Downtown

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Sure, you can find plenty of bland, tourist-friendly restaurants serving American and Americanized food in the Downtown area—but why would you, when one of Downtown L.A.’s greatest strengths is its ethnic diversity and the great range of cuisine that goes along with it?

An endless array of fabulous holes-in-walls awaits you. Getting local recommendations is the best way to find the current hot spots, or you can choose from among this tiny sampling of what’s available.

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