Story Hour

Before

short ride recommended · 4 min - Fairfax

An open-air market at Third and Fairfax since 1934, built out of the stalls farmers set up on a vacant dairy field and never taken down. You eat standing or at a shared table under the green awnings, from whichever counter you want, and Bob's Coffee and Doughnuts opens at 8am for the people who arrive before anything else does. Parking on site is free for the first hour.

After

0.4 mi · 8 min walk - Mid-Wilshire

A walk-up stand at La Brea and Melrose that has been selling chili dogs from the same window since 1939. You order outside, you wait outside, and you eat at one of the tables behind the building. The menu is longer than the building is wide and the signs explaining it have not been redesigned in decades.