifed.
― tremendoid, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
j/k! :) ;)
this instructional tour video is a good primer if you're guna stay in hollywood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJrSyFpK3iQ
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i live in a town where i try not to get knifed every night, it would be nice to spend a week somewhere that I can relax to some degree.
― Ste, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
The center of L.A. for tonight, anyway, is Cobras & Matadors in Los Feliz. We will be there saying bye to remy. You should come.
― felicity, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Nobody tells me anything anymore.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, you never come out.
― felicity, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
downtown has bad vibes at night, right? I never went.
I stayed with friends in Silver Lake (which was nice) and at a sleepy beach motel in Santa Monica which was totally A++ would stay again.
― caek, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/381771570_e2b7d130c2.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
we did that not too long ago. class place.
― tremendoid, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i love seven grand. their hours are ass though. l.a. needs more bars where you can drink before 5pm on a weekend.
― get bent, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
^you can do this at hotel fig, which is usually where we end up when we're downtown and thirsty
yeah that patio is wonderful.
― tremendoid, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
drinks are spendy and small and they close early though.
― chaki, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
2 downtown bars i like a lot that aren't too douchey: redwood and weiland brewery (despite sharing a name with a stone temple pilot)
― get bent, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Given how long you're in town, you might consider staying overnight in more than one area, ferrying stuff in between by cab. There are also hotels - not cheap ones, but not only the most expensive either - that offer limited complimentary car/cab service within their immediate area. Two I know of offhand are Le P@rc Suites in WeHo near the strip (3 mile radius, which gets you as far East as La Brea) and the Ambros3 in the interior part of Santa Monica (1 mile radius, which gets you to the beach). How useful they would be in practice I don't know.
― gabbneb, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
What's wrong with douchey?
― felicity, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
weiland brewery (little tokyo location) is also right next to the wonderful sushi restaurant oomasa.
― get bent, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:29 (sixteen years ago) link
One of my 2008 resolutions is to FAP more.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
gabbneb's idea of maybe moving around a bit is a a good one. LA is just so spread out - it really takes a long time to get from one area to another - even with a car it can be exhausting. Staying in Hollywood is probably the most center-ish - maybe just not a very vacation-like place to wake up in nine days in a row.
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm also supporting the gabbneb/Jeff recommendations. Ste, are you going on a tight budget?
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, the recommendation (singular) that you consider staying in a couple places.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll add that the Ambros3 has a "London cab," if you're of that extraction, but if you're gonna stay in Santa Monica it's probably worth it for the carless to pay a little more or go further downscale to be by the beach/more touristy areas.
― gabbneb, Friday, 29 February 2008 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
cool will email! look forward to LA FAP/FAC
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
argghhhh.. now kind of tempted to stay on the Queen Mary... might be fun for a night but has potential to be actually pretty lame
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
PEOPLE WHERE DO I GET GOOD MEXICAN IN DOWNTOWN LA AT THIS HOUR(7PM) on A WEEKNIGHT? I AM HEAR THE STANDARD DOWNTOWN
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
central market is closed at this hour : (
― lmfao @ credulity (velko), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
take the gold line to mariachi plaza.
― Garden of "Eden" (get bent), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
We took the red line to olvera st and got ratty cart-style mex ^______________^
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 05:17 (fourteen years ago) link
what's the best way to get from the bay to LA without a car?
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
and without spending a lot
or taking 12 hours
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
craigslist rideshare
― iatee, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
dunno where it leaves from but there's a bus from the bay that my cousin used to take that drops people off at usc or ucla I think, and according to her it took at long as a car ride or w/e
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
how much is "a lot"? depending on when you book, you can get cheap flights between SFO->LAX and OAK->BUR (i've seen them go as low as $65 one way)
megabus is even cheaper and takes about 7 hours each way but i've never done it
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 00:44 (nine years ago) link
Is it possible to stay somewhere walkable to the beach, in redondo, Manhattan, or whatever beach, or elsewhere?
― calstars, Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
airbnb maybe? That's an expensive area.
― nickn, Monday, 22 February 2016 01:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah airbnb in venice maybe?
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Monday, 22 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
compare hotels vs airbnb. it's weird. sometimes hotels are cheaper depending on the area, how many people are staying, etc.
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 22 February 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
Coming to L.A. in the fall. May be able to crash with a friend, but am def. interested in hotel recommendations if anyone has some.
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 July 2019 00:43 (four years ago) link
I was out there a few months ago and split my time between the Sunset Tower (West Hollywood) and and the Roosevelt Hotel (regular Hollywood).
The Sunset Tower is pricier, more staid, the rooms more immaculately old-fashioned. The Roosevelt is a bit rougher around the edges but has appealing mid-century modern-ish decor in the rooms, at least in the cabana rooms bordering the swimming pool where I was. The main building is very very spacious, mediterranean-styled, with tiled floors; IIRC there are three separate bars on the premises, each with a different vibe.
The Roosevelt has a very lively pool scene with DJ's in action almost all day and night. The music is not too loud, though, or at least it wasn't during the non-weekend days that I stayed there. The Sunset Tower has a very quiet pool situation where there's typically 3-5 people at a time hanging out.
Both hotels have a solid restaurant. I thought the Sunset Tower's breakfast was superior to the Roosevelt's breakfast, which sucked, although with the latter you're seated by the pool which allows for exceptional people watching. The Roosevelt also has a hamburger-oriented diner inside.
Both hotels are conveniently located - it's kind of a wash as far as that's concerned.
― Josefa, Monday, 8 July 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
The Best Western on Franklin - near Hollywood and Los Feliz and Griffith ParkThe Line in Ktown - central location good transit optionsThe Farmer's Daughter on Fairfax - near LACMA and Farmer's Market The Charlie in WeHo - awesome old hollywood vibe
i have had fam stay in all those places except farmer's daughter, no complaints on any of them
― buzza, Monday, 8 July 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Thank you!
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 12 July 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
To live and stay in LA
― calstars, Sunday, 4 August 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
to stay & leave from LA
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Sunday, 4 August 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link