Daglas Drive-In ~ 20036 Vanowen St. Canoga Park, CA 91306 I&#8217;ll make this short and sweet&#8230;I was driving around Canoga Park, and found this random place on Vanowen close to Winnetka.&nbsp; I generally don&#8217;t trust these small burger places to be good so I looked around and saw everyone eating these large portions of fries&#8230;so…

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