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Ocean and Vine
Experience our new restaurant and lounge located at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. With its beachfront setting, sleek furnishings, and fire-pit bar area, it promises to become "the hottest place on the beach."
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Locals with some amount of self-respect know better than to refer to themselves as true Angelenos before visiting each and every restaurant on this list. Taken together, they summarize our city in a way no film or essay can. —Lonny Pugh 
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Dan Tana'sThe décor, wine and many of the patrons are well-aged at this West Hollywood classic. The menu hasn't changed since the restaurant's 1964 opening.
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Pink's Hot DogsAt this always-mobbed stand, open since 1939, chili dogs at 9:45am aren't at all out of the question.
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Musso & Frank GrillThere are no microwaves at this Hollywood steakhouse, open since 1919. There is brusque service.
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Canter'sThe pastrami and matzo-ball institution began in New Jersey in 1924, moved to Boyle Heights in 1931, and to Fairfax Avenue in 1948. Try the potato latkes, you look like you haven't eaten in months!
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Philippe the OriginalOpen since 1908 (!), Philippe's serves killer French dips whose prices seem stuck in the 20th century. No complaints here.
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The IvyIn the same way disreputable cults (like fraternities) utilize profoundly rigid initiation rituals, celebrities must be photographed lunching on this patio before they can truly be considered famous.
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The Polo LoungeHome to some of the Rat Pack's greatest binges, the restaurant inside the famous (and famously pink) Beverly Hills Hotel is a sea of pinks, greens and twinkling lights traversed by robust captains of the industry.
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El CoyoteAfter celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2006, this kitschy favorite remains immune to criticism of its food or margaritas.
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Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n WafflesA relative newcomer that opened in 1975, Roscoe's is a favorite that we fear might incur protests by our users if we did not include. So here it is.
 Taix should have made this list before the Ivy. Talk about a local legent it has existed far longer and continues to serve up good, not great, food at reasonable prices. The Pantry should have surpassed Roscoe's for the same reasons. Posted 12/28/07 07:51AM PST by Hugh Lipton
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 "A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it."
--Miles Davis
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