Yet another seedy dive in a strip mall you’ve passed a hundred times, thought, “hey, I could have a bacon and avocado burger” and then forgotten by the time you crossed Sepulveda. Places like this have a real estate curse on them. I think it has to do with the donut shops. You’d stop for a burger, but then you see the donut shop next door and think, “shit, I can’t eat a burger and a donut” and then keep driving. If these places had just a dry cleaners and a TV repair shop next door, you’d stop. But the donuts kill it. Howard’s burgers are good, but there’s not a great reason for their fame. It’s just a good burger joint with a fun sign. Four or five bucks for a wad of beef here.
On Venice east of Sepulveda