The Most Classic Restaurants In Los Angeles

"If there was an SGV Hall of Fame, Newport Seafood would have had its jersey hung from the rafters years ago. This upscale Cantonese seafood spot has seen more birthdays, wedding banquets, and graduation celebrations than all the for-hire clowns in Southern California, and it’s still the place to mark a grand occasion with a table packed with fantastic seafood, stir-fries, and noodles. Just make sure the house special lobster is part of your order—wok-fried, weighing at least four pounds, and smothered in scallions, jalapeño, ginger, and butter, you’ll see it on every table in the dining room. Newport special lobster, beef loc lac, clams with spicy hot sauce" - brant cox, cathy park, garrett snyder, sylvio martins