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Eating Los Angeles at L.A. Weekly's Festival of Essential Restaurants

Anne FishbeinFood

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In celebration of our 99 Essential Restaurants issue, we brought 60 restaurants, 3,000 guests and infinite deliciousness to the California Market Center downtown. Dig in! Photos by Anne Fishbein