Robert's Russian Cuisine

Since 1988, Robert's Cuisine has been feeding Hollywood-area diners out of this small strip mall at La Brea and Hawthorne. The eatery specializes in Russian and Armenian cuisine. Take your meal to go, eat inside or sit at the outside four-table patio. Find well-known Russian dishes like Russian Borscht or Beef Stroganoff or dishes lesser known to Americans like Po Karsky (charbroiled lamb) and...

Catering to the Russian immigrants who have settled in the Hollywood area, this friendly spot has a big-screen TV mounted on the wall but no liquor license. (There's no corkage fee if you bring your own bottle.) Start with boiled beef dumplings known as pelmeni or one of the eggplant dishes, prepared either Armenian- or Israeli-style. For your entrée, choose from a list of traditional Russian...