Downtown is lé bomb [dot] com. There's lots of great restaurants and bars down here, and cool Airbnb's at which to crash.
- Airbnb
- The Standard apparently if you want one crazy night
- Car Rental
- SuperShuttle from LAX.
- Babycakes the best gluten-free/vegan cupcakes
- Bäco Mercat a recommendation by at least three people - get the house Baco and be sure it rhymes with "taco" when you pronounce it, or you suck - preferred for lunch to prevent waiting
- Father's Office burgers and beer
- The Gorbals make sure to sit at the kitchen counter and buy the chefs a round of beers ($10) and get the marrow bones
- Mendocino Farms sandwiches, Three Little Pigs is recommend
- Pie 'n Burger
- Pink's
- Ricky's Fish Tacos
- Sushi Go 55 the oldest sushi restaurant in the US or something
- Umami Burger eat an Umami Burger
- Flore in Silverlake, chicken and waffles for weekend brunch!
- Real Food Daily / RFD in West Hollywood and Santa Monica, nachos!
- Veggie Grill all over the city, Santa Fe chicken sandwich
- Sage Vegan Bistro in Echo Park, florentine
- Shojin in Little Tokyo, vegan sushi
- Madeline Bistro in Tarzana, also pretty pricey, bigger maque
- Vinh Loi Tofu in Reseda, Vietnamese
- Locali in Hollywood, get the Bad Ass Breakfast sandwich
- Handsome coffee
- Intelligentsia coffee
- Pattern Bar
- The Varnish speakeasy-style bar through an unmarked door in the back of Cole's french dip sandwich place
Walking down Hollywood Blvd to see all the stars, wax museum, Chinese Theatre and the costumed folks, is worth doing once.
- The Batcave™ very short and easy hike in Bronson Canyon to see The Batcave from the Adam West TV Batman show, in Hollywood
- Disneyland They sell beer and what not, so you can just get bombed and relive your childhood.
- Griffith Park Griffith Observatory is amazeballs
- LACMA is always a good time
- Venice Beach for a beach day + seeing the characters
- Golden State (Fairfax / mid-city)
- Comme Ca (West Hollywood)
- Grill 'Em All Truck (food truck, yo)
- 25 Degrees (Hollywood)
- Bowery (Hollywood (east))
- Lazy Ox Canteen (Downtown)