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My go tos are the Sunday Los Feliz farmer's market, Silverlake Trader Joe's, McCall's Meat and Fish on Hillhurst, Circle H market on Sunset for mexican/spanish foods (always have cheap, ripe avocados,) Spice Station Silverlake, and A-Grocery Warehouse for Vietnamese and most other asian foodstuffs.

With organic whole milk during the week, weekends sometimes with Bailey's or Jameson or both, if it's after noon and the weather is cold/rainy..

Buying food in an Viennese market and then preparing it in a rented apartment. Schnitzel, red kraut, spatzle, fresh bread, wine...Wunderbar.

@belinskaya:
Well said!

@Lacey: I stand corrected on the mozz thing! Thank you for clarifying. I should have known better than to comment on curds having only been to WI about 8 times, I was born in Brooklyn! We'll be in WI next weekend for a 10 day stint of visiting, eating and drinking. I'll try and document some candid curds on the road experiences.

The curds were different colors because cheddar curds are orange and mozz or white cheddar are, of course, white. Clearly they use different types. Go to any market in WI and see all the different varieties wisconsonites like to snack on. We bring back to LA a few bags of fresh curds every time we visit my in-laws in River Falls, WI.

Shredded cabbage, black bean and cilantro tacos.

Sorry brother.

My father would fry up steaks in a frying pan on the stove, fry onions in the beef fat while french fries were baking in the oven. He would always do this for us when my mother wasn't there for whatever reason. The only condiment was a little salt. Oh yeah, and Gold's horseradish as well. Delicious memory.

New Mexico for green chile cheeseburgs and New Jersey for a proper slider tour. Wisconsin for multiple butter burgers. Oi!

Sirloin/brisket burger, grilled lobster, frisee, fried green tomato slice, garlic-herb aioli, on unsweetened brioche bun.

Cassel's Hamburgers in Koreatown (LA.) Custom built grill that sears both sides at the same time, homemade mayo, free salad/condiment bar, opened in '48. Beef, bun, cheese, et al. A classic.

Juicy Burger. The one in Los Feliz, CA (my 'hood.) Better than Umami and roughly half the price. Sadly, no beer though. Yet.