"Back in the day, when I was a teenager, before I had status, and before I had a pager . . . "
It's 1996. A Tribe called Quest is blaring out the car window. I just wrapped up an Apple Pan run soon to be followed by a screening of Rumble in the Bronx and some mall loitering at the Westside Pavilion. $11 lighter after leaving Apple Pan, I only wish knew then what I know now: Marty's on Pico is West LA's answer for Bang for your Burger Buck.
You know it when your eye catches the vintage signage nestled in the blitz of storefronts, new and old, along Pico Boulevard. The menu prices keep inflation in massive check and the Vienna beef dogs sizzling on the griddle wet your appetite and give you ideas about a frankfurter final course. For me, the westside will always carry a bit of 90s nostalgia as that was where I would roam when skipping classes at USC, for you it is just another destination in your quest of Bang for your Burger Buck.