Los Angeles is giant sprawling metropolis, choked with traffic, covered in smog and studded with neighborhood eateries you feel blessed to have in your hood. Marty's on Pico is such a gem and this gem sits snuggly on busy Pico blvd in West Los Angeles. If you lived in Los Feliz, you could call Marty's the Yuca's of the westside. Or Al and Bea's West if you hang your hat in Boyle Heights. Whatever your geographic position, know that Marty's brings the A game in the category of $5 and under burgers and unlike Yuca's and Al Bea's, you can wash your burger down with a Vienna beef frank . . . yup hot dogs for dessert. Hello West Los Angeles . . .
The path we take to Bang for your Burger Buck can be strange one. My visit to Yuca's focused on a burger type I never get, as I find chili on top of a cheeseburger wholly unwarranted, and yet here I was, eating a double chili cheeseburger, because, at a mere $5, it is a value one should not pass up. Further, when you think about how most burger stands simply can't put in the time and effort to make their chili a real draw, a Mexican eatery actually might nail it. And as much as I can tell you that the double cheeseburger is so Bang for your Burger Buck, it's the single burger for $2.75 that keeps me up at night . . .
