Hollywood Go Book - Offbeat Shops, Restaurants, Sites

Offbeat places to go in Hollywood, L.A.

1. See Thai Elvis at the Palms Thai Thai Restaurant.
   5900 Hollywood Blvd. Ste. B
   
   
2. Get your fill of celebrity scandal and death with Dearly Departed Tours
   phone: 1-800-979-3370
   
   
3. Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs. Vendor carts abound selling what is now being billed as the "official hot dog" of Los Angeles.
   
   
4. Take the kids to see a live marionette show at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater near downtown, for an experience that is simultaneously family friendly and very weird.
   1345 W. 1st St.
   phone: 213-250-9995
   
   
5. I can't exactly put my finger on it, but there is something very strange about the Snow White Cafe. Maybe Walt's ghost is haunting this place.
   6769 Hollywood Blvd.
   phone: 323-465-4444
   
   
6. As seen on TV's LA Ink: High Voltage Tattoo.
   1259 N. La Brea Ave.
   
   
7. Take a tour of Los Angeles from the sky, with Hollywood Skies helicopter tours. Packages starting at $244/person.
   phone: 213-483-6898