Here's something you might be interested in.
They say time is money, right? Across Sports Arena Boulevard from Phil’s Barbecue (and that’s a hard place to walk away from at the best of times) it’s for real.
Du-par’s Restaurant & Bakery (3711 Sports Arena Boulevard, 619-224-4454), is a small LA chain that's been in business up there since the ’30s.
Du-par's occupies what was Baker’s Square
And they have this really original scheme going.
Jaime and Ricardo, turning on the old-style charm
Like, if you make it here between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., you just pay whatever the time is. Eat at 4:11, pay $4.11. For an entrée.
Cool idea! It’s from a special menu that includes pretty decent items (though smaller amounts than the full-price dinner ones) like meatloaf with mushroom gravy, “seasonable vegetables,” and mashed potatoes. Or fish and chips — cod with fries and coleslaw and tartar sauce.
I tried the meat loaf. Hey, it wasn't Wolfgang Puck, but it was really tasty, and plenty.
Also paid $4 extra for a dessert from grandma's time, rhubarb pie. Pay a buck more for a la mode, or to put melted cheddar over it.
And - at full prices - they're open 24/7.
’Course nothing matches the prices they had when Du-par’s began, in 1938, which they show in their original menu.
Uh, 20 cent hamburgers, anyone?
More on this in Tin Fork soon.
They say time is money, right? Across Sports Arena Boulevard from Phil’s Barbecue (and that’s a hard place to walk away from at the best of times) it’s for real.
Du-par’s Restaurant & Bakery (3711 Sports Arena Boulevard, 619-224-4454), is a small LA chain that's been in business up there since the ’30s.
Du-par's occupies what was Baker’s Square
And they have this really original scheme going.
Jaime and Ricardo, turning on the old-style charm
Like, if you make it here between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., you just pay whatever the time is. Eat at 4:11, pay $4.11. For an entrée.
Cool idea! It’s from a special menu that includes pretty decent items (though smaller amounts than the full-price dinner ones) like meatloaf with mushroom gravy, “seasonable vegetables,” and mashed potatoes. Or fish and chips — cod with fries and coleslaw and tartar sauce.
I tried the meat loaf. Hey, it wasn't Wolfgang Puck, but it was really tasty, and plenty.
Also paid $4 extra for a dessert from grandma's time, rhubarb pie. Pay a buck more for a la mode, or to put melted cheddar over it.
And - at full prices - they're open 24/7.
’Course nothing matches the prices they had when Du-par’s began, in 1938, which they show in their original menu.
Uh, 20 cent hamburgers, anyone?
More on this in Tin Fork soon.