No matter what you pile on, beef burgers exist within a finite flavor spectrum. It starts, of course, with the fast-food world and ends luxuriously with dry-aged steaks and bacon jams. San Pedro’s 710 Grille is here to offer an alternative. The restaurant’s top draw is its cevapcici burger, a creation so cross-culturally perfect it’s [...]

Carving Croatian classics at San Pedro’s South Shores Meat Shop

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
South Shores Meat Shop once seemed from a different time as much as a different place. The Croatian-minded store is the kind of neighborhood market that’s been eradicated by history, marginalized to the point of near nonexistence by the human pursuit of hyper-convenience. [...]

Let go of whatever greasy spoon you cling to—no local restaurant better serves its neighborhood than San Pedro’s Pavich’s Brick Oven Pizzeria. It all stems from owner Zdenko Pavic’s endless energy, an infectious enthusiasm for food that connects him to every customer. Although the pizzeria doesn’t have any room for interior eating (there’s one table [...]