Agree with the comment above - Anything near 11-13th East 21st South, or 9th and 9th, would be great for dining/entertainment while only being about 10-15 min freeway drive to the mouth of the canyons. 

When we came to the house next, the wall was already busted out and he stated that work had already started -- and had we known what types of design changes he was making, we would have rejected it because the laundry room now juts out into the dining room and it's no longer usable.

@Austin Dines there are lots of ways to buy properties with little money down.

So we found a way to add a second bedroom by closing off one of the extra dining rooms.

They wine and dine you and you get the contract.

Taking down walls between the kitchen and dining room and creating a more open floor plan.

It’s going to be a cold dark winter for local food trucks.On Nov. 25 Los Angeles County ordered all restaurants and breweries to close for outdoor dining.

Nice kitchen layout, with dining area.

We added a stair case to the second floor (attic) in the over sized dining room.

In that case, the resident moved all their stuff into the bedrooms, we repaired the living / dining / kitchen / hall, then they moved all their stuff to the living room so we could repair the bedroom.