{"id":5622,"date":"2011-04-18T06:37:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2011-04-18T06:37:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:37:39","slug":"van-nuys-ca-beeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=5622","title":{"rendered":"Van Nuys, CA  &#8211; Beeps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beep6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5626\" title=\"beep6\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beep6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>At the intersection of Sherman Way and\u00a0Woodley, Beeps has served the neighborhood and burger fans since 1952. We were across the street at Toys R Us, and I snapped a pick of Beeps and tweeted it, proclaiming &#8220;alas, no time this trip.&#8221; But when Mrs Burgerdogboy and her pals exited the toy store, and saw me gazingly longingly at the burger legend, they insisted that we have an early lunch, and I was oh so happy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We ordered (over ordered) at the window and took a seat in the outdoor patio.\u00a0 Was really happy to be sitting and eating outside in pleasant weather, after 6 months of Portland winter gloom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the four of us, one beef dip, one pastrami sub, one hot dog, two curly fries, two orange bangs, one regular burger, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We had ordered in two tranches, and for some reason, half came, the other took some negotiating to get (cajoling?), but in the end, it all worked out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I loved the beef dip.\u00a0 I had been determined to get to Coles or Philippes in downtown Los Angeles this week, and didn&#8217;t make it, so I had a jones for a dip.\u00a0 (Both Coles and Philippe&#8217;s purport to have invented the French dip).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beep&#8217;s dip was top notch, real beef roast, a nice roll, and an ample serving of au jus to go with.\u00a0 The curly fries were pronounced winners by all.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The burger, victim of a thumbed bun, and dressed to the nines &#8211; was a previously frozen machine formed patty, to my disappointment intitially, but actually tasty in its own right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;ll try to hit Beeps more often in my L.A. trips.\u00a0 My office used to be a couple blocks away, and Beeps was one of my oases. It can be yours as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5627\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beep2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5627\" title=\"Beep's Chili Cheese Dog\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beep2.jpg\" alt=\"Beep's Chili Cheese Dog\" width=\"365\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beep&#39;s Chili Cheese Dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5628\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beep5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5628 \" title=\"Beep's Beef Dip Sandwich\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beep5.jpg\" alt=\"Beep's Beef Dip Sandwich\" width=\"399\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beep&#39;s Beef Dip Sandwich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/5\/61238\/restaurant\/LA\/Beeps-Fast-Food-Van-Nuys\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/61238\/biglink.gif\" alt=\"Beeps Fast Food on Urbanspoon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the intersection of Sherman Way and\u00a0Woodley, Beeps has served the neighborhood and burger fans since 1952. We were across the street at Toys R Us, and I snapped a pick of Beeps and tweeted it, proclaiming &#8220;alas, no time this trip.&#8221; But when Mrs Burgerdogboy and her pals exited the toy store, and saw&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=5622\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Van Nuys, CA  &#8211; Beeps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,12,15,16,34,35],"tags":[616,1390,2135,2149],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5622"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}