The Crescent
Local restaurants
Koi (+1 310 659 9449) on North La Cienega Boulevard may be a Japanese restaurant with more style than substance – but what style!
Lucques (+1 323 655 6277) on Melrose Avenue serves excellent Euro-Californian cuisine in the former coach-house abode of Harold Lloyd. The nearby flagship restaurant of celebrity chef Walter Puck, LA's king of Asian fusion food,
Spago (+1 310 385 0880) on North Cañon Drive has an open kitchen and is renowned for its blend of US, European and Asian cuisine and excellent service. The eight-course tasting menus are definitely worth the extra dollars. Incidentally, Puck's first apprenticeship was at
L'Oustau de Baumanière.
Local cafes
For wonderful space-age ‘googie’ architecture and decent coffee, try Norms on North La Cienega Boulevard. Otherwise, Brighton Coffee Shop on Brighton Way is a sweet sanctuary with melt-in-the-mouth toasted sandwiches and warm cookies.
Nightlife
The Crescent's knowledgable staff can point you to the best local hangouts; alternatively browse our
Los Angeles destination guide for a few ideas.
Worth getting out of bed for
After a hard day of schlepping up and down Rodeo Drive, and all that overhead stretching, bending down and nose-wrinkling in pursuit of the best jeans/shoes/dress, Beverly Hills beauties massage their cares away at the intimate Spa 415, Suite 110, 415 North Crescent Drive (+1 310 276 8018). Try some weird and wonderful LA-style treatments, including cupping, lymphatic drainage, paraphango wraps and crioelectrophoresis (we don't know either), or just have a good old-fashioned facial and massage.
