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    Good Food

    Midtown Lunch Crawl

    Zach Brooks is the founder of Midtown Lunch . He blogs about where to eat lunch in Los Angeles.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Zach Brooks is the founder of Midtown Lunch. He blogs about where to eat lunch in Los Angeles. His restaurant suggestions are below:

    Downtown:

    The Escondite

    410 Boyd St

    Los Angeles, CA 90013

    213-626-1800

    What to get: Captain Kangaraoo Burger

    Hollywood:

    Fukuburger

    1634 Cahuenga Blvd

    Hollywood, CA 90028

    323-464-3858

    What to get: Tomago Burger

    West LA:

    Javan

    11500 Santa Monica Blvd

    West Los Angeles, CA 90025

    310-207-5555

    What to get: Koobideh Kabab and rice, Albolo Polo

    Culver City:

    Libra

    3833 Main St

    Culver City, CA 90232

    310-202-1300

    What to get: All you can eat churrascaria for $15 (only before $12 noon!) and the Brazilian cheese bread

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    The History of Ramen; Kimchi; School Lunch
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:41Introducing 'The Raft'
    3. 14:11Lucky Peach
    4. 23:32Mother in Law's Kimchi
    5. 31:27Midtown Lunch CrawlYou’re reading this
    6. 38:21An Anonymous Blogger Reveals Her Identity
    7. 50:05A Surprising Use for Vinegar
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    The full episode

    5 of 7
    The History of Ramen; Kimchi; School Lunch
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:41Introducing 'The Raft'
    3. 14:11Lucky Peach
    4. 23:32Mother in Law's Kimchi
    5. 31:27Midtown Lunch CrawlYou’re reading this
    6. 38:21An Anonymous Blogger Reveals Her Identity
    7. 50:05A Surprising Use for Vinegar
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