This is one of the best restaurant guides to the LA scene I've yet encountered. If you want to see and be seen in the best eateries in LA, the ones where the stars hang out at, check out this site.

http://www.anycities.com/andyhifi/restaurants.htm

If this is not your forte, you can always hang out with Ronald at the Golden Arches. Now there's a star!

I've been to at least 20 of those places in L.A. I love Pasadena.