Cheeseburger love

If your immediate reaction to seeing lron Man (or maybe, given Robert Downey, Jr., they should have called it Ironic Man) was anything like mine was this past weekend, you've been desperately craving cheeseburgers -- along with those misplaced Black Sabbath CD's and your own personal ICBM -- ever since walking out the theatre doors. 

The marketing plug of the movie has Downey's character, newly escaped from months of desert-cave imprisonment, celebrating his liberation by gobbling good old American fast food cheeseburgers.  I don't know about you, but if I'd just forged (literally) my own super hero suit, blasted myself out of the terrorist-occupied desert and finally made it back to my gazillions, I'd go for something a little more upscale. 

Sang Yoon's blissful burger (pictured above) at Father's Office, say, with its caramelized onions, gooey mix of Gruyere and Maytag Blue and thatch of arugula (which is what I got for my post-movie fix, the new FO being right up my street).  Or the Hungry Cat's Pug Burger, loaded with bacon and bleu and so massive that it should have nascent action heroes as its target audience. Downey's character should have sent out for the burger from 25 Degrees, or Chris Kidder's burger at Literati II.  Or, better yet, considering Tony Stark's tax bracket, Michael Mina's truffled-cheese-Kobe-burger from the Stonehill Tavern at Dana Point. Come on, he's a billionaire arms dealer with his own quadrant of Malibu, wouldn't he skip the drive-thru -- Thomas Keller's obsession with In-N-Out notwithstanding -- and get LA's best?  Did I miss some burgers? Comment below.  A girl can't live on popcorn alone.

Father's Office, 3229 Helms Avenue, Culver City.  (310) 736-2224. 

-- Amy Scattergood

Photo by  Michael Segal/Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Pamela Schachter]

We went to the new Father's Office last night. Loved sitting at the bar, sipping hard cider but were sorely disappointed in the burger and fries. Fries, well-salted but barely warm. And the burger, tasty but not quite what it once was. Is it smaller? Is it less cheesy? Is the arugula less plentiful?

[garden grow]

Yeah, you did miss some... go to this gay bar on sunday on Abbot Kinney Blvd in Venice, of course. Go in the back there, outside, in the afternoon... order a cheeseburger. In fact keep ordering I used to get about three, one right after another. Very good! I can't go back there anymore... got thrown out (long story) but don't let that stop you!

Have fun!

oh, yeah it's called the Roosterfish!