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The Bazaar chef de cuisine Joshua Whigham

5. Hollywood Thai: "This is one of my regular spots with one of my good friends. We go there for a cold beer, the black egg with basil dish -- and to listen to really bad Thai karaoke."

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N/naka chef Niki Nakayama

Since opening n/naka two years ago, chef Niki Nakayama hasn't had much time to eat out. "It really has been much harder to get out and have a proper meal," she says. "My days off consist mostly of resting and relaxing which naturally makes me gravitate towards comfort foods." Here are five of Nakayama's favorite spots for the food she finds comforting.

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Chef Jordan Kahn

Jordan Kahn says he hasn't taken a regular day off since October. And since his restaurant is open until 2 a.m., that means not a lot of eating out. The eating out he does do often takes place late at night (or, more accurately, very early in the morning), after that 2 a.m. closing time. We spoke to him about the places worth visiting during those precious moments when he isn't in his own kitchen.

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Bierbeisl chef Bernhard Mairinger

BierBeisl's Bernhard Mairinger says there are so many great restaurants in L.A., he could start his own blog about them -- if he had time, that is. But he found time to give us the lowdown on three of his favorite spots. Turn the page for Mairinger's picks.

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Karen and Quinn Hatfield

Chefs Karen and Quinn Hatfield's list of favorites reads like a who's who of hip Los Angeles restaurants, with a few lesser-known spots thrown in. Here, in no particular order, are 10 of the power couple's favorite places to eat around town.

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Chef Ernesto Uchimura

At Plan Check, chef Ernesto Uchimura offers up comfort food in the form of burgers, pastrami, and one heck of a fried chicken sandwich. So it's no wonder that many of Uchimura's favorite places to eat when he's off work serve up international comfort food. Here, in no particular order, are 6 of his favorite places around town.

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Chef David Myers

Burgers, Japanese comfort food, high end modernist cuisine -- David Myers covers quite a lot of ground with his restaurant picks, and taking a cue from last week's picks from MB Post's David LeFevre, Myers gave us a full list of 10. Turn the page for his favorite places to eat around L.A.

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Chef David LeFevre

Chef David LeFevre is passionate about eating, so much so that he offered up not one or two but 10 restaurant recommendations. Here, in no particular order, are the 10 places LeFevre likes to eat out.

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Chef Brandon Boudet

"I'm a fan of Harold & Belle's in South Los Angeles on Jefferson Blvd. I go there when I'm feeling homesick and need some hearty New Orleans food, like a big bowl of gumbo. This place totally reminds me of home. Everything from the food, service and atmosphere make me feel like I just walked into a neighborhood restaurant in New Orleans.

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Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan

"We don't eat out that much, we're homebodies, especially with [our son] Milo being 2 and Zoe recipe testing for her cookbook almost every night these days. When we do go out, we go out for sushi at least half of those meals.