11058 Santa Monica Blvd. (Behind the Winchell's)
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-312-3632
Carvel Ice Cream
11037 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-444-0011
We blame ourselves for the demise of Dainties. A half dozen about every month, was that the best we could do? Of course not. We didn't step up and now the best cupcakes ever are never more.
Now we have vowed singlebloggedly to raise the awareness of our favorite cupcake chef's newest endeavor and to assure that Hole in the Wall is with us for years to come. So, come on and eat their burgers already!
Delicacheena knows it's hot sitting on the parking spots with just some umbrellas for protection and there are countless high and low end burgers out there. But you know you can replace one of you meals from a box or a lousy chain with a juicy half pound of beef, turkey or veggie patty.
It's a build-you-own affair. There are checklists like at the Counter, but far more simplified. Choose your meat or lack-there-of, bun or bowl, cheese and mayo. Decide if you want all, some or none of the lettuce, red onion, tomato and house made zucchini pickles. Extras include apple wood smoked bacon, avocado, roasted peppers, sauteed onions, fried egg and sauteed mushrooms. There are packets of ketchup, mustard and Tapatio. Sweet potato or regular fries? They're both thick, crisp, hot and fresh-tasting and one order is enough for three.
The beef is juicy and, well, beefy. The meat was cooked the way we like it: medium. The fried egg is perfectly cooked, not rubbery, not runny. Had she known about the roasted peppers, TW would have paid the extra price to add it to her burger order.
The turkey burger is peppery, not as juicy as the beef, but moist and hearty. The chewy pretzel bun holds up well to the slippery mix of meat, provolone cheese, and cranberry mayo. On another visit, the chipotle mayo with its bite is more prominent than the the cranberry mayo.
The veggie burger tastes of smoky black beans and corn. The whole wheat honey is slightly sweet. Sans bun, this patty is the best choice for the burger bowl. Throw a fried egg, sauteed onions, provolone cheese, and mushrooms on a bed of red leaf lettuce and this truly becomes a very tasty salad.
We leave stuffed; the savory side of our stomachs satisfied, but the sweet side was a little sad. We ventured across the street to Carvel Ice Cream where we were able to calm our sweets craving. While we worked on our haiku, we reflected on the loss of the cupcake that should have been.
But maybe,if chef and co-owner William Dertouzos regains a little faith in the Los Angeles consumers, just maybe he'll feel we're worthy of his cupcakes again.
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