The best places to eat and drink in L.A. right now, according to our food writers

It’s hard not to feel like a celebrity when dining at Drake’s, a glitzy new entrant on Melrose Avenue. You’ll check in twice: just outside the entrance of the tucked-away restaurant and again at the host stand in a small waiting room. Then, your host will push open a heavy red-leather door and you’ll step inside a dim yet lively scene anchored by a horseshoe-shaped bar, with vintage caricatures of Hollywood legends on the walls.

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D.L. Mack’s Opens Second Dallas Location In Preston Hollow Neighborhood

Known for its Chicago-inspired, classic American cuisine, D.L. Mack’s will open its second location on September 8th in an old-world setting at 10720 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230. “Mack’s” is fueled by Vandelay Hospitality Group, the expanding, Texas-owned-and-operated group behind American local favorites Hudson House, Drake’s Hollywood, and Brentwood.

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7 Restaurants in one Dallas Hot Spot: Hudson House CEO Invests Big in Snider Plaza

Just over a year from now, Snider Plaza and the street that runs alongside it, Hillcrest Avenue in University Park, will be flush with seven restaurants from one Dallas restaurant owner. Hunter Pond, the 35-year-old restaurateur who created Hudson House, says there’s a “strong emotional element” to the new concepts he’s opening a short bike ride away from the street where he grew up.

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