The neon sign is 70 feet high. You can't miss it. The giant Bob's statue stares you down from Riverside Drive.

It's spitting distance from the Warner Bros. lot. Michael Mann's "Heat" filmed here. It's recognized by the L.A. Conservancy. And they even still occasionally do car hop service here.

Bob's Big Boy Burbank - the oldest remaining Bob's Big Boy in America. It was built in 1949, and incorporates a Streamline Moderne architectural style WHILE moving into the new coffee-shop, car-culture, Atomic esthetic that would become prominent in the 1950s.

Counter service, sawdust on the floors and filled with cops and lawyers (probably the odd criminal, too). Philippe's has been in a long-running feud with Cole's (another old LA institution) about who created the French Dip sandwich. It's not important who you believe. It's important you PICK A SIDE.

one of LA's oldest continuously-open restaurants, since 1908! it's been family run ever since Philippe Mathieu established it in Frenchtown (did you know LA used to have a Frenchtown?). It moved to its current location in 1951, when Frenchtown was razed to make way for the Hollywood Freeway.

There was a big flap last year, when this location was in danger of closing down... I think a Dave's Hot Chicken was going in. The whole city said "Nah", and the closure was backed off. In a city where so many of our historic restaurants have been closing down lately, saving this one was a win.

The great paean to Googie architecture, a quintessential greasy spoon. This is the oldest still in existence, from 1957, on La Cienega. Giant signage angular forms, lots of neon. People call it a diner, but it's more of a classic coffee shop that serves diner-style food (architecture nerd alert!)

Which is valid. If the situation were reversed - say, a 120' bird tried to offer me a pizza - I'd have some concerns, too.

She's 3 oz of pure attitude if I don't keep the feeder filled.

Sure! Thank you!