A Genuine Hollywood (Sign) Murder Mystery…
We cover it all here at Is It Any Good. The good and the bad.
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Akbar Cuisine of India
Good, solid chain of Indian Restaurants in Old Town Pasadena, and other locales.
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Amalfi Restaurant and Bar
A restaurant sampling the cuisine of the Amafli Coast of Italy.
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Americana Center
This one, built by the same guy who built the Grove (See, The Grove), and roughly the same idea. It’s got some notable chain shopping, but seems a bit more family oriented than the Grove. The odds of you seeing a trio of Playboy Playmates shopping in jeans and bikini tops (as I have at the Grove) are remarkably low.
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Amoeba Records
Greatest…Record Store…ever. And yes, they still sell (and buy) records.
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Arclight Cinemas
The best and now, the least inexpensive of L.A.’s First Class Multiplexes.
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Arroyo Chop House
The best red-leather, first-class, star-of-the-show-is-your-steak, this-is-how-it’s-done restaurants in all of Southern California.
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Autry Museum of Western Heritage
A deceptively small Museum near Glendale (which could explain why I take it for granted). Built by the original singing cowboy Gene Autry, it has a mix of traditional western history along with Hollywood Western History. Interesting, but you should way be into Westerns before going there.
Read MoreBeverly Center
Have not been here in a while, but in its day, it was second only to Rodeo Drive as far as shopping was concerned…only, you know, indoors. Its place in the “gotta be there to be seen there” food chain has been replaced by The Grove. (See, The Grove or Farmer’s Market)
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