Bavarian madness goes wild during sustained Oktoberfest.
Pineapple glazes or graces just about every dish. Eddie would go, we think.
The flavorful, gooey enchiladas and Yankee tacos are what we let our fat friends eye with envy.
- Billy's
- South Bay
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American, Deli, Diner
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$
Not exactly a deli, but not wholly a diner, either.
- Bouzy
- South Bay
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Gastropub
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$$
Bouzy. Was there ever a more perfect name for a gastropub?
Fine dining in a casual Californian setting, featuring fresh and local food.
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner: the view never leaves.
Meals commence with an impossible-to-skip bread basket and move on to high glam plates like black truffle parpardelle.
The carnitas we crave, the steak and egg breakfast burrito makes us rave, and the servers make horny gringos misbehave.
Fried chicken not exactly 'healthy' home cooking, but we do feel at home in this tiny, headshot covered soul diner.
High-class Greco wrestles up unusual, amazing red caviar mixed with garlic, olive oil, and mashed potato.
Kicked-back bistro has revolving menu, chill situation with cool owners.
The South won't rise again, but BBQ like this might get it funding from time to time.
- Kona
- South Bay
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American, Asian, Pacific
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$$
Every nook has a totem, every customer, an astounding drink.
Top Pick!
Sublime, Warren G., and Snoop used to love the scallops wrapped in bacon and cranberry laced meatloaf.
Like being in a '50s gangster flick. Private functions take place in the bank vault. Attica! Attica!
Pan-American barbeque on the beach.
- Musha
- South Bay
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Asian, Japanese
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$$
Top Pick!
Torrance Izakaya with an Italian twist—small plates with plenty of beer. Kampai!
Cheap lunch buffet with just plain dependable Indian.
All these Cajun dishes are cooked from scratch in the kitchen. You can actually taste the love and smell the sea.
Intimate, delicious cafè, heavy on the sounds of Lebanese—perfect for post-beach re-fueling.
Top Pick!
Superb Greek eats and wines have us dancing with the young and the rested.
Top Pick!
Angelenos think they know ramen. No, this dude knows ramen.
- Reed's
- South Bay
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Californian
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$$
Cali-freshness and French quality Romantic/Date Spot, with no chain aspirations, saves the day.
Serious clam chowder and a happening bar—a very shi shi watering hole come 10 pm.
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