"On a sunny day, Hawthorne bar Gold Dust Meridian is one of the best patio joints in town, the sidewalk filled with the vitamin D-deprived enjoying a marionberry margarita, a tofu caprese salad, and some arugula and artichoke dip. By night, drinkers and diners tuck into the black leather banquette until 2:30 a.m. for lemon pepper chicken wings, macaroni and cheese with bacon and tomato, and drinks like the Bleeding Heart, made with blood orange vodka and wild hibiscus nectar." - Thom Hilton