Apple Pan

EXACTLY!!! REPLY (126 Replies) (by sel, created November 20, 2011)

Your inflation arguments are sound except a model based on comparisons of an independent, family owned burger joint, The Apple Pan, located in West L.A. with large corporate chains like McD's or even smaller but ever expanding corporate chains like In n Out just don't seem valid. The economics are very different and all three businesses serve products that I find are not comparable to each other....+READ Your inflation arguments are sound except a model based on comparisons of an independent, family owned burger joint, The Apple Pan, located in West L.A. with large corporate chains like McD's or even smaller but ever expanding corporate chains like In n Out just don't seem valid. The economics are very different and all three businesses serve products that I find are not comparable to each other. A Big Mac, Double Double and Hickory or Steak Burger are very different creations. One I never consume, the next only when out on a drive away from our metropolis and the last is a familiar and tasty ol friend that I enjoy along with so many other burgers in this area!
I find an Apple Pan burger with Tillamook Cheddar or as you refer to it "...supermarket cheese...", well done fries with a side of sauce, iced coffee and cream pie both with real pure dairy cream to be delicious and worth the price.-COLLAPSE / REPLY (126 Replies) (by sel, created January 26, 2011)

I'm the minority voice here because I love The Apple Pan! Both the Steak and Hickory Burgers with Tillamook Cheddar (not American Process Cheese). Yeah the price has gone way up but ya know my first new car, a 1973 Jeep CJ-5 had a retail (sticker) price of $3,500. Their meat is very high quality, better than the product used by some of the more upscale burger purveyors around town. Bun could be...+READ I'm the minority voice here because I love The Apple Pan! Both the Steak and Hickory Burgers with Tillamook Cheddar (not American Process Cheese). Yeah the price has gone way up but ya know my first new car, a 1973 Jeep CJ-5 had a retail (sticker) price of $3,500. Their meat is very high quality, better than the product used by some of the more upscale burger purveyors around town. Bun could be better but back in 1948 there were no bakeries in L.A. producing artisnal buns and they stick with what has worked for them. Fries 'Well Done" may not be fresh hand cut Belgian twice or thrice fried in duck fat and sprinkled with truffle oil but they are crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and taste good with a side of hickory sauce! They are heavy on the iceburg lettuce but you can ask for less, none or just remove some of it according to your preference. Their Banana, Boysenberry and Cherry Cream Pies are wonderful and that cream is REAL cream which by the way tastes great in their ice coffee.
I also like and enjoy interacting with Gordon on the right side of the counter. He was there when I first visited during the summer of 1970, he is just part of the whole experience.
There are many good to great burgers mentioned by posters on this board, in those 200+ reply threads and I like many of them but The Apple Pan continues to serve up a quality product that just tastes damn good!-COLLAPSE / REPLY (126 Replies) (by sel, created January 26, 2011)

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