Drew Tewksbury

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Best Restaurant Design

Drew Tewksbury
When European art powerhouse couple Iwan Wirth and Manuela Hauser Wirth opened their expansive gallery compound in the Arts District, the move signaled that the global art world was beginning to invest big money in our city. With high-profile names lined up to populate the exhibition spaces, it was surprising......
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Best Thai Megastore

Drew Tewksbury
In an anonymous Chinatown warehouse lies an unlikely trove of treasures from Thailand. Just a short distance from the newly revamped State Historic Park, an unassuming strip mall features the offices of a Thai newspaper, a seafood spot and the Andy Ricker–approved Chimney Coffee cafe, which serves third-wave java and......
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Best Museum of the Mundane

Drew Tewksbury
Located next to the dark, labyrinthine Museum of Jurassic Technology is an equally mind-blowing world hidden behind a nondescript, gunmetal gray door. Ring a buzzer, and an assistant will lead you inside to one of L.A.'s most cerebral temples of arcane knowledge, the Center for Land Use Interpretation, a "research......
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Best Menswear Shop

Drew Tewksbury
Within Silver Lake Boulevard's concentrated constellation of retail stores is one of the city's best menswear shops: Hemingway and Sons. It's run by Aussie expat Toby B. Hemingway, whom longtime Silver Lakers will remember from his now-closed gift shop Hemingway and Pickett, which shared a name with his great-grandfather's barber......
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Best Moment of Zen

Drew Tewksbury
Cruising along windy roads in the Santa Monica Mountains, there's a palette of green scrub brush and dusty earth. Then on a stretch of road between Calabasas and Malibu, a gleaming white building seems to emerge from the landscape, flaunting sculptures of fantastical creatures and deities that wouldn't be out......
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Best Handmade Jewelry

Drew Tewksbury
For Angelenos who want to sample the creative wares of the Bay Area without the annoyingly long drive, Echo Park's Esqueleto offers a wide array of handmade jewelry, household goods and original artwork by Oakland artisans. Shop owner and jewelry designer Lauren Wolf's light-filled shop is based on her eclectic......
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Best Restaurant Design

Drew Tewksbury
When European art powerhouse couple Iwan Wirth and Manuela Hauser Wirth opened their expansive gallery compound in the Arts District, the move signaled that the global art world was beginning to invest big money in our city. With high-profile names lined up to populate the exhibition spaces, it was surprising......
Credit: Danny Liao

Best Restaurant for Watching the Sunset

Drew Tewksbury
The best parts of Malibu are way better than what Baywatch may have led you to believe. Instead of a beach populated by Pamelas and Hasselhoffs, the top spots in Malibu reflect the region's historically sleepy vibe, dabbed with a touch of class. Malibu Farm Cafe is the perfect collision......
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Best Rustic Korean Restaurant

Drew Tewksbury
Life is full of Google searches you will regret. "Toe Bang" is one of them. But life also is filled with experiences you will regret missing, and Koreatown restaurant Toe Bang (pronounced Toe-BONG) is one of those, too. Finding the small restaurant is the first part of the fun. It's......