Mirror, mirror: Vote for the prettiest restaurant in L.A.

The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects is preparing to select the winners of the Restaurant Design Awards. (Among the jurors: Nancy Silverton.)

However, you and me and everyone else we know are also empowered to select the People's Choice award. Choose your favorite in each category: restaurant, cafe/bar and lounge/nightclub. (At left: The extraordinary strip-mall resident that is Lou.)

The awards -- juried and public -- will be announced at the 3rd annual Restaurant Design Awards Oct. 25, to be held at Poliform, the chic and wildly expensive Italian furniture store on Beverly Blvd. Red wine, presumably, will not be served.