Larry’s in Burbank has been a part of the neighborhood’s lunch rotation since the ’50s. The chipped green paint, red booths, and walls decorated with license plates from almost every state make this old-school institution look like the real-life version of Bob’s Burgers. The smell of grilling dogs drifts down the block as you walk up, and the menu is full of greasy, griddled staples perfect for families, solo diners, and people who clearly just rolled out of bed and showed up hungry in pajamas. There are burgers, breakfast burritos, and hot dogs in just about every style you can imagine. But anything with their thick, meaty housemade chili is the move—they’ve nailed their formula after 70 years of ladling it over dogs and burgers.
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