Post #488618 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 6:54 PM

...I can heartily recommend, other than this one

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=34229&forum=17&4

John Eng's & Adrienne Biondo's "SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EATS":

http://www.amazon.com/Southern-California-Eats-John-Eng/dp/0764333321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255742654&sr=1-1

I was out of town when this tome was released, but I was thrilled to stumble upon it at Border's.
John Eng, like Larry Underhill who has been the courteous, ever-present court photographer at all the L.A. Modcom's events and tours ever since I can remember, has done wonderful work here.

To see all these places I have grown fond of in 25 years of L.A. urban archeology preserved in print so well warms my heart!
Many of them are still there...

...and many of them are not:

Some of them I have posted about here on TC before:

...and some I never knew about!:

For every Tiki temple I photographed since the early 90s, there must have been 5 irreplaceable mid-century eateries that are now gone. It is heartening to see so many recorded so skillfully in this book. And to find that quite a few ARE still around to visit!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-10-18 11:39 ]