In a 200-square-foot cubby off Sunset in Echo Park is an eyeglass store that might save you from four-eyed ubiquity. At Gentlemen's Breakfast, licensed optician Van de la Plante sells vintage dead-stock by top eyewear brands—in addition to doing any number of repairs and filling your prescription. A firm believer in never sacrificing style and polish for durability and quality, de la Plante only stocks eyewear back from when they made things the way they used to. And even if you're not in the market for frames, most days de la Plante is at-the-ready with scotch and conversation at this New England living room-turned-Eastside shopping fixture.
Gentlemen's Breakfast, 1101 Mohawk Street (at Sunset Boulevard); 323-306-6766.