who is fearless's avy? yes LA has public. its called metro.. its not too bad, but yes, you'll need to drive to go places.
You should check out little tokyo too btw ...ooo and if you're going to downtown you should definitely try out Bottega Louie
Chicken & Waffles was okay. We went rosco's near hollywood/sunset or whatever. We were like the only asians there. LOL THe chicken is actually pretty good, better than KFC.
When are you going? You can't get to anywhere fun without a car in LA. The typical places - Disneyland Adventure Park, Universal Studio, Rodeo Drive, Santa Monica promenade. If you're looking for good cheap eateries - Asian .. mostly in Monterey Park (used to be Taiwanese but Chinese - China took over) so Taiwanese moved to Roland Height. Vietnamese is in Santa Ana. Koreatown is along Wilshire Blvd. Don't know Japan town.. Filipino is most in Irvine. Stay away from LA Chinatown ... the food is gross and really nothing to see. The other places are food only .. nothing great about it. Be extra careful when you head to Santa Ana and Koreatown at night.