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Way better than the Rose Bowl's monthly monstrosity, where all the good stuff is cleaned out by 8 a.m., the Long Beach Outdoor Antique and Collectible Market is the best flea market in not only Southern California, but the whole state, too. Our be...

Run by curators Eric Nordhauser and Hazel Hill McCarthy, Show Cave is easily one of this city's most eclectic and imaginative venues, hosting everything from obscure performance-art videos to deafening hardcore bands. The one thing Show Cave's boo...

The prospect of jury duty at the Criminal Courts building downtown can depress even the most civic-minded, especially at lunch time. Begin's Café, a.k.a. the Cal Trans Cafeteria, is a good choice, because it's close, it's fast, and depending on th...

Yes, Koreatown's R Bar is essentially unmarked, and yes, you'll have to give the bouncer the password through a window in the thick wooden door if you want to enter (call ahead or check their Twitter feed before you go to find out the open-sesame ...

If you want Calder, Oldenberg, Warhol, Lichtenstein and other icons, the medical center to the stars, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, is the place to go. Problem is, you might have to break a leg to get into the show or have a friend who's been assig...

There are still people who haven't heard of xiaolongbao, the Shanghai specialty occasionally called XLB, or, most commonly, soup dumplings. When you explain the dish to those who aren't familiar, they'll have one of two responses: either "... ther...

There seem to be two scents associated with discount theaters — Lysol and vomit. The Academy Theater on Colorado Boulevard has neither, although years ago, in its Academy 6 incarnation, its lobby did betray disinfectant accents. The Academy has al...

There's a high tech (in beer terms, at least) system that keeps each beer at its ideal temperature (ales at 38 degrees, imperial stouts at 48 degrees), a digital camera so you can monitor what beers are available on tap at any given iPhone moment,...

If you have even a passing interest in Peking duck, you would do well to become acquainted with the aptly named Duck House, L.A.'s premier location for one of China's most famous culinary contributions. The restaurant's version of the dish arrives...

Situated in the 1928 Art Deco Oviatt Building, Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club keeps the glamour of the '20s through '40s alive with vintage orchestras and Old Hollywood entertainment and dining. Grab the prix-fixe menu for $49 a person on Sunday ni...

It calls itself a steakhouse/bar/saloon/live venue, but that's probably just to keep Long Beach's best-kept secret—the Prospector's twice-a-week karaoke nights. Every Wednesday and Friday, regulars make the pilgrimage to this broken-in cowboy boot...

Most hat stores carry dozens of different styles and brands. Kangol Venice features dozens of different styles and one brand — one dozen dozen styles, in fact, of Kangol in all of its many-splendored variations: berets and Mau caps, trilbys and pu...