Angel Lena's Soul Food Kitchen

Pros: They have soul food
Cons: Cabbage instead of greens!

Angel Lena's Soul Food Kitchen is located on the corner of Sepulveda and Ventura, one of the busiest intersections in the Valley. But if you blink, you might miss it. This restaurant is one of those places you'll drive by if you didn't know it was there....

Pros: Decent-enough down-home cooking
Cons: Street-parking only

LOCATION
Angel Lena's is a small, casual soul-food restaurant located just off of Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, a street chock-full of trendy eateries. Angel Lena's is NOT trendy, mind you, it is ANTI-TRENDY. The food here is pretty much...

Pros: good food, friendly staff
Cons: a little more pricey than I was used to, not spicy enough

Over this past weekend my fiance and I took a road trip to visit his brother in downtown Los Angeles. Saturday night we found ourselves (and six other people from my fiance's family) sitting in this quaint little restaurant instead of attending the...