{"id":488,"date":"2006-07-15T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T18:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=488"},"modified":"2006-07-15T18:33:44","modified_gmt":"2006-07-15T18:33:44","slug":"my_la_cult_food_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/my_la_cult_food_2\/","title":{"rendered":"My LA, Cult Food #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I continue, here’s a disclaimer:
\nThese Cult Food postings are NOT RANKED! <\/strong>I’m just numbering them so you know how many there are. The fact that I write about these places is proof of their innate goodness…<\/em>
\nWithin 48 hours of my arrival at USC, I was initiated into the sacred rite of the Tommy’s Run. I think I remember how it was pitched to my virgin ears…
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\n“It’s 0130 on a Wednesday night. Let’s go on a Tommy’s Run” <\/em>
\n“OK”<\/em>.
\nYeah, like put a gun to my friggin’ head when it comes to late night eats…
\nTommy’s<\/a> is a family owned chain of burger stands that’s famous for good quality food and incredibly dangerous chili-cheeseburgers that melt through ordinary napkins so quickly that they provide paper towels<\/strong> instead. The stuff of LA legends.
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\n“If you don’t see the Shack, Take it Back!”. <\/em>
\nNow a word of warning. LA is the land of food knockoffs. Here you will find, Tomy’s, Big Tom’s, Tom’s and Tommy’s of Westwood. NONE of these are the original Tommy’s. Don’t eat at any of these if you want an authentic Tommyburger. I will not be held responsible for any kind of gastro-intestinal distress caused by these knockoffs. Look for the Shack and be happy.
\nAnd even though there are genuine Tommy’s restaurants all over the LA Basin, as far as I’m concerned, the only one to go to is on the corner of Beverly and Rampart in Downtown LA. It’s old school. It has two parking lots. There’s no place to sit. It’s open 24 hours. And it’s original. I’ve spent many late nights and early early mornings here raising my blood chili-cheese level. And my “big hunk o’ tomato” and “pickles” level too. Back then, I could do two at a time. Now, cant do so much anymore…
\nSC ROTCs would do the double time march here (it’s about 5 miles or so from SC), eat 2 or 3 apiece and then double time back (you want to be in the front <\/strong>of that formation). Investment bankers from Downtown, sorority girls from SC and locals just getting off from work would get indigestion together. On Saturday nights, the club and bar crowd come here after the clubs and bars closed. Gangbangers and LAPD would stand together, chowing down and shooting the breeze. Is this the beginning of whirled peas or what??
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\nYes, it tastes great! Mmmmm.<\/em>
\nAnd if you’re really hardcore, you’ll wind up with Tommy’s fingers; the smell from the chili lingers on your hands for the rest of the night. And then you’re hungry AGAIN!
\nTommy’s
\n2575 W. Beverly Blvd.
\nLA CA 90057
\n213-389-9060<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I continue, here’s a disclaimer: These Cult Food postings are NOT RANKED! I’m just numbering them so you know how many there are. The fact that I write about these places is proof of their innate goodness… Within 48 hours of my arrival at USC, I was initiated into the sacred rite of the … <\/p>\n

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