We had a great trifecta today of Los Barrilitos (al pastor tacos), Los Gallos (carne en su jugo) and Cemitas Puebla (al pastor cemita). Can't believe it's taken me so long to try the carne en su jugo. I think I dismissed it since it is a soup, and how satisfying can coup be? This was great though. Would be a perfect hangover meal.

Thanks for the suggestions, keep 'em coming (I've been pretty limited by transportation/location this last week, hopefully this upcoming week I'll have some more flexibility).

Hot Doug's is worth any line, or bs regarding hours or vacation or whatever; that you would consider giving up is tragic. Anyone telling you otherwise should be considered an enemy.
Thai food might be dime a dozen in LA, but you have to sort through a bunch of crap to find something good. Spoon and Sticky Rice are the top of my list, if you're craving Northern.
Unlike most cities closer to The Border than Chicago, LA's Mexican food is actually good, so I can see why you would so callously look past Cemitas Puebla. You might miss Chicago's perfect steak taco, though. Tierra Caliente?
That being said, any other Bayless restaurant fit the bill? I know he's not fashionable but still remarkable...
Schwa changed my life.
Chickpea is excellent. Service is old world style; don't pass up conversation with the owners; don't try and squeeze it in for a lunch break at work.
Atavola, for an intimate evening, con gnocchi.
Moto, Elliot, Achatz, etc.?
Tamales from the tamale guy at the Hideout. Context, all about context...
Moon's?
Cafe Trinidad?
Little Three Happiness?!

I'd go to Mexique over a Bayless restaurant.

I'll agree with you. Schwa changed my life too

I feel bad, haven't been able to hit most of the suggestions because of timing/location, but I greatly appreciate all the help. Wasn't able to get lucky at Schwa either.

We had to have a late dinner last night because of a late meeting, and thanks to LTH, I found that Longman & Eagle is open late, so that's where we headed. We were very happy we did! I loved the feel of the place - darker, smaller with wood and brick; it was a cozy feel, even if the seating is pretty tight. Great drink list too; we're beer/wine drinkers mainly, and I was very pleased with the options (a lot of bottles and a decent draft list of some beers that aren't the dime-a-dozen variety). We ordered the meatballs, gnuddi, cochon, pork belly & bbq shrimp and the sloppy joe. The meatballs were excellent, as was the cheesy polenta that came with it. The cochon was very good as well (the combo of pork, greens, peaches worked very well). The gnuddi was solid, but seemed a bit "dry" and mealy. The pork belly was delicious, but I wasn't able to eat as much of it as I wanted, because I was devouring the sloppy joe. I read about the sloppy joe on here, and thought "how good can a sloppy joe be?" but it was very good. I'm surprised more places don't use a brioche bun (for burgers), and I initially thought it would be a poor idea for a wet sandwich such as this, but it held up quite well. And the jalapeno was spicy - finally! We finished with the panna cotta dessert (we had no business ordering it - we didn't even finish the joe and belly), and enjoyed it as well, but I think we should have gone with the pistachio waffle instead (I always forget that I am not a huge fan of panna cotta).

Service was great, and overall this was a very good meal.

Well, I made an excursion up to Devon for lunch at Khan BBQ for some boti chicken (a quick search showed this to be a favorite) and some naan. The chicken was good, for grilled chicken very good. I wasn't wowed though, and it won't be anything I'll miss. I recall reading (on here) about a gryo-type Indian/Pakistani sandwich, which I think was from Ghareeb Nawaz.... am I recalling correctly? Is it worth a trip? I was going to try and do a 1-2 punch, but after all that chicken and naan (plus no time) I couldn't do it.