Los Angeles

Peter James Lee, founder and creative director of LA-based fashion label House of Cassette takes us through his haunts in Los Angeles.

Eat & Drink

Favorite restaurant:

Akbar Cuisine of India
44 N. Fair Oaks, Pasadena, CA 91103
My go-to spot when I want to treat myself.

La Serenata de Garibaldi
1842 E. First St. L.A., CA 90033
The best Mexican in Los Angeles.

Best deal restaurant:

Palms Thai (Singing Thai Elvis)
5900 Hollywood Blvd., Suite B, L.A., CA 90028

Favorite sandwich

Pastrami from Langer’s Delicatessen
704 S. Alvarado St., L.A., CA 90057

Favorite lunch:

Burrito, side of spicy veggies, and a soda from Lupe’s, a taco truck that parks outside our studio.

Favorite cafe:

Groundwork Coffee Company
Various locations.
Great-tasting coffee without artificial favoring, some of which is organically grown co-op coffee.

Best street food:

Mario’s taco truck on Overland Blvd between Venice and Palms

The bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors that post up right outside your favorite night spot. I have seen girls who don’t eat meat succumb to temptation and inhale one of these tidbits of love after catching a whiff of the sizzling onions and bacon. The next morning they deny the whole thing.

Sightsee

A thing only locals do:

Chill out under the Hollywood sign, drink a six-pack, and then hit up a nightspot in Hollywood.

Best touristy thing to do:

Disneyland at night.

The must-see thing in your city:

The view from the Griffith Observatory, where a famous scene from James Dean’s Rebel Without a Cause was shot.