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A family Lebanese and Armenian restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard since 1982, doing mezze, charcoal kebabs and the soujouk that gets ordered at every second table. Jonathan Gold put it on his 99 Essential Restaurants list when he was at LA Weekly. The setting is plain and the portions are not.

Tuesday to Thursday 11am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday 11am to 10pm, Sunday 11am to 9pm, closed Monday

The Iskenderian family opened their first Los Angeles branch here at Sunset and Normandie in 1984, twenty-two years after the original in Beirut. Rotisserie chicken, shawarma and the garlic sauce the place is known for, ordered at a counter in a mini-mall. It runs to midnight every night.

Daily, 10am to midnight