4.25.2006

like darren's list.

FOOD AND DRINK
Best Burger – Fuddruckers in Burbank

Best coffee shop-ish / bakery-ish place: Coffee Table
Runners up: the place by my house, starbucks, am/pm, the teacher's lounge at east whittier

Best Place to eat a weasel – Chuck’s coffeeshop (LBC)

Best bar – Cha Cha
Runners up: Red Lion, my kitchen, my living room, Chasers

Best German Bar That Is Not The Red Lion – NA

Best selection of beer – Rite Aid
Runners up: Ralphs

Best Afternoon Bar – Cha Cha

Best Restaurant - Flora Moreno/ Ikea meatballs (seriously)
Runners up: that lowery's place in loz feliz where walt disney hung out, the pig, Philippe’s, Canter’s, Gumbo Pot (Most of Farmer’s Market actually), Fred 62, Pink’s, the thai food place by my house, the mexican place on hyperion down from trader joes a bit that's not burrito king (but i like burrito king), Rick's, KFC, Arby's,

Best Buffet - Grand China

Best Breakfast - Backdoor
Runners up - the Pantry, Mani's, McDonald's

Best service – Flora Moreno

Best Fast Food: In n Out, El Pollo Loco
Runners up: Rick's

ENTERTAINMENT

Best place to see a movie – at my house with Netflix
Runners up: Universal backlot, New Beverly

Best movie theater for under $10 – New Beverly Cinema
Runners up: Los Feliz 3, Academy 6.

Best movie theater for over $10 – Cinerama Dome

Best show – the Longshoes
Runners up: jon brion, free things at silver lake lounge and spaceland, sweet metal shows Ryan has yet to take me to

Best place to listen to music: Hollywood Bowl
Runners up: at my house from my ipod, El Rey, Largo, Henry Fonda, Hotel Café, Troubadour, Tangier, Silverlake Lounge, Spaceland, Greek, Echo

Best Radio Station: my ipod
Runners up: 790, 103.1, 570, 101.1, 640

Best TV Station - AMC, comedy central, oprah (seriously inspiring), TMC, TV Land


STUFF
Best Store – Amoeba
Runners Up: Amazon, ebay, farmer's market, ralphs

Best Bookstore – Amazon
Runner’s up – little old bookstore

Best Freeway – 2

Worst Freeway – everything else
Runners up: hell

Best road – franklin
Runners up: colorado (with the cool bridge), olivera

Worst Road – santa monica blvd
Runners up: sunset in hollywood

Best park – griffith
Runners up: neff

Best river – LA River

Best Beach Community – Ventura

Best Place to Live – Sweet Silver Lake with our beautiful lake, tasty restaurants, good bars, and fancy music joints.
Runners up: Jewish places

Best Non-LA city – Altadena
Runners up: la canada,

Worst school to sub at – everywhere ever
Runner up: NA

Worst thing on this list – talk radio

Best place in LA – anywhere with my wife and good music and good people and good food and drink.