The undulating red neon heartbeat atop the center of Hollywood’s renaissance belongs not to a tarot card reader storefront, nor a house of sci-fi soul salvation, but to the Roosevelt Hotel, which conceals in its underbelly a gourmet hamburger diner called 25 Degrees.  A lead on the streets about the burgers at 25 Degrees had [...]

The Marin County Independent Journal reports that the gourmet build-your-own-burger chain The Counter is planning to open 25 to 30 new locations throughout Northern California. Related Links: www.thecounterburger.com

It’s hard to disagree with AOL Cityguide’s list of the top ten LA burgers.

Jonathan Gould, food critic for the LA Weekly, highlights the wagyu burger in his short review of Cora’s Coffee Shoppe. Related Links: www.corascoffee.com

Gayot’s list of the top ten burgers in LA has all the usual suspects.

It was a quiet Sunday evening in August when Madlib and I found ourselves heading due north on the 101 freeway towards Hollywood. The freeways were empty, and that was a good thing, because our destination took us to the opposite side of town at the edge of the Los Feliz/Hollywood divide—longtime BurgerFile hideaway, The [...]

If you’ve heard about the secret menu at In-N-Out and wondered if there’s really more to it, here’s the complete compendium in stunning clarity, brought to you by badmouth.net. Related Links: www.in-n-out.com

Did you ever come across the pimple plagued freak you picked on in high school who, after graduation, joined the Army and came out of boot camp spit shined, ram rod straight, and tough enough to kick the crap out of you and all your slacker friends? That’s what came to mind after entering The [...]

I have to applaud Elena Shatkin for producing a list of LA’s top gourmet burgers that defies convention by including a number of selections not found on the typical LA top ten.  Most noteworthy is her mention of Ford’s Filling Station in Culver City and The Nook in West LA, also my top picks for [...]