Susan Park
Susan Park is a writer, historian, and chef. She collects vintage French purses, practices Tiger Crane kung fu, and occasionally long board surfs.
This neighborhood is home to the most neon signs, densely packed strip malls, valet parkers, and Korean restaurants in all of L.A. County.
Over the course of decades, sun-bleached facades gave way to a palette of pastels as Thai businesses opened in strip malls along Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards.
The people in this neighborhood represent upheavals in practically every part of the world in the last century.
This area can feel like a restaurant no man's land to the uninitiated.
While Glendale isn't known as a hotbed for dining, it's home to several legendary restaurants.
The cultural life that once thrived in Historic South-Central may have disappeared, but the food tells a story about the community that still exists here.