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Table for one · Los Angeles, United States
Los Angeles has great food at counters: French dip at sawdust floors, ramen in Little Tokyo and a market hall downtown.
Bar seats at LA's busy restaurants are often first come, first served. Show up at 5:30.
Chinatown · 1001 North Alameda Street
Any stool at the long communal tables
Weekday lunch
Get: The lamb French dip, double-dipped, with hot mustard
A 1908 sandwich hall with sawdust floors and long shared tables.
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Downtown · 317 South Broadway
A stool at one of the stall counters
Weekday lunch
Get: Tacos, then a coffee
A century-old market hall downtown with counters made for eating alone.
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Little Tokyo · 327 East 1st Street
A counter seat
Mid-afternoon to skip the line
Get: The tonkotsu ramen with a rice bowl
A ramen counter where solo diners are seated quickest.
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Westlake · 704 South Alvarado Street
At the counter
Weekday lunch; closes mid-afternoon
Get: The #19: pastrami, coleslaw and Swiss on rye
Some of the best pastrami in America, served at a counter to people on their own.
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Hancock Park · 641 North Highland Avenue
A stool at the pizza bar facing the oven
Weeknights
Get: The squash blossom pizza
The bar faces the oven, so a pizza alone is the best seat in the house.
Walk in or book
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