Back in the Los Feliz/Silver Lake neighborhood, and there are several hundred great restaurants -- from cheap taco stands to elegant sushi joints, family Sicilian places to Indian Fusion palaces. I've tried not to eat at the same place twice, with a few happy failures.
There's no Fancy Dining happening; we're in a tiny temporary apartment and there's no place to cook, plus we've got a fucking useless electric stove, and chaos is all around, so until we move to the Official House next month we're doing a lot of Eating Out, or Take Out, and we've got a toddler. Anyway:
* Baracoa
* El Chavo
* San-Sui
* Tacos Delta (twice)
* Masa
* Palermo
* Leela Thai
* Restaurant SPAIN
* Mako (little tempura joint next to Los Feliz 3)
* Farfalla (twice)
* Cafe Tropical (thrice)
* Casita del Campo
* EATZ/Los Feliz Cafe (twice)
* Yuca's Tacos (twice)
* Coffee Bean
* Zankou Chicken
* India Sweets & Spices
The only chain I've hit is Starbucks (on Glendale) because I like Starbucks just fine when there's not a local place nearby. Oh yeah, India Sweets & Spices is apparently a local chain, although I haven't seen the other locations. And there are several Zankou outlets around here, although I've only been to the one by my old Scientology apartment on Catalina (now the home of Mr. Tony Pierce).