Editor Pick
A Whole Lot of Burger for Your Buck...
- October 21, 2009
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Red Mezz from Inverness, Scotland
If you've never been to the states - the one thing that might strike you on your first visit is just how many wonderful options there are for where to eat. Fast food, fine dining, cafe, restaurants - there are no limit to the wonderful selections, and most of them at a very good price.
Even in LA - where things are a bit pricier than they might be in other parts of the country, the price of good food - especially fast food - is excellent.
Even coming from a year in New Zealand - a place that is supposedly known for being cheap - Los Angeles seemed a gloriously cheap place to eat. Finally any number of filling, tasty options were available at a reasonable cost.
And even if you are from the states, or are coming back after sometime away - what you will probably always notice is that when you go to visit friends in a new place - they will always have a list of great places you 'must' eat before you leave.
And no where was this truer for me than LA. I returned to the states after being gone for four years - the last of those years spent in the South Pacific, desperate for a good cheese burger and other wonderful American fast foods.
On landing in LA my friend driving me from the airport asked what we were in the mood to eat first. My mind boggled, and having never been to California before, I decided to leave it in their hands. When they asked if we'd ever been to a Fatburger and we said 'No' the car instantly did a U-turn and headed for the nearest one.
As I've mentioned in this review - it really helps to know someone in a place like LA, and this was true of restaurants and fast food places too. I already knew I had to try the In-N-Out Burger (a review for another journal) but I was completely unaware of the institution that is Fatburger.
And I can say with no small amount of enthusiasm - that if you like a good burger, you must try one at the earliest available opportunity.
In a time when restaurants are all trying to promote a 'healthier' image - Fatburger shamelessly, even proudly provides good old fashioned tasty, greasy burgers.
You can find Fatburger restaurants all over LA - and California for that matter - but the one in Hollywood is in East Hollywood on N Vermont Ave just a few minutes from Griffith Park.
This is an excellent example of a good old fashioned, greasy-spoon burger. Have it however you like - cooked right before you and made to your specifications - this is a burger to die for. Customize the size and style of your burger as much as you want from the 'Baby Fat' at 2.5 oz to the XXXL Triple King which is a whopping and wonderful 24 oz.
If you feel like being healthy (though I personally recommend you suspend this worry while visiting this establishment) then you have the option of a grilled chicken sandwich, a turkey burger or even a veggie burger.
Or if you're feeling a little indulgent and not so healthy you can add on toppings including bacon, chilli, or fried egg. Or all three.
Add to this onion rings and an old time shake and you have a meal - well, one that you shouldn't repeat again for a while but that you can revel in on your visit to Hollywood.
From journal A Little Wander around Hollywood at Christmas...