RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS BY LA NOVELIST STEVE ERICKSON (FROM INTERVIEW ON LA TIMES "JACKET COPY" BLOG)

Carolyn Kellogg (Lead Blogger for "Jacket Copy" -- a Los Angeles Times blog focusing on book news and information) asked novelist Steve Erickson (head of the writing program at CalArts and a native of Los Angeles) for his thoughts on good places to eat lunch in LA. His recommendations:

Musso & Frank [Grill] is a great place to lunch because it's Old Hollywood and you can get a martini and steak and think about all the writers from Fitzgerald to Chandler who used to get sloshed there. Haven't been in a long time, but Yuca's out in Silver Lake used to serve the best pork tacos in the city and I'm assuming that hasn't changed. I like the Border Grill in Santa Monica because they're the only people in L.A. who make a better margarita than I do ... and Serenata across the street has even better food for those who are actually into the eating thing. Actually, for those who are actually into the eating thing, there's also Angelini on Beverly Boulevard. If you go with Michael Silverblatt, they have a table in the corner for him, the way Ma Maison used to for Orson Welles.

These eatery suggestions came at the end of Kellogg's interview with Erickson; to read the entire exchange, please go to: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/04/festival-of-b-2.html.