And again with the perfect timing. I have a date (first one) with a guy tonight and he's coming in to Burbank. We decided to do pizza but I had NO idea where I was gonna take him. I guess I'll do Monte Carlo's or Pizza Factory. As soon as I figure out where either of them are..LOL

Favorite Thai: The Swan in North Hollywood
Favorite pizza: Numero Uno
Favorite Mexican: Don Cuco
Favorite greasy breakfast: Shaker's Eggs Incognito

A friend just told me Tallyrand has the best omelettes and the best service. It's on Olive near Verdugo (across from the Vons and McDonald's). I will try it soon and let you know; if anyone else knows, please post a review.

I tried the Romano's Macaroni Grill for lunch yesterday and it was very good. The service was good too. My server was 'Gina.'

Best Chili - Chili Johns. (Closed atm for vacation)
Best Old School French Toast - Eat N' Park

Any of the Mexican places you guys listed have good nachos? I'm on a mission for Nachos.

Oh and we did the Pizza Factory on Friday. It was a pretty decent pie.

Steak places... Outback cafe, I've never had a Victorias cut I didn't like...

good call on the sandwiches..Otto's the favorite place of the Burroughs Alumni....
Another great sandwich place is Geomelis(dunno if it's spelled correctly though)

Pizza, I'd have to go with Dino's, the pizza is just perfect.

Italian, I would go with Bellavista, and if you like wine, they also have a great house chianti that is very cheap and worth every penny....they also have a good pizza too.
a little more upscale and on the edge more of the border of NH is Vitellos....it's quite famous now.... :/

RIbs...yeah...ribs USA...can't argue with that...
Chinese food... Great wok...so far the best chinese I've ever had....and I"ve tried quite a few.
Pf changs is good for a chain....

Costco has good hotdogs and pizza....

Don cucoes is good mexican, actually was there yesterday for lunch. Very similar is Viva fresh by the equestrian center and bowling ally.


If you're a sushi fan, Yamakawa, some of the best sushi I've ever had...and they have premium saki as well...very good stuff
If you're a pub grub fan, right across the street is Timmy Nolans. Great Fish N chips....

Lancers has some good weekly dinner deals...

so those are Marks pics
Enjoy :)

Chili John's.
2018 W. Burbank Blvd.
Burbank CA
tues to fri 11 am to 7 pm.
sat 11 am to 4 pm.

"Chili" here means a thick, rich meat sauce. Ebony colored, really. You can order it plain, with beans, with spagetti or both . (Chili Mac, my dad used to call it.) You can get the whole mess with cheese, sour cream, chopped onions and those tiny oyster crackers.

It's amazingly rich. Like many 'low-brow' foods, the appeal is in the combination of one rich taste with many simple ingredients--the toppings.

You can order to stuff poured onto a hot dog. Or take home a pound of it for $10.

The place has total ambience since the day one. It's just a counter and a huge landscape painting on the wall (of none too great artistic quality).

Old time-y LA at its best.

--Ed

I have eaten a couple of times at Season Thai Cuisine at 166 E. Orange Grove. It's very good. We ordered there once to take home and another time called and picked it up to go. (They don't have delivery.)

Also...Tonight I heard about (but haven't tried) an Italian place that is in or by the Anabelle Hotel. The address of the hotel is 2011 W. Olive.

Ok...well, being one that doesn't get out much, I have to say that I got left overs once from PF Chang's and it is amazing!
Last week I actually got out for a moment and went to the Brewery, on the corner of San Frenado and I think Angeline?
IT was awesome. Garlic fries. (never heard of them before) fries covered with garlic. Besides the great beers they had, which by the way, you can get a sampler, the salad alone would have been enough. If you are into blue cheese. It is a wedge of a lettus head covered with blue cheese and then the blue cheese dressing poured over and to top it off, bacon crumbles. Awesome.
Ok, my one experience out side of this home bound life. :)
Oh, Barringtons(?) on Victory is good for Mexican food. Doesn't sound like a mexican food place but it is and it's also very good.

oh and as for the Tallyrand, we used to go there for breakfast after we got off a soap opera night call at NBC. They are/were known for making a full turkey dinner every day for a really good price. They are sort of the last of the 'home cook' places.
They also used to make a drink called a root beer float.
No root beer in it but tasted just like it and knocked you on your..ok..enough about that.
If they still make them? on your way in or out, grab a bran muffin they bake. mmmmmmmmm
muffins...........
ok..now I'm hungry... :0

santoro's on burbank blvd. has excellent sandwiches.
i remember alameda liquor also had really good sandwiches too, but i haven't been there in years.

monte carlo if you're looking to stock on great deli stuff. good salami, cheeses, bread, prosciutto, olives, etc. etc. etc. i love that place.

does anyone know if chopstick is still around? they used to have really good chinese...

and if any of you are familiar with porto's bakery in glendale, they've opened up a burbank location as of this past monday. i HIGHLY recommend them. the potato balls and the meat pies are great and i hear their cuban sandwiches are to die for. i usually just go for the pastries.