Los Angeles: Top 10 Burgers

1. Irv’s Burgers (West Hollywood) - Juicy, fantastic burgers since 1958, responsible for Rowlands and Cassavetes' nourishment.
2. Tommy’s (Echo Park) - Open 24 hours, long line goes fast with occasional flashes of high-speed chasing and ghetto bird sightings along the Blvd.
3. Father’s Office (Santa Monica) - Award-winning gourmet burgers and microbrews in a crowded cubicle of wood and way too much inhumanity.

4. Pete’s Café and Bar (Downtown) - Watch City Hall heavyweights power-munch on sublime Helman burgers with bleu-cheese fries.
5. 25 Degrees (Hollywood) - Like Arnold’s Diner given a Rat Pack makeover, with fancy clientele casting Fonzie the evil eye.
6. Apple Pan (Westwood) - Possibly as old as the men serving hickory burgers or slightly different Apple Pan burgers to the gathering of Westside school kids, families, and faraway fans.
7. The Counter (Santa Monica) - Liberating and fantastic build-your-own-burger from veggie to Ferdinand.
8. 8 oz (Hollywood) - The atmosphere’s chill, the burgers fancy, the drinks and dessert equally fun.
9. Lucky Devil’s (Hollywood) - Crank up the Stones, cuz we run out of sympathy when Diet Coke ad-man Lucky Vanous charges $16 for his “kobe” beef burger, when sides are the thing to get.
10. The Oinkster (Eagle Rock/Eastside) - Upscale burgers, fries, and shakes in a roadside, Americana-plus setting.