Browsing Tag: Sawtelle

Sawtelle Blvd

Los Angeles is not all malls and chain stores.  There are great little niche stores and eateries all over town.  The stretch of Sawtelle between Olympic and about Missouri is packed with Japanese restaurants, markets, and shops.  Let’s start with the Nijaya Market (2130 Sawtelle). The Frugal Diva loves going to new grocery stores-products with labels in other languages, different spices, interesting fruits and vegetables, new types of grinders and cookware, speciality prepared foods.  I could spend a day here just perusing tea pots while taking a lunch break of prepared sushi, dumplings, and seaweed salad.  This…