Elina Shatkin

On a swath of Van Nuys Boulevard more commonly associated with car dealerships than big game preserves, Billy's Grill offers a menu of exotic burgers belied by its decades-old strip mall decor. Remember when turquoise and pink was a hot color combo? Don Johnson does. We don't need to be......

Since it launched in mid-January, we've heard the steadily building hype about the Jogasaki Burrito truck (@jogasakiburrito), a clever mashup of Japanese sushi and Los Angeles street food. The buzz runs the gamut, everything from "Sushi in a burrito, why didn't someone think of this sooner?" to "OMG! It's the......

At Mas Malo, the best seat in the house hides behind a 400-pound steel door. In the back of the two-story beaux arts dining room, down a narrow, still undecorated hallway lies the Tequila Vault, a literal and metaphorical storehouse for the amber liquor that has become Mas Malo's signature......

The Bucket is probably most (in)famous for its Cardiac Burger. A heap of greasy onions and mushrooms piled atop bacon, grilled ham and two massive 1/2-pound beef patties. The burger is served open-face, as are all the burgers here, with tomatoes and lettuce resting demurely on an adjacent bun. "Where's......

When Greg Morris, the man behind The Spanish Kitchen, The Belmont, Oak Fire Pizzeria and, more recently, The Olive, offered a top-of-the-line gourmet burger for only $11.50 at The Oaks Gourmet Market, he knew what he was doing. He was throwing down the gauntlet, challenging L.A.'s well-known, high-end burgermeisters to......

Just as there's a "gay ear" -- and watch out, gents, because piercing the wrong lobe will alter your sexuality -- there's a gay sandwich. Be afraid! Of... egg, veggie bacon, veggie cheese, avocado, sprouts and sundried tomato. That's what was in the "Gay Boy" sandwich at Hana Natural, a......

Hoping to succeed where restaurants like uWink have failed, the founders of BJ's Restaurants are launching a new fast-casual restaurant chain, Stacked, which will try to lure consumers with the novelty of ordering by iPad. The first outpost will open in Torrance in May, with additional locations opening in Cerritos......

In some restaurants, the bar is the pits. Not at Lazy Ox Centeen, where it may be our favorite seat in the house. Sitting at the bar you can marvel at the coordination of the half-dozen cooks moving with balletic awareness around the tiny open kitchen. The burger, too, looks......

It's hard to know what Alvin Cassell would think, were he alive today, of the eponymous burger joint he opened in 1948. Cassell, who died this past June at the age of 98, was a legendary perfectionist, constantly seeking burger nirvana. Burgers weren't simply his business or even his abiding......

Our 30 Burgers in 30 Days has a handy-dandy addition: a Google map with links to all of our reviews. Follow along and see where we've been. New locations added daily. (Day 11 post coming this afternoon.)......