Is it time for another burger celebration already? Now is a good time to mention an anniversary that coincides with it: the legendary Los Angeles burger joint, Tommy's is enjoying its 80th birthday this month and today only they're giving away their famous chili burgers for free.
I have fond memories of the Tommy's on Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica (now closed). Before I moved up to Washington, my buddy and I crammed in all the concerts we could. The list is long, but some of them were Pink Floyd (twice),Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughn (twice), Dire Straits, Jeff Beck, John Fogerty, Michael Hedges, Pierre Bensusan, Mick Fleetwood, Jeff Healey and Bruce Springsteen.
After a show, we'd regularly stop at Tommy's and get what we called "gurney'd", that is needing to be rolled out, incapacitated from the food. The order usually went something like this: we'd have them take a fold-open serving box, put one half of the bun at each end, throw in a couple of patties and ladle in as much of their straight (i.e. no-beans) chili as the box could stand. That made for a fine midnight snack if there ever was one!
Don't let the photo above fool you; the regular chili burger was anything but neat-looking--when you opened up the wrapper, it was a frickin' mess!
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