If you thought maybe you'd turn your lunchtime into a nod to National Burger Month by picking up one of those ubiquitous combo meals, this buzz-killing infographic produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustrates just how much bigger an average American burger-fries-soda combo has gotten since 1950. more ›

Not every burger needs to be made of beef. We definitely have a handle on the cow-less options for burger enjoyment, but what if that burger was made of...ice cream? Now fast food chain Carl's Jr. is in the testing phase for just that kind of item: An Ice Cream Brrrger. more ›

Nestled in West LA’s Little Osaka, Plan Check Kitchen + Bar is a neighborhood restaurant that will make you wish you called this stretch of Sawtelle home. The inviting atmosphere and mouth-watering comfort food courtesy of former Umami corporate chef Ernesto Uchimura has made Plan Check an instant hit. more ›

If you've got a restaurant and you come close to simulating the red and yellow logos or the cherished burgers of In-N-Out, the SoCal institution will send their lawyers after you. So news of the chain doing a one-day-only pop-up location in Japan might seem as suspicious as that 2010 April Fools' Day prank about the restaurant opening up in NYC. more ›

What Broadway around 9th most definitely needs is a great restaurant, and with this weekend's soft opening, UMAMIcatessen is heeding the hungry cries of locals and visitors to the Downtown area that is undergoing a slow, but much-needed revival. more ›

In-N-Out makes burgers beloved by many, but they also have a rep for making sure no one else makes a burger like them--or at least calls it by the same name. Famously protective of their menu and aesthetics, the SoCal chain has asked a nearly 40-year-old Manhattan Beach eatery to take the burger they're calling a Double Double off their menu. more ›

Burger lovers from behind the Orange Curtain, it's your time to shine! A Banh mi burger, fare from a favorite SoCal chain, the concoction of a gastropub... All's fair in love and the all mighty hamburger wars, including in the OC. more ›

Are burgers the new cupcake? Los Angeles, I'm Yours posits that burgers are are burgeoning trend, and new burger-centric eateries keep popping up predominantly in one overall geographic area. "The area is totally accessible by Metro and what we are calling the Burger District, a little burgerhood in Hollywood," they explain. more ›

For all the best burgers is Los Angeles’ talk that gets thrown around the Southern California blogosphere, you’re not likely to hear about many spots outside the city limits. But if The Lab Brewing Company in Agoura Hills has their way, that’ll change soon enough. more ›

We can thank the French for the basis of many of the delicious dishes we know and love, and now Downtown Los Angeles is home to a French import fast-casual cafe where the emphasis is on eating well with fresh and affordable ingredients. more ›

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this: All the flavors of Thanksgiving in one big (turkey) burger, where to find fine dining all the way out in Rancho Cucamonga, holiday beers, "designer" cocktails and more in our weekly food news roundup. more ›

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this! How about a "pocket restaurant" with a crazy name, gluten-free Bouchons, a fan favorite menu item returns to Ammo, a Filipino Food Event and more. more ›

Do you love burgers? I mean, do you really love burgers? Because there is a posting on Craigslist that you will not want to sleep on. Someone is forced to part with their Hamburger Bed, and that means this "Wendy's style" square-pattied, sesame seed-studded bun topped wonder can be yours. more ›

Carl's Jr, the Southern California burger chain known for their heavy marketing to the douchebag demographic, has agreed to change several ads that customers have complained are deliberately misleading, reports the OC Register. The ads are for a 2 for $5 burger deal. In two of the ads, the voiceover says, "Unlike the debt crisis, your appetite is something we can fix." The deal applies to the Western Bacon Cheeseburger -- but instead of showing that burger in the ads, the company used an image of the bigger, juicier Western Bacon Six Dollar Burger. more ›

Aberdeen, Maryland's Grab-N-Go burger has gone all "how dare you?!" after SoCal burger chain In-N-Out Burger slapped them with a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement. An exec for the burger joint, Gus Siperko, says the folks at Grab-N-Go "are really rather livid over this." more ›

It's hard to imagine more L.A. trend clichés in one sentence, however we're learning that burger chain Umami is going green big time with their just-announced ninth location at The Grove. more ›

The double burgers, the hand-cut fries, the cheery employees, and the red-and-white decor. We're talking about SoCal's very own In-n-Out, right? Or are we talking about Virginia's upstart and expanding Five Guys? Uh oh. The burger wars are getting intense. Now longtime devotees of In-n-Out's crave-able, affordable, reliable burgers say they are sleeping with the enemy, aka Five Guys. more ›

It's been over three years since Jan Perry's proposed moratorium on fast food restaurants in South Los Angeles was approved. And today Bernard Parks estimates that 70 percent of the dining options in his district offer unhealthy fast food. But who's to tell you what you can and cannot eat? more ›

The restaurant at the Standard in DTLA has been running a "Burger of the Week" special, and Chef Micah Fields isn't shy to put some unusual meats between two buns. Today is the end of their Colorado Lamb Burger week, but starting on Monday, and until the 18th, diners can order a "Smokey the Bear" burger. Yep. Bear. more ›

There are some things a man can do that cause him to go crazy. There are other things he can do that, one assumes, would just make him sick. Among the latter, we may well find this man's mission: over at Serious Eats, writer J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has attempted to sample everything on the In-N-Out public menu, the secret menu and the super-secret-menu. more ›

In the great tradition of food-retail media tie-in takeovers, tomorrow four Fatburger locations around the nation will morph into Bob's Burgers, and they'll be handing out free burgers, according to GrubStreet LA. Find your free food at the West Hollywood location, but first download the coupon you'll need to swap for your "Thanks a Brunch Burger." Sorry, Kanye West fans, if the Fatburger franchiser is going to show up to any of the 4, it would be the one he owns...in Chicago. The WeHo Fatburger will be a Bob's Burger until January 31. more ›

Just a block from the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, Juicy Burger doesn’t particularly stand out save for the banner touting that it was voted “Best Burger in L.A. - 2010 by Citysearch.” This is no small feat in the city that is arguably the world’s burger mecca. So the bar is set high. Can a burger live up to claims of “Best Burger”? Yes…and no…and yes. more ›