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Emma Jean’s Holland Burger: Killing Sandwiches in Victorville

You might not know it based on the billboards, but there are dining options along Interstate 15 between Vegas and L.A. other than the Mad Greek and Alien Fresh Jerky. The best so far:...
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Restaurant San Diego

Hodad’s: Classic Hamburger Oasis Near Ocean Beach

Hodad is a surf term for a person who hangs out at the beach with a nice board but doesn’t know how to surf. Thankfully, none of that posturing exists at the Ocean Beach...
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Pie ‘N Burger: A Coffee Shop Combo Worthy of Caltech

The Apple Pan in Westwood is the old school burger spot that gets all the hype, which is no surprise given the Westside bias in L.A. food coverage. Don’t get me wrong. It’s worth...
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Restaurant Los Angeles

8 oz. Burger Bar: Ambitious Comfort Food and Craft Beer on Melrose [CLOSED]

The dark-as-night Table 8 redesign didn’t work out according to plan, so Chef Govind Armstrong and business partners Chris Heyman and Josh Woodward decided to relocate their market-driven Los Angeles restaurant down Melrose Avenue....
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Restaurant Florida

Le Tub: Kooky Hollywood Hamburger Hub by the Intracoastal

In 2005, GQ food writer Alan Richman voted this Broward County saloon #1 on his nationwide list of “The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die.” Soon after, O magazine editor Gayle King...
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Dino’s Burgers #2: Putting Maniacal Chicken on Chopping Block

I can still remember the day I discovered Dino’s – January 6, 2000. I was working as a Writers’ Assistant on “JAG,” and my key mid-day duty was to find restaurants and retrieve lunch...
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