Located just west of the 51 Freeway, the intersection of 16th St. and Bethany Home is suddenly très-chic thanks to an eclectic collection of BBQ joints, healthful diners and day drinkin’ lounges.
First stop is The Vig, a new spinoff of the popular Arcadia tavern (pictured) that opened a few weeks back. Housed inside a former bank designed by famed local Modernist, Ralph Haver, this handsome space looks like a carbon copy of the original, but since when is that a bad thing?
Of course, that’s just scratching the surface of this hip hood, which is also home to Dick’s Hideaway, another classic lounge owned by the team behind Richardson’s and the Rokerij. Not to mention Luci’s Healthy Marketplace, classic Chicago-style BBQ (now closed), an old school Chinese palace replete with giant gongs and an even older-school butcher shop. And that’s just one corner. Other nearby favorites include the underrated gem, Phoenix City Grille and the country-fried classic that is TEXAZ Grill, still going strong some 750,000 chicken-fried-steaks later.
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