My favorite diner; food is really good and the decor is fun.

Authentic southern Italian thin-crust pizzas. My favorite is the scrumptious Santo Stefano.

Small book store with really hard to find photography and art books. Love their collection of stuff as well as presentation.

Leo's is an institution. I thought there was only one truck on Venice and La Brea but turns out they have eight across LA. Watching them slice pork and pineapple in one fell swoop is both drool-inducing and an art form. Open til 3am most nights I think.

It's a cemetery, but the view from up here is stunning and you can see one of the most large scale epic paintings ever made by a human: The Crucifixion painting, by Polish artist Jan Styka. It's a must see.