Best Power Lunch Restaurants in America

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Los Angeles

Beverly Hills

The legendary Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge still reigns supreme for the power breakfast crowd, whose less-anorexic members go for the corned-beef hash.

Where to sit: The nook-like Fountain Coffee Room downstairs is less frantic.

9641 Sunset Boulevard; 310-887-2777; beverlyhillshotel.com/the-polo-lounge

Hollywood

Avoid the clubbish Grill on the Alley and the celebrity-rich Mr.

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Photo by: Esquire

Los Angeles

Beverly Hills

The legendary Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge still reigns supreme for the power breakfast crowd, whose less-anorexic members go for the corned-beef hash.

Where to sit: The nook-like Fountain Coffee Room downstairs is less frantic.

9641 Sunset Boulevard; 310-887-2777; beverlyhillshotel.com/the-polo-lounge

Hollywood

Avoid the clubbish Grill on the Alley and the celebrity-rich Mr. Chow's. You'll get no respect. Musso & Frank Grill, part of Hollywood since 1919, is a place where you can talk to your heart's content, unbothered by the waitstaff - hell, you'll have to flag them down.

Where to sit: The four booths in the front are the most treasured; only number one has a window.

6667 Hollywood Boulevard; 323-467-7788;

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