Since 1993, this Persian-Armenian sit-down restaurant has served the city’s best beef koobideh—and its other kebabs are great as well. For all of L.A.’s Persian kebab options, Raffi’s ...

Shish kebab, one of the region's more famous exports, comes in four choices: chicken with saffron spices; chicken wings with tomato paste; lamb with lemon and salt; and beef with yogurt sauce. Stew, a ...

Iran (not) so far away. ... Shiraz's kebabs, be they koobideh, barg, shish, what have you, are the standard by which I measure other Persian-style kebabs fashioned locally.