California's landmark burger stands face a fragile future [Our Website]

[u/FarleyElliott]

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-burger-stands-los-angeles-san-francisco-19984175.php

A peek at the complications of running a legacy burger stand in California, with nods to Bill's Burgers and Apple Pan and Marty's (among others), plus a convo with Pasadena's Super Burger and Santa Monica's Heavy Handed.

[u/RandomAngeleno]

There was no point to this article. What's fragile about their future? That the owner/operators of longtime one-offs might retire? Oh well.

That minimum wage went up? Oh well.

That bird flu caused an increase in the price of eggs? Oh well.

That the small shacks are small? Oh well. Seems like a trade-off to low overhead.

Rents go up? Good thing most if not all of the ones featured already own the land upon which they sit.

This reads like a flimsy nostalgia piece in search of a meaningful point.

[u/idkalan → u/RandomAngeleno]

Could also be NIMBYs trying to use flimsy nostalgia to prevent any sort of development because of the "design" of the building etc

[u/persianthunder → u/idkalan]

I still remember when LA Burger on Pico closed. It was my favorite burger spot in LA, but the lot it was on is getting converted into housing. I support the housing even though I'm sad I lost my favorite spot, but I still remember the NIMBYs getting Koretz to push to make the sign historic so it's incorporated into the building design. I couldn't care less about the sign/design, and I'm happy we're getting the housing (not having dense housing on Pico is fucking stupid). I just wish we also had a friendlier business environment for smaller restaurants, or at least enough vacancies for market rents to be cheap enough to easily move. I'm DREADING the day my favorite Indian restaurant closes, because I guarantee they probably can't afford market rents

[u/_its_a_SWEATER_]

SUPER BURGER!!