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Gearys' other Rolex boutique, on Level 1 of Westfield Century City. Handy if you'd rather park in a mall garage than circle Rodeo Drive, and it's open Sundays.

A Rolex counter on Larchmont Boulevard, in a 1923 building that's a city historic-cultural monument. David Lee, who also runs Hing Wa Lee Jewelers out east in Walnut and San Gabriel, opened it in August 2024.

Gearys' Rolex boutique on Rodeo Drive, the one with the green twisted-glass front meant to call up an Oyster case. It opened in December 2024 and spreads over three floors, with watchmakers upstairs.

The Valley's big Jewish deli, on Parthenia Street in Northridge. The order is the Black Pastrami Reuben: pepper-crusted pastrami, Swiss, Russian dressing and hot sauerkraut on grilled rye.

The Fairfax Avenue deli that has fed Los Angeles since 1931 and still serves well past midnight. The move is a tall hot pastrami on rye from its own bakery.

The deli at Seventh and Alvarado that LA holds up whenever New York starts talking about pastrami. Everyone orders the #19: hot, hand-sliced pastrami with coleslaw, Swiss and Russian dressing on double-baked rye.