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ICYMI: Ed Ruscha's Pick For The 'Most L.A.' Restaurant In Town
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- Here is where you should be eating right now in L.A., according to Lucky Peach.
- The good people at Lucky Peach* (check out their L.A. issue, on stands now!) also asked a bunch of cool artists, writers and filmmakers what they considered the "most L.A." restaurant in town to be. Both Ed Ruscha and Eve Babitz went with Musso & Frank Grill.
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*For the record, I know zero people at Lucky Peach and have no ulterior motives to my endorsements... I am just a fan.
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