LOCATION –
Just off the 405 freeway at 7420 La Tijera Boulevard lies the Buggy Whip. A staple in the Los Angeles community, which still boasts that it won the best steak dinner in LA almost a decade ago. This once super classy ‘fox and hound’ type restaurant has been featured in several movies and TV shows such as Superbad, Big Love, Date Night, Blow, etc. I figured since they were known for their beef this would be the place for me, so I took a seat at the bar.
ON THE MENU –
After a bit of squinting at the menu in this super dark restaurant I told the bartender that I would take the hamburger with cheese cooked medium please. It didn’t take long before my burger showed up. It looked good at first site and I was happy to see 2 pieces of cheddar melted on top of the patty. It came with onion slices, tomato, arugula lettuce and a dill pickle spear. I found out later that they normally use iceberg lettuce. This was all on your average sesame seed bun. It came dry so I grabbed some mayo, of course, and I was instantly satisfied with the first juicy bite. The simpleness of this burger was very pleasing, especially for the price.
ON DRAFT –
Nothing is on draft here, but they do have bottles of your everyday beers from Bud to Stella, served, however, in a not so average way, the bartender reached down and pulled a wine glass out of the ice and set it in front of me along with the bottle. I have never seen this before, but I must say I kind of liked drinking beer out of a wine glass.
ON THE SIDE –
Fries came with the burger. There was nothing special about them, but I did eat them all.
TIP –
They have great happy hour specials from beer to food, I even saw an $11 a la carte lobster on the menu. And remember to put your sunglasses on before you exit the restaurant.
SUMMARY –
My satisfyingly juicy burger, served with fries and an Amstel Light ended up running me a meager $11.00. This plus the fact that it was just a good burger left me with a smile on my face.
RATING – 7 out of 10
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