Fantastic breakfast place, the lines of people queueing to get in on Saturday and Sunday mornings tell you just how good it is. Seating is at long tables on benches, so you get fitted in wherever there's room, great for meeting the locals. Food is big, fast, cheap and very tasty, usual American and Mexican breakfast dishes. Also open for lunch and dinner, although the crowds, and some of the atmosphere, are gone by then.

400 N Pacific Coast Hwy (At Carnelian St)

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Diner/restaurant at the start of Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade. Good atmosphere, good food, patchy service but excellent people watching and star-spotting potential. Just like eating at a diner in the movies.

1457 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401-2321

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More than a burger and apple pie, an iconic American experience. Diner seating, limited menu (a couple of varieties of burger, a couple of sandwiches and pie) and endearingly no nonesense service. This could be taken as "gruff", but these guys anticipate your wishes...before I could say "another coke please" it was there and when we decided to share a slice of pie, the piece was delivered with extra plate and spoon without our having said anything at the time of ordering. And if you order fries, they are served *before* the burger.

10801 West Pico Blvd. (at Westwood Blvd.), Los Angeles 90064

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