The votes have been tallied and the results are in…Citysearch presents a user generated top ten list of the Best Burgers in Los Angeles for 2008. At the top of the class is perennial favorite, The Apple Pan.
This top ten comes from all the way across the pond. Food writer Amy Balfour picks her top ten burgers in Los angeles for the Guardian UK, all but one of which (Cafe Midi) are LA top ten standards.
Released in 1997, the incredibly informative documetary, Burger Town, traces the origin of the hamburger and drive-in culture in Los Angeles. Chronicled are Bob’s Big Boy, Tommy’s, Pann’s, The Apple Pan, Fatburger, Carney’s, In-N-Out, Cafe 50’s and a few other favorite LA burger joints. It’s truly a must see for every burger lover in LA! [...]
What do you get if you order all of the available toppings on your burger at The Counter? According to jimmylin on Imeem.com, you get a 5 lb. burger with 54 toppings for a rather reasonable $45.50. As you’ll see, just don’t try to eat it in one sitting.
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www.thecounterburger.com
This brief review of the Apple Pan doesn’t tell us much that isn’t already known about the legendary burger joint in West LA.
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ESPN’s Taste of the Town at The Apple Pan
This burger recipe originates from an August 2002 article in the Food section of the Los Angeles Times. With the help of food critic Charles Perry, the Times’ Test Kitchen reverse engineered the famous Father’s Office burger and came up with a solid approximation. No longer available on the L.A. Times’ website, the article appears [...]
The highly touted Virginia-based burger chain Five Guys is slated to open some 30 franchises in Southern California, the first of which has already appeared in Carson. Often called the “East Coast In-N-Out,” Five Guys differs slightly from its West Coast counterpart in that it uses a build-a-burger concept similar to The Counter. [via Fast [...]
In town for last night’s UCLA season opener against Tennesee, Todd Blackledge’s Taste of the Town made a brief stop at The Apple Pan.
Jonathan Gould, food critic for LA Weekly, gives a brief review of the universally acclaimed Father’s Office. Luckily, Father’s Office II, the new location at the Helms Bakery building in Culver City, has made it easier than ever to acquire one of the city’s best burgers.
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www.fathersoffice.com
MyFoxLA’s editors didn’t break much new ground with their top 5 list of cheap burgers in Los Angeles. Though a bit of a rehash, it can be somewhat forgiven. After all, these are the burgers we’ve come to know and love in LA.