The Original Pantry

This bastion of blue-collar cooking has been serving huge portions of comfort food round-the-clock since 1924. The cash-only Pantry is popular with politicos, who come here for weekday lunches, and with conferencegoers en route to the nearby L.A. Convention Center. The well-worn restaurant is also a welcoming beacon to hungry clubbers after hours. A bowl of celery stalks, carrot sticks, and whole radishes greets you at your Formica table, and creamy coleslaw and sourdough bread come free with every meal. The menu? It's a chalkboard hanging on the wall. Famous for quantity rather than quality, the Pantry serves huge T-bone steaks, densely packed hamburger loaf, macaroni and cheese, and other American favorites. A typical breakfast -- served all day -- consists of a huge stack of hot cakes, a big slab of sweet cured ham, home fries, and coffee.

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