"With chipped green paint, red booths, and walls decorated with license plates from almost every state, this old-school spot has been on Burbank’s lunch rotation for 70-plus years. The menu is full of greasy spoon staples (including a very good breakfast burrito), but the chili cheese dog is the namesake for a reason: a plump all-beef Hoffy's is sluiced with thick, faintly spicy housemade chili and shredded cheese that seeps into every inch of bun. Get onions and mustard if you want to break up the gooeyness." - garrett snyder, sylvio martins, brant cox, cathy park, andrew ryce