Joe's Restaurant
1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291, USA
Joe’s on Abbot Kinney has always had the greatest lunch deal in the Fine Dining World. Entrees run $12-16, and they include either a soup or salad. His soups are incredible. Always vegan, and always a fine, silky puree. This one is butternut squash. All I really need for lunch is a slightly bigger bowl of soup, and a couple slices their dill bread with sweet butter and tapenade.
I had the porcini-dusted salmon, with a porcini puree and pancetta gnocchi. The gnocchi were little fluffy pillows with a piece of pancetta inside, and the porcini puree was creamy with an acute porcini flavor. My only gripe was that the salmon came cooked on the rare side of medium rare, and just to raw for my taste. I should have specified.
My notoriously finicky friend (but I am working on that - to great success, by the way) had the steak, which she said was incredible. Also cooked on the rare side of medium, but she enjoyed it anyway. 
For $17 they offer a prix fixe lunch, consisting of three courses, and a $5 wine selection. What a deal. Swift, friendly service, elegant yet casual atmosphere, I always look forward to my next visit.
Lucques
www.lucques.com8474 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90069, United States
+1 323-655-6277
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Once Los Angeles became accustomed to this restaurant's unusual name -- "Lucques" is a variety of French olive, pronounced "Luke" -- local foodies fell hard for this quietly and comfortably sophisticated home of former Campanile chef Suzanne Goin. The old brick building, once silent star Harold Lloyd's carriage house, is decorated in muted, clubby colors with subdued lighting that extends to the handsome enclosed patio. Goin cooks with bold flavors, fresh-from-the-farm produce, and an instinctive feel for the food of the Mediterranean. The short and oft-changed menu makes the most of unusual ingredients such as salt cod and oxtails. Standout dishes include Tuscan bean soup with tangy greens and pistou, grilled duck breast served alongside braised red cabbage with chanterelle mushrooms and chestnuts, braised beef short ribs with potato purée and horseradish cream, and a perfect vanilla pòt de crème for dessert. Lucques's bar menu, featuring steak frites béarnaise, omelets, and tantalizing hors d'oeuvres (olives, warm almonds, sea salt, chewy bread), is a godsend for late-night diners, and the bartenders make a mean vodka Collins. Tip: On Sundays, Lucques offers a bargain $40 prix-fixe three-course dinner from a weekly changing menu.
Campanile II LP
www.campanilerestaurant.com624 S La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States
+1 323-938-1447
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Built as Charlie Chaplin's private offices in 1928, this Tuscan-style building has a multilevel layout with flower-bedecked interior
balconies, a bubbling fountain, and a skylight through which diners can see the campanile (bell tower). Consistently ranked as one of L.A.'s finest restaurants, a meal here might begin with fried zucchini flowers drizzled with melted mozzarella or lamb carpaccio surrounded by artichoke leaves -- a dish that arrives looking like one of van Gogh's sunflowers. Spago alumnus chef/co-owner Mark Peel heads up the kitchen and is particularly known for his grills and roasts. Try the wood-grilled prime rib smeared with black-olive tapenade; pappardelle with braised rabbit, roasted tomato, and collard greens; or the rosemary-charred lamb with artichokes and fava beans. The weekend brunch is a surprising crowd-pleaser and a terrific way to appreciate
this beautiful space on a budget. One of the most popular nights is still Grilled Cheese night on Thursdays, when the bar fills up with regular fans of haute versions of the childhood treat. Tip: On Monday nights chef Peel offers a $35 three-course family-style themed menu that's been voted Best Monday Night Dinner by Los Angeles Magazine.
Craft Los Angeles
www.craftrestaurant.com
10100 Constellation Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 279-4180
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The Foundry on Melrose
www.thefoundryonmelrose.com
7463 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046, United States
+1 323-651-0915
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Chef Eric Greenspan’s polished California fare is on display at this modern bistro and from the looks of the people flocking to it, it’s hitting all the right notes. More sophisticated than neighboring Melrose Bar & Grill or The Village Idiot, the vibe is upscale and elegant. Greenspan, who worked in the kitchen at the original Patina, describes it as “fine dining for the everyday man,” which is to say good, well-made food with high-end ingredients but without the pretension and fuss. The space fills up quickly and it can be noisy and crowded, especially with the almost-nightly live music emanating from the lounge in the front. If you sit on the patio, you’ll have a considerably more subdued meal – better to enjoy the Jidori chicken, beef short ribs, veal three ways or the daily tasting menu for $75. Better yet, request the chef’s table situated directly in front of the kitchen for a different experience altogether. But don’t get too attached to any one dish because the menu is updated constantly.
TIPS: Expect a wait, sometimes even with reservations. There is live jazz Thursday through Saturday nights and during the day on Sundays. Three, four and five course prix fixe menus are offered on Sundays for $29, $39 and $49.
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In Las Vegas:
Each new hotel and hotel expansion brings a host of new restaurants, usually with a Food Network star or other celebrity chef attached. The most notable at this moment is B&B Ristorante in the Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S. (tel. 702/266-9977; www.venetian.com/BBREST.aspx), a project from Mario Batali that seeks to rival his home base, Babbo, in terms of quality.Ambience: Clubby Italian restaurant tucked at the back of the Venetian's restaurant row next to the Blue Man theater. The understated decor features warm cream walls, lots of dark wood and soft lighting. In fact, it's so unglitzy, it's hard to remember you're in Vegas when you're dining here. Rock music playing off an iPod revs up the noise level, but it's never so loud you can't talk. From Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich: A serious restaurant that's fun.
Craftsteak: Inside the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
www.mgmgrand.com3799 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 891-7318
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Fresh ingredients and simple preparations meet at this steak house
- Food from small family farms
- Located inside MGM Grand
- Extensive wine list
Emeril's
3799 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
+1 702-891-7374
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Frommer's Review
As with Wolfgang Puck, the ubiquitous Emeril Lagasse has probably spread himself too thin. Although we thoroughly enjoy his shows on the Food Network and can attest that his flagship restaurant in New Orleans remains as good as ever, this Vegas outpost seems to have slipped. Part of that may be our prejudice about seafood restaurants in the desert -- yes, we know about airplanes and refrigeration, but we rarely have good fish in Vegas, so there you go.
Delmonico's Steakhouse
www.emerils.com
3355 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
+1 702-414-3737
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Frommer's review
You might well feel that Emeril Lagasse is omnipresent. This incarnation is a steakhouse version of his hard-core classic Creole restaurant; this ever-so-slight twist is just enough to make it a superior choice over the more disappointing New Orleans locale. It's set in two dining rooms; the left one is '70's den ugly -- choose instead the Neutra/Schindler-influenced right side.
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