{"id":2786,"date":"2010-04-21T05:31:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2010-04-21T05:31:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:31:20","slug":"los-angeles-ca-howards-famous-bacon-avocado-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"Culver City, CA – Howards Big Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This place has been around as long as I can remember, at least going back 25 years. A nondescript window in an equally nondescript strip mall, Howard’s once screamed attention from its brightly colored sign, which has faded with time. (OK, just glanced at take-out menu and it says “since 1971”, Same Owners, Same Good Food). Glad that’s settled.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But who can resist someplace that’s “famous”, even if they do say so themselves? Howards offers a variety of burgers (up to 1\/2 pound), hot dogs, tacos, melts, and fries, rings, and chili fries on the side.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I went for the original bacon & avocado burger, and it didn’t disappoint, despite the patty being run of the mill food service provisions. It’s the method (griddled on a flat top), vegetables, and assembly that makes Howard’s special, in the way many people think In N Out are special, even tho the burger by itself IS nothing special. Isn’t that special?\u00a0 I wouldn’t usually be one to go for avocado on a burger, but the cool, creaminess of the avocado, juxtaposed against the hot crispy nature of bacon, makes this a keeper.
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\nIt comes in heftily, but with a non-hefty price, $5.35. I drove by this place every day for years without stopping in. Found out today I was missing something.<\/strong><\/p>\n