Regulars at Thanh Tam II, the hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese food joint on Valencia Street, know Johnny Le as the guy behind the register, or the one running up and down greeting customers seated at less ...

You know those places that have been around forever, which some call dives, others call holes-in-the-wall, but that you call your go-to place? They’re not fancy, there’s nothing fusion-y about them, ...