Starbucks is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 15,012 stores in 44 countries. Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and cold drinks, snacks, and items such as mugs and coffee beans.
Spago Beverly Hills, the flagship restaurant of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, continues to set the standard for cuisine, service and style. Corporate Chef Lee Hefter creates imaginative seasonal menus that showcase the best of California’s produce and products in a sophisticated, elegant and warm environment designed by Barbara Lazaroff.
A standard old-fashioned diner /coffee shop, complete with a counter (with stools), formica tables, comfortable brown booths, wood paneling on the walls (with movie posters on display), plus a bar with a jukebox and a big screen TV.
Located in a bright green shack just above the Pacific Coast sits Patrick's. The place is somewhat eccentric, somewhat rough around the edges, with mediocre food and zero decor.
This venerable old kosher deli is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week - and that may be one of the keys to its popularity; their aging "waitresses from hell" certainly aren't, nor is the average decor - even their food gets mixed reviews. But people just keep coming in droves for their huge sandwiches, low prices and sometimes rude service.
As you drive along a tacky stretch of Franklin Avenue, a couple of miles east of Hollywood & Highland, you'll pass a nondescript Best Western Hotel sitting on the north side of the street, just a stone's throw east of the Hollywood Freeway. Inside is what would appear to be a typical 60's coffee shop, with red vinyl booths, a counter with stools, waiters in jeans & sneakers, and water served in cheap plastic tumblers.
Not far from Canters is a tiny little shack just north of the corner of trendy Melrose Avenue and La Brea. It's called Pink's, and although it looks like a dive, it's one of the most popular spots in town for grabbing a late-night snack.
This chinese restuarant's decor is not traditional Chinese - no red lanterns here. You won't find chopsticks on the table, and the waiters are Italian. The sophisticated, contemporary decor features walls lined with modern art, and is complimented by round, black & white "kites" overhead. It's a busy, jumping restaurant, especially at lunch, so make reservations before you drop by.
At the southeast corner of Bedford and Santa Monica Blvd., just two streets west of Rodeo Drive, is a luxurious slice of Asian elegance known as Crustacean. It's not surprising that the place has been attracting celebs: it's a spectacular restaurant, right in the middle of Beverly Hills' "Golden Triangle".
The Ivy is one of L.A.'s leading celebrity hangouts, attracting a virtual Who's Who of Hollywood stars and moguls. Since it is an open, patio restaurant, there are often papparazzi camped out across the street, hoping for photos of arriving celebs.