These Are Worth The Wait

Which Insanely Long LA Restaurant Lines Are Actually Worth Standing In?

Pink’s

Fairfax

• The wait: 12 minutes and 12 seconds on a Sunday afternoon at 1:15pm
• The food: Chili cheese dog and fries
• The taste: This is one tasty puppy; when you bite into it, there’s a good snap to the skin. The fries also are a cut above -- crispy on the outside, soft inside, and nicely seasoned. The chili, however, is just okay and the cheese basically acts as a glue holding everything together. The takeaway: Once a tourist mecca, always a tourist mecca. While waiting in line, you can look at the spread of cheesy 8x10 celebrity photos and ponder how many people actually order a Brando or a Rosie O’Donnell (they’re among Pink’s “star dogs”).
• The alternative: La Brea & Melrose offers a ton of other choices -- Chipotle, Hot Wings Cafe, and Lucifers Pizza -- but if you’re in a meat mood go to Bludso’s.
• The verdict: Do it -- if there is a hot dog worth standing in line for, Pink’s is probably it. The food range from good to great and the LA kitsch factor can’t be beat.

In-N-Out Burger

Hollywood

• The wait: 12 minutes, one second on a Saturday night at 9:10pm
• The food: Hamburger and fries
• The taste: It’s In-N-Out. Duh.
• The takeaway: It tries to keep the line moving with a bellhop guy taking your order on an iPad as you slowly snake forward in the line. Going inside the restaurant isn’t much faster as there are lines out to the door, too. The alternative: There’s a 24-hour IHOP across the street if you need something after hitting the Hollywood bars and, if you really want a burger, the Oinkster is less than two miles away on Vine.
• The verdict: Don’t do it -- some people don’t like In-N-Out. I’m one of those people. Sue me.

Philippe the Original

Downtown

• The wait: Five minutes, 29 seconds on a Sunday afternoon at 12:45pm
• The food: Beef French dip sandwich with coleslaw
• The taste: The French dip is old-school delicious, although the gravy can turn the bread mushy if you don’t watch out. If you like saucy coleslaw, then you’ll like Philippe’s.
• The takeaway: On the counter are big, scary jars of deviled eggs floating in lurid purple-y liquid, which looks like something from a ‘50s sci-fi movie.
• The alternative: When it comes to French dips, Philippe’s only rival is the now more upscale Cole’s, which is deeper Downtown. Around Philippe's, your choices are mostly Chinese restaurants.
• The verdict: Do it -- revel in the gloriously downscale dining: sawdust on the floor, tchotchkes on the walls, and cheap-but-tasty eats.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)

Who Knew He Was Such An Icon In The Sneaker World

Why Jerry Seinfeld Is the Most Important Celebrity in Sneaker Culture

Beyond star athletes, popular artists, and social media #influencers, the comedian has become the most unlikely mainstream sneakerhead icon.

It’s probable that Gray (who would head up talent relations for Nike for years after she was simply known as the “Nike Lady”) laced the Fresh Prince and Martin casts too, and the none more caucasian Friends and Home Improvement could well have been on her rounds. So why this examination of Jerry’s feet and not the tool man? Simple answer—Home Improvement was never actually funny. These were TV show and brand relationships that ran so deep, the cast got their own SMUs—the Nike Binford, a quite appealing Air Edge for Friends and, best of all, the Air Seinfeld—a reworking of the GTS long before Supreme got their hands on it. The Great Tennis Shoe seemed almost too bland for Jerry to wear in the show, but it’s the kind of shoe that wouldn’t get strange looks in his onscreen ‘hood.

Giving Jerry shoes meant that they got the desired exposure — from early promo shots in Delta Force St Lows to breaking out cardinal Jordan VIIs for Playboy. He genuinely appeared to be a fan, but he wore the things rather than coveting them. This was a time when retro wasn’t an emphasis for lifestyle wear.

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Nike KD 8 “Hunt’s Hill Night” Official Images

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Just Because It's An NSX, You Better Triple Check It Over

How to Buy a Used Acura NSX & Not Hate Yourself in the Morning

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Picking 3 Is Pretty Damn Difficult

What Does Your IDEAL BMW Garage Look Like? IF You Had Three Bimmers, WHICH Three Would It Be?

1. E30 coupe (non-M3)

2. E46 M3

3. E39 (non-M)

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I'll Never Look At The CT200h The Same Aftter Reading This

2. Lexus CT200h

I proudly shop at Lidl, and for that reason, I believe that there’s nothing worse than dressing up a car (in this case a Prius) with an expensive suit and charging loads more for it. The Aston Martin Cygnet is another example, and we all know what happened to that.

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