I will make no mention of the brand name because the automod blocked my first post, but this is going in on the northwest corner of 7th and Flower. It looks really close to opening.

Great taco stand out in Woodland Hills got shutdown by the public health department. I was sitting there enjoy my asada pollo torta and saw these people dumping all the food into trash bags. They said the place didn’t have a sink or a license. Huge shame, the place is amazing and felt bad for the owners.

Doesn’t feel right. This process could be better. These stands are so good and a great third place.

Oakland Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Culver City Koreatown Silverlake Westfield Topanga, in Woodland Hills Polaris, Ohio Houston Galleria in Texas Montrose, Texas

What the actual hell.

My inbox got annihilated but I've gone through and tried to read them all.

Some of the answers I'd heard for years - pizza and good Texas bbq being pretty much tied for what we wish we had.

The other most common answer that I hadn't realized was Caribbean. I've only ever had LA's Jamaican/Caribbean food, so now I'm on a mission to find the real thing.

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Anyway, on to the list.

I make no endorsements - These are simply the things that I haven't heard of or tried, and that others were surprised to learn were here despite searching for them.

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Kolaches (Czech) - Kolache Factory (Huntington Beach & Tustin)

Italian Beef Sandwich (Chicago) - Portillo's (Buena Park & Moreno valley)

Mofongos (Puerto Rican) - (North Hollywood)

Broke The Mouth (Hawaiian) - (DTLA)

Poutine Brothers - (Culver) (Order from the kitchen, not the food truck)

Badmaash (Indian Poutine Frankenstein) - (Fairfax, DTLA)

Casa Cordoba (Paella y Tapas) - (Montrose)

La Paella (Paella) - (Beverly Hills) (ask for Socarrat on bottom)

Nata’s Pastries (Portuguese) - (Sherman Oaks)

Ipoh Kopitiam (Malaysian) - Alhambra (Get the Laksa & Chili Crab)

Litz Restaurant (Malaysian) - Monterrey Park

Mount of Tunis (Moroccan) - Sunset

Koutoubia (Moroccan) - Westwood

Gravlax (Scandinavian & Turkish) - Culver

Papa Cristos (Greek) - Ktown

Bagel Broker (Bialys) - Fairfax

Bronzed Aussie (Australian Meat Pies) - Robertson (Take-Out/Delivery Only)

Courage Bagels (Montreal Style Bagels) - Silverlake

Tara's Himalayan Cuisine (Nepalese) - Culver

Rincon Chileno (Chilean Sandwiches) - DTLA (Get the Chacarero)

Toyito’s Chicken (Peruvian) - Downey (Pollo A La Brasa)

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...and last but certainly not least, some very Texas sounding Texans said Moo’s BBQ in Lincoln Heights is the best BBQ they've had in the city.

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WHAT WE STILL SEEM TO JUST NOT HAVE:

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Burmese is on my list to try the next time I make it to the Bay Area. Burma Superstar (Inner Richmond)

Many many people said Indian & Italian, of which there are many here but authenticity seems to be lacking.

One guy named two dishes I had to google, which turned out to be very interesting Inuit & Eskimo foods - Kopalhen (Fermented Walrus Meat) and Stroganina (Fish frozen when caught and kept frozen all the way through serving & eating). I have driving the Dalton Highway on my bucket list so hopefully I can find these in Prudhoe Bay.

Good Caribbean. The go to's seem to be Mofongo's (on the list to try) and Sattdown Jamaican Grill (had it, just OK)

East Coast Style Chinese Food. I leave this under the 'what we don't have' because it's close but not the same, the prices are high and, as far as I know, no duck sauce, but my go to out here is Paul's Kitchen downtown. They have the crispy chow fun, the bubbly egg rolls, the dark brown fried rice and more. It's the closest you'll get to the greasy spoon chinese food back east.

Late night diners - the good ones all closed. There's always Norm's and Canter's, but they're not quite it. These usually double as great breakfast diners, of which the last good one closed (RIP Nick's on Pico), and we're not violent enough for a Waffle House (yet).

German/Dutch. There's a place in Huntington Beach called Old World Village with a German grocery store and a few different restaurants & stands. Every German I suggested it to just said Meh, so I'm assuming it doesn't quite tickle the schnitzel.

Trinidadian Food - I don't know what doubles are but now I want one

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I had a ton of fun going through all the responses yesterday! I have many new things to look for and try, but the BEST part (and I didn't set out to do this but I'm so glad it happened) was watching people of similar backgrounds and upbringing connect and suggest each other places to try that they'd been searching for but didn't know were here. Please correct me if I got anything wrong, and please forgive me if I missed something; there were a lot of comments.

Thanks for all the new things to try!

(and all my east coasters - try Paul's Kitchen!)

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EDIT: If you have suggestions on what to order at any of these restaurants please offer them up!

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2ND EDIT: I can't believe I missed one of the most common ones - Good southern/soul/comfort food, and cajun/creole. I swear by Little Jewel of New Orleans. They have great po boys, muffaletta's, jambalaya, red beans & rice, beignets, chargrilled oysters on the weekends and the occasional crawfish boil. They also stock Abita, Chicory Coffee, and serve a solid Hurricane. They're in Chinatown on Ord. I inadvertently left them off because it's not new to me, but many people seem to be unaware of it so if you're craving some Nola food definitely check it out!

Went to Son of a Gun last night with friends. The nefarious “service charge” on top of tip percentage being calculated AFTER tax.

I'm sick of going to restaurants where there is a service charge that isn't a gratuity and just goes to the owners. It's misleading when your bill ends up 3% to 18% more from this bullshit charge that should be baked into the prices or go to the servers. It's especially egregious when it's 18%, and then you have to tip on top of it to make sure the server doesn't get screwed. I refuse to eat at these restaurants if I know about it ahead of time, no matter how good they are otherwise. I'm hoping we can get a list going here, so we can call out and avoid these restaurants ahead of time.

I'll start: -Petit Trois (18%) -Jon & Vinny's (18%)

Edit: u/dcarstens did us all the favor of starting a Google Doc listing the offending restaurants. Anyone can update it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1EEPzeytrva770H2xPFFPDUUNdpnL_VQL4vbzFph-jus/edit#gid=0

Edit 2: Thanks to everyone who has submitted information! If you had trouble with the link before, it should be working better now and directly allow editing thanks to u/92sfa.

AB3206, introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, authorizes “alcoholic beverage sales to occur between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. upon the on-sale licensed premises operated in a fully enclosed arena with a seating capacity of at least 18,000 seats located in the City of Inglewood.” Those sales must “occur in a private area in the arena no larger than 2,500 square feet in the hours immediately following a day on which a sporting event, concert, or other major event, or a private event not open to the public, has occurred in the arena.”

Whenever I ask an old friend to get lunch or to catch up they suggest CCC. At this point I'm afraid to ask. Is there something I'm missing? It kind of tastes like prepackaged cold food from a high end grocery store but for twice the price. I'd actually prefer to eat Sodexo or LAUSD before going back to CCC.

Is it just like Jumbos where they suggest this so I say "forget it"?

$40 for two medium combos at Carl's Jr and the burger gave me food poisoning. Lmao. I know we all know these price hikes are stupid, and I'm kinda stupid for getting fast food, but wtf.

I hate to call out a restaurant, but this is a bait and switch. My parents are in town and picked this place off DoorDash. I was just excited for a free Philly Cheesesteak since I mostly eat at home, so imagine my disappointment when I bit into this this atrocity. I’m not even a connoisseur, but this is just a long, bland, $16 hamburger!

Beautiful day today