Father's Office- Los Angeles

Father's Office
3229 Helms Ave
Los Angeles
310-736-2224

I went to the Father's Office in Santa Monica about four years ago. I heard Father's Office opened another location at the old Helm's Bakery, where LA and Culver City meet. So I decided to give them a try.

Father's Office is in the city of LA, but if you cross Washington, which is about 25 yards behind Father's Office, you would be in Culver City, hell the sidewalk has Welcome to Culver City. But the correct address is LA.




I got the Father's Office burger, $12.50, with caramelized onions, bacon, gruyere, maytag blue, and arugula. There are no deletions or substitution. The burger was good but I asked for it medium rare and it was a bit undercooked, more towards rare. I also thought there was too much maytag blue, which just overpowered the burger.

Service here, is order everything at the bar and runners will bring your food to your table. Service was fine but one of the runners said "No taking pictures of the food." Of course, I continued to take pictures of food. I don't know what the hell they are worried about, if you're proud of your food and stand by it, you should be happy people are taking pictures. I also noticed three pages of pictures of the food at FO, on another review site. Hmmmmmmmmmmm

This FO location isn't as pretentious as the Santa Monica location but the no picture policy is stupid and I will not return to FO again.

FO started this gourmet burger craze in LA. They do a good job, I didn't notice any difference between the LA and the Santa Monica location. But they are full of themselves. There are other restaurants who joined battle gourmet burger and they are proud to have pictures taken of their food. No reason for me to go back to either location of FO.

J&J Burger & Bar B Que-Closed

J&J Burger & Bar B Que
5754 Adams Blvd.
LA, CA 90016
323-934-5390

Ok, nothing great to look at from the outside. But never judge a book by it's cover. Or in this case a BBQ restaurant by it's exterior. This is one of the best BBQ places in LA. J&J Burger & Bar B Que is on Adams, a block east of Fairfax. They have about six plastic outdoor table to eat there but mostly J & J is a take out place.

Pictured is the pork ribs, lunch portion, with potato salad for $5.41. You get 3-4 ribs for lunch and 5-6 ribs for dinner. The ribs were nice and well smoked and very meaty. There was a little more fat than the last few times I went but the ribs were still very good. Not mushy and falling off the bone but very tender and flavorful. It's pretty easy to tell they use real wood to smoke their meats, there is a place that sells all kinds of wood that is used for smoking.

The mild BBQ sauce has a good flavor throughout. There isn't a kick at the end but a flavor and adds well to the ribs.

Very friendly service. But it does take awhile for them to prepare your order. But it's well worth the wait.

The only thing I do not like about J & J is their times. They close about 6:30pm everyday. That's too early!!! And they close on Sundays. It's hard to get to J & J during the week with LA traffic.

Please note, if you're going to comment about J &J's or any other BBQ place I've reviewed, spare me the "You should try the brisket or the pulled pork." Those comments will be deleted. I have already stated I only go to BBQ place for PORK SPARE RIBS. There are many other blogs that review the other meats served at BBQ places. So if you want those reviews go to those blogs. My blog will only review the PORK RIBS.