Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

larchmont village wine shop has my fav sandwiches. basic straightforward stuff but done really well. also the gals who make the sandwiches are sweet.

my favorite higher-end sandwiches are at the artisan cheese gallery:

http://www.artisancheesegallery.com/our-menu

the pickles they serve with the panini are to die for.

studio sub was never open whenever i walked by

hat's the sandwich shop behind Intelligentsia in Silver Lake? Their sandwiches are pretty good I recall.

Can anyone ITT show me a great tamale?

Also - somewhere I can get good cornmeal pancakes.

Also - a bar that can reasonably be expected to be relatively quiet (no DJ, jukebox is fine so long as I can hear and get a seat/booth) on a weeknight around Downtown/Eastside. Tall order, I know!

A friend of mine recently took me to this place as she assumed it would be quiet and it was totally rammed:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/1642-beer-and-wine-los-angeles

It used to be a real dive when I lived in the neighborhood - my studio was just around the corner. Anyway, it would be great if there was any room. I reminded me of an SF-style bar, why don't we have more of those?

We went to Baco Mercat on Valentine's Day (completely unplanned, we were just walking by), and it is worth all the hype... Didn't get the sandwich, but the baco meatballs and the octopus salad were life-affirming.

My main local is http://www.mariosdeli.com/ but I like this place a lot too: http://www.mooresdeli.com/

Say Cheese in Silver Lake is sort of a mini Dean & Deluca and have great sandwiches: http://saycheeselosangeles.com/
Sweetsalt's BLT is tremendous too http://sweetsaltfood.com/

Can anyone ITT show me a great tamale?

http://www.yelp.com/biz/mamas-hot-tamales-cafe-los-angeles

You keep moving?

Sweet, thanks!!

I like Westlake, it's a great hood.

i ate at that sandwich shop behind intelligentsia once, it was good

thread making me realize my sandwich intake has dropped off considerably since moving here :/

I...*think* everyone on the thread who's a regular got a birthday invite so remind me if you didn't but as y'all know, we'll be at Lou on Vine a week from tonight. Reminds me, though -- we need a place to hang out at in the area before Lou opens at six, since they don't take reservations. Any recommendations?

Also, Roky Erickson is playing the El Rey on Thursday... think tickets are still available.

They are, I was just looking at them!...I really don't like the most recent record, but I have passed up many chances to see him...

Also, what I am truly excited about is The Raincoats playing at Echo(plex?) next month

Also, what I am truly excited about is The Raincoats playing at Echo(plex?) next month

Agreed. See you there too!

I'll b there

they killed it last time

those tickets for the clean @ the echo are on sale now; just got mine.

it doesn't say who's opening. i guess they couldn't get tnv for this date.

Buddy of mine got into the Louis CK secret show at the Improv last week. How'd he do that? Well he just showed up and paid the doorman $10. Got to meet Aziz Ansari and Elijah Wood afterwards.

smh

http://i43.tinypic.com/2wrksn7.jpg

we'll be at Lou on Vine a week from tonight. Reminds me, though -- we need a place to hang out at in the area before Lou opens at six, since they don't take reservations. Any recommendations?

my recommendation is to hang out in a different part of hollywood, because that stretch is a little desolate. either that or just drink at the bar until people arrive.

Dammit, all the podcasty shows I want to hit are sold out. Waiting in the airport for the flight down to Ontario now.

Hmm...

http://theheartofla.com/post/18445653672/umamicatessen

http://theheartofla.com/post/18445653672/umamicatessen

ned is heading straight for the section called "the cure"

Yes, I admit I thought about that.

I have to admit I don't get the love for umami burger?

i went there on saturday. the first time i ever went there the buns they gave us weren't fully un-thawed.

bastards

Hey guys who are Tearist and are they any good? They are playing with Possession at Cinefamily

Pseudo-confrontational a la Sleigh Bells only with electronics. The LA Weekly did a big story about them last year: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/04/tearist_la_weekly_cover.php

Had a pretty good visit today, with the exception of having to pay a few hundred bucks to prevent my rental car from getting towed in front of Meltdown Comics. Hit up an In-n-Out burger, drove around Hollywood, stopped by an old friend from Ann Arbor's vintage guitar & record shop over in Chinatown, wandering thru the mercado by there, had french dip at Philippes, and took a lot of photos.

Getting caught in Disneyland exiting traffic w/in a 1/4 mile of my hotel was not fun, tho.

saw tearist on accident a while ago, sub-bjorky sleigh bells

yeah, disneyland is open for 24 hours during "leap day" (until 6 a.m. on thursday), so i imagine the traffic in anaheim is pretty insane right now.

Hotel is at Ball & Walnut, so it's teeth-pullingly so. Hope it filters out when I have to split for the airport in 8-ish hours.

Bell, rather.

Also - a bar that can reasonably be expected to be relatively quiet (no DJ, jukebox is fine so long as I can hear and get a seat/booth) on a weeknight around Downtown/Eastside. Tall order, I know!

― used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue (admrl), Friday, February 24, 2012 9:21 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

echo park but taix is kinda stodgy and this but I'm fine w/ it

loving these hand-drawn maps on huffpo:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/map-of-los-angeles_n_1305551.html

Oh I like Taix, it used to be my local! And it is great so long as band is not playing.

i'm glad taix is there; put it that way. it's such a mismatch for the neighborhood that its existence is almost a punk rock gesture.

Echo Park is definitely a weirder neighborhood than you think once you get past all the surface stuff/away from Sunset

Pulp playing April 19 at the Fox Theater in Pomona, tickets on sale March 30th...

http://thescenestar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c7a7453ef01676370a068970b-800wi

would consider wild flag/EMA. (i'll be out of town for refused/death grips, sadly)

Enough of your young, cool bands, what about Keith Jarrett at the Disney Hall? I wanna go but it is mad expensive and that's just for the nosebleed seats (and I am afraid of heights)

Donna, did you see Possession?

not yet! might go on weds maybe

anyone else have that metta world peace poster staring them in the face every time they ride the subway? have the HOPE to seek WELLNESS professionals and promote your own RECOVERY? (or however it goes.)

i just see that romeo miller ad all the time

lol ned the joy formidable show got rescheduled to the mayan, the night before vnv plays there! you should just camp out for 24 hrs ;)

i see the "my thoughts are of... " aids project l.a. poster all the time.