Village Coffee Shop, Breakfast and Lunch, Hollywood, CA
2695 N. Beachwood Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90068-2339
(323) 467-5398
Mon-Sat 8am-5pm
Sun 8am-3pm
For some reason I always thought this place was called the Beachwood Cafe, but I guess not. This is what I would call a very rustic coffee shop with breakfast and lunch. The decor is early 20th century America, and the wooden tables and chairs all wobble, and the register is about as old as can be. I actually think the place has better atmosphere than food, but it is alright to visit once in a while.
Fromin’s Deli, Delicatessin, Diner, Encino, CA
17615 Ventura Blvd,
Encinco, CA
(818) 990-6346
Sue Clark and I were looking for someplace for lunch, and drove around, and couldn’t find the place we were looking for, but ended up here. The place is pretty damn good, and inexpensive for a deli, $10.50 for a sandwich instead of the usual $15 at most Jewish Delis. The service was OK, they seemed tired, but it wasn’t bad, and there is adequate parking.
101 Cafe Coffee Shop, Diner, Hollywood, CA
6145 Franklin Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90028-5220
(323) 467-1175
Daily 7am-3am
This is kind of a hip version of a diner, at least food wise, that plays some decent music, though the place is as dark as could be in there. There is a parking lot just east on Franklin, but it is usually full, so Kelly and I walked over there. The service is decent enough, and the food is decent as well.
Mel’s Drive In Hollywood, Hamburgers, Diner, Hollywood, CA
1650 N. Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 465-2111
Sun-Thur 6:30 AM- 3AM
Fri-Sat 24 Hours
I actually didn’t realize this was a chain until I looked at the web site, I had just passed this 50′s style diner so many times, that Kelly and I finally decided to go. The service was decent, and so was the food. The place is kind of fun, and their is a little museum attached even, and there are jukeboxes at each table, but they are 25¢ instead of the 5¢ at Johnny Rockets. Still this place was not bad.
Tallyrand, American Diner, Breakfast, Burbank, CA
1700 W. Olive
Burbank, CA 91506
(818) 846-9904
We had breakfast here, and were quite impressed, though it’s tagline is “Famous for Roast Turkey” so I assuming it has a different lunch and dinner menu, but they have a huge selection for breakfast. From a ton of different types of omelets, pancakes and even cinnamon bread english muffins! Wow, never seen that before.
The service was fast and the food was pretty good. I would certainly eat here again.
Harper’s Express, American Deli and Food, Century City, CA
Harper’s Express
Westfield Century City
10250 Santa Monica Blvd.
Century City, CA
(310) 553-1300
Located in the amazing new food court at the South End of Century City, located next to the new AMC Theater. This is easily the nicest food court I have ever seen. This is an excellent little restaurant, which isn’t cheap, but has some damn tasty salads. I would certainly have a bite here again, and try the normal version of this restaurant which is also located in Century City. They have breakfast, salads, sandwiches, panninis, pastas and entrees as well as soup and flatbread.
Harry’s Family Restaurant, American Diner, Burbank, CA
920 N. San Fernando Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91504-4325
(818) 842-8755
Tasty food with good portions, though the 70′s decor and really slow service certainly hurt a bit. It is open 24 hours though, and has everything from breakfast to seafood and even greek dishes.