Rather Los Angeles : A Compendium of Desirable Independent Eating + Shopping Establishments

Sleekly designed and focusing exclusively on locally owned restaurants and stores, these modern city-guides are unique in both form and content. Each featured business is hand-picked by the author to represent the creme de la cremeof cities beloved by both locals and tourists. The overall selection presents a fresh and unexpected look at each city, highlighting an exciting array of neighborhoods. The convenient size is ideal for bags and purses, while the eye-popping layouts of luscious photographs, efficient maps, and brief hotel recommendations will help make planning an excursion almost as fun as eating and shopping.

Anna H. Blessing is the Lucky magazine correspondent for Chicago. She is the author of eat.shop philadelphia, eat.shop phoenix, eat.shop twin cities, and eat.shop washington dc and the coauthor of eat.shop nyc. She lives in Chicago.