Bistro 4040
4040 Martin Luther King Blvd.
323-290-0988
Lunch and dinner, Tues-Sat.
Sunday brunch, 9:30 am-3 pm
Southern, African

Chef Marilyn's
Southern & Soul
2638 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles 90016
At W Adams Blvd
Phone: 323-737-8101
Fax: 323-737-8150
$

Downtown Buffet
3650 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, #287
in the Crenshaw Mall
323-291-8965
Mon-Thurs, 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Fri-Sat, 11:00 amj-10:00 pm
Sun, 10:30 am - 9:00 pm

Excellent inexpensive all-you-can eat buffet, with very wide ranging menu of Chinese, American, Mexican, Italian, and seafood dishes well prepared.

Lunch buffet: $6.98, Dinner buffet Mon-Thurs $9.98, Fri-Sun $10.98

Lydia Taylor's Vegetarian Affair
3715 Santa Rosalia Drive
323-292-8664
Off Crenshaw next to the Sizzler at the edge of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

All vegetarian, mostly vegan fare in a 50s style diner. Top price for dinner specials: $8 Many standard diner items, including burgers, hot dogs, tacos, burritos, etc., but all completely vegetarian.
Sunday through Thurs, 10:30am-8:30 pm
Friday (winter): 10:30 am to 3:30 pm; (summer): 10:30 am to 5:30 pm. Closed holidays.
$

Margarita's
5026 Crenshaw Blvd.
323-294-8970, 294-0105
Mon-Thurs 11 am-9 pm Fri 11 am-10 pm Sat 2 pm-10 pm Sun 2 pm-9 pm
Mexican-Central American $

Philips Barbecue
4307 Leimert Blvd # 3
Los Angeles, CA 90008
(323) 292-7613
At W. 43rd Street

and: 2619 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles - (323) 731-4772

From the L.A. Weekly review: "They are the best ribs in Los Angeles, perhaps the only ribs that can compete on equal terms with the best from Kansas City or Tuscaloosa. "

Woody's Los Angeles Barbecue
3446 W. Slauson Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
(310) 294-9443
Open daily for lunch and dinner. Takeout only. Cash only.

Crusty pork ribs, blackened hot-link sausages, rib tips, beef ribs