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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.

When I saw they had a Rueben I just had to try it, and I must say I was pretty disappointed. Not only is this a fairly small ruben without enough sauerkraut, but it is the corned beef that I didn’t like. The corned beef is very fatty and stringy and honestly hard to chew, and it got stuck in my teeth, and while I ate it, I wouldn’t eat one again. Perhaps I will stick to breakfast food if we go here again.

Kelly got the pancakes with scrambled eggs and ham. She though the pancakes were decent, and the Ham, damn that is one huge, rustic looking slab of ham.

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Certainly not the best breakfast in the area, but it does have an interesting look to it, so it is worth going once in a while, and it does have pretty reasonable prices.

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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.

I of course had the Corned Beef Rueben, and it was pretty good. The meat was tasty, though it could have used more sauerkraut, but other than that it was pretty good. And the fries were tasty as well. Not the best Reuben I have had, but still a pretty good one, and at a better price than at most places.

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I would certainly be willing to try this place out again, and they did have large iced teas as well.

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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.

I had the Hamburger and fries which unfortunately for me come with a mix of sweet potatoes and regular potatoes (as I don’t like sweet potatoes, but delighted Kelly who doesn’t like regular potatoes). THe burger itself was decent, not bad, but not amazing. A pretty good griddle burger, and would be worth eating again.

Kelly got a cheeseburger, and enjoyed it as well. The dressing is pretty good too, though I prefer Ketchup and a little mustard, which they had at the table.

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A decent Diner in Hollywood, not amazing, but pretty good.

1650 N. Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 465-2111
Sun-Thur 6:30 AM- 3AM
Fri-Sat 24 Hours

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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.

I had a Famous Melburger with Fries, a 1/3 lb groudn chuck with a sesame seed bun, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and pickle chips. A decent griddle burger, and tasty fries, though neither was amazing.

Kelly got the Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pancakes with an egg and ham. And look at that slab of ham! Wow, that was some thick and tasty ham. And the pancakes were good and fluffy. Not amazing, but decent.

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Decent enough, though nothing too special.

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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.

Both Kelly and I had the healthy choice omelets, though she got hers without chicken, and I got it without tomatoe. It had egg whites, and a ton of veggies as well as avocado, and was quite tasty, and came with a nice side of sliced fruit, and either bread (I got sourdough) or a muffin (kelly got a carrot muffin, which she quite enjoyed).

A very tasty diner.

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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.

My father and I each had the excellent Cobb Salad for $11.95, and both got it with NO BACON. It has lettuce, a ton of avocado, tomato, blue cheese, chopped chicken breast a house vinaigrette dressing, which we supplemented with balsamic vinegar. This is a damn tasty cobb, and quite delicious! I highly recommend it! Yummy!!!!

They have endless drink refills and the service is good. And I loved their ice tea. I will certainly eat here again.

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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.

Inexpensive and decent food with large portions, and a fairly large selection.

We had breakfast and they have a large menu selection as well as quite a few daily specials. I had Huevos Rancheros which came with your choice of tortillas or bread, and I got 4 corn tortillas. The dish was huge and tasty. I also got a half a cantaloupe, which was something healthy and lite to go with it. Everyone else seemed to get some variation on french bread, which looked pretty good.

A pretty decent diner all the way around. Nothing too special, but a large selection as long as you don’t mind waiting. There is seating outdoors and in, and parking behind, though not enough of it for sure, and we had to wait about 15 minute to get seated.