Burgertime!
I remember having a conversation about the food in LA with another fellow transplant and we both agreed, when it comes to fast/cheap food, no other city is even close. In Indiana we have two places I always go eat at when I go home, Penn Station and Stake and Shake.
The station makes some of the best sandwiches I have ever had. It’s essentially a better version of Quiznos (they actually cook the meat on a grille instead of boiling it, and does that bother ANYONE else? I mean, subway microwaves their meat and it seems gourmet in comparison) and they make the best Philly cheese steak I have ever had. None of this Pat and Geno’s crap with the big bread, they also use real cheese and good meat. Before they updated their menu, they had 4 sandwiches. And I ate there about 3 times a week. Not only was the food good, you smelled like it afterwards. Nothing bothered my senior pre-cal class more than when I ate there. I reeked of onions and Teriyaki.
Stake and Shake is the Denny’s that doesn’t creep you out. Open 24 hours, and they have dynamite cheese fries and milkshakes. Perhaps more interesting than anything was the phenomenon that everyone went there after a cheap hookup. You could walk in and see at least one couple that was looking at each other with “you are a terrible match for me, but I’m desperate for some action” eyes. They weren’t real relationships. They were not the kind worth writing literature, but they weren’t so terrible that they only went out once. Like Stake and Shake. It’s not a great sit down restaurant you’d find in Zagat’s but it’s not McD’s either.
Anyway, I just can’t put it strongly enough how much better the fast food is out here than anywhere I have gone.
Del Taco – Ten times better than Taco Bell
La Taquiza and other greasy spoon hole in the wall Spanish places – ten times better than Del Taco. La Taquiza is the best Mexican food I have ever had. And a meal’s under 10 bucks.
Pinks – they make hot dogs worth paying $4 for. Barely, but that’s still quite a feat.
WienerSchnitschel – Fast food hot dogs. They are not really great, but it’s like a spare tire in your car. It’s nice to know it’s there even though you don’t want it all the time.
Chano’s – Just the best-drunk 3 am food in the world, with the greatest Onion rings you will ever taste.
I could go on, but I am only serving to make me want to go out and get food. On to the main course, the best burgers in town. It would pain my father, but I have never had burgers this great before I moved to LA. They just have it down here. It’s so much better here you have to experience it.
The top five Burgers joints in LA.
5. Chano’s. A mostly Mexican food stand, but the Mixed up burger is worth singing about. Grilled pastrami on a worthy burger. Think the best burger from Wendy’s you have ever had and add Pastrami better than any Jewish Deli special sandiwch.
4. The Apple Pan – One of those places that feels out of the 40’s and 50’s. They fresh make their pies. They serve coffee in a cup and saucer. You have to wait to find a seat at all most anytime. And the burgers have a terrific zing to them. The hickory burger is the closest you will ever get to mashing BBQ sauce and a burger and not having it’s ruined by a overpowering sauce. I have spent the last little while trying to really explain that in words, the hickory flavor, but I'll settle with desribing this burger joint as great sex topped off with even better oral. And they look good too.
3. In and Out. Just can’t be explained. This is a fast food joint go it’s mindboggling. You’ll never want to go back to McD’s again. From the way the bread is toasted perfectly, to the cheese that drips perfectly over the corners of the meat, it’s one of the first places I take LA newbies. And the first place they want to go when they come back.
2. Fatburger. Sometimes, a name says it all
1. Tommy’s. Tommy’s is like Baseball. Sure ,the NFL and the NBA get more hype (like In and out and The Apple pan or Father’s Office), and have far more fans, who think they are in the best system. But to people who love baseball, they know that it is best and don’t even really try to convince you. They don’t need your opinion, and they know the game is going to last far longer than any of the others and that a championship in Baseball is far more memorable than anything else. There is a reason it’s called the fall classic and no one scoffs, yet everyone pokes fun of the Roman numerals of the Super Bowl. But to people who know burgers, Tommy’s is heads and shoulders above anyone else. It’s not just the chilli. It’s the pickle on the bottom and the mustard lightly sprinkled throughout. It’s the shack too. You don’t get to sit down unless you go to your car. You are GOING to need napkins. It’s an experience.
Why is it like Baseball? Tommy’s requires patience. It’s barely athletic. There is an art to it most people will never get.
But really, why is Tommy’s like baseball and unquestionably the best burger you will ever have?
Women hate it.
The station makes some of the best sandwiches I have ever had. It’s essentially a better version of Quiznos (they actually cook the meat on a grille instead of boiling it, and does that bother ANYONE else? I mean, subway microwaves their meat and it seems gourmet in comparison) and they make the best Philly cheese steak I have ever had. None of this Pat and Geno’s crap with the big bread, they also use real cheese and good meat. Before they updated their menu, they had 4 sandwiches. And I ate there about 3 times a week. Not only was the food good, you smelled like it afterwards. Nothing bothered my senior pre-cal class more than when I ate there. I reeked of onions and Teriyaki.
Stake and Shake is the Denny’s that doesn’t creep you out. Open 24 hours, and they have dynamite cheese fries and milkshakes. Perhaps more interesting than anything was the phenomenon that everyone went there after a cheap hookup. You could walk in and see at least one couple that was looking at each other with “you are a terrible match for me, but I’m desperate for some action” eyes. They weren’t real relationships. They were not the kind worth writing literature, but they weren’t so terrible that they only went out once. Like Stake and Shake. It’s not a great sit down restaurant you’d find in Zagat’s but it’s not McD’s either.
Anyway, I just can’t put it strongly enough how much better the fast food is out here than anywhere I have gone.
Del Taco – Ten times better than Taco Bell
La Taquiza and other greasy spoon hole in the wall Spanish places – ten times better than Del Taco. La Taquiza is the best Mexican food I have ever had. And a meal’s under 10 bucks.
Pinks – they make hot dogs worth paying $4 for. Barely, but that’s still quite a feat.
WienerSchnitschel – Fast food hot dogs. They are not really great, but it’s like a spare tire in your car. It’s nice to know it’s there even though you don’t want it all the time.
Chano’s – Just the best-drunk 3 am food in the world, with the greatest Onion rings you will ever taste.
I could go on, but I am only serving to make me want to go out and get food. On to the main course, the best burgers in town. It would pain my father, but I have never had burgers this great before I moved to LA. They just have it down here. It’s so much better here you have to experience it.
The top five Burgers joints in LA.
5. Chano’s. A mostly Mexican food stand, but the Mixed up burger is worth singing about. Grilled pastrami on a worthy burger. Think the best burger from Wendy’s you have ever had and add Pastrami better than any Jewish Deli special sandiwch.
4. The Apple Pan – One of those places that feels out of the 40’s and 50’s. They fresh make their pies. They serve coffee in a cup and saucer. You have to wait to find a seat at all most anytime. And the burgers have a terrific zing to them. The hickory burger is the closest you will ever get to mashing BBQ sauce and a burger and not having it’s ruined by a overpowering sauce. I have spent the last little while trying to really explain that in words, the hickory flavor, but I'll settle with desribing this burger joint as great sex topped off with even better oral. And they look good too.
3. In and Out. Just can’t be explained. This is a fast food joint go it’s mindboggling. You’ll never want to go back to McD’s again. From the way the bread is toasted perfectly, to the cheese that drips perfectly over the corners of the meat, it’s one of the first places I take LA newbies. And the first place they want to go when they come back.
2. Fatburger. Sometimes, a name says it all
1. Tommy’s. Tommy’s is like Baseball. Sure ,the NFL and the NBA get more hype (like In and out and The Apple pan or Father’s Office), and have far more fans, who think they are in the best system. But to people who love baseball, they know that it is best and don’t even really try to convince you. They don’t need your opinion, and they know the game is going to last far longer than any of the others and that a championship in Baseball is far more memorable than anything else. There is a reason it’s called the fall classic and no one scoffs, yet everyone pokes fun of the Roman numerals of the Super Bowl. But to people who know burgers, Tommy’s is heads and shoulders above anyone else. It’s not just the chilli. It’s the pickle on the bottom and the mustard lightly sprinkled throughout. It’s the shack too. You don’t get to sit down unless you go to your car. You are GOING to need napkins. It’s an experience.
Why is it like Baseball? Tommy’s requires patience. It’s barely athletic. There is an art to it most people will never get.
But really, why is Tommy’s like baseball and unquestionably the best burger you will ever have?
Women hate it.
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