The Nickel Diner. Because you'll want to go.
The 5th & Main is what I'd recommend. I'm the first to admit this tastes a bazillion times better than this photo would lead you to believe.
Maybe a gazillion.
You can hit the mean streets afterwards and go on an urban expedition.
This is almost across the street from TND. Along with about PLENTY of other camera worthy sites.
I told you.
Don't take your crappity crap camera like I did.
And one of these will surely be whirring overhead. Covering the latest high-speed freeway car chase.
Don't be cute and try to apprehend the suspects yourself. Just don't.
Okay?
All very camera-worthy sites...and the pix turned out excellent, even with a crappity crap camera! :D
Posted by: Judy H. | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 07:31 PM
So is this where we shall meet when I come to LA??
Posted by: Leslie J. Moran | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 07:48 PM
i love the nickle dinner .i was down there a couple weeks ago and had a great time checking out the
area .
Posted by: kathy dorfer | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 09:29 PM
What if you have a helicopter assist and you are driving the cop car? Should you still not nab the bad guys?
Posted by: SMM | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Good heavens, if those photos were taken with what you call a crappity crap camera, imagine how much more stunning the good camera photos would have been?? Must have been the photographer's skills that ruled the day. :)
Posted by: Cynthia | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 04:05 AM
Is the meal red chile, potatoes, meat with eggies on top? Or carne adovada with those things?
Posted by: susan w | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 05:03 AM
I LOVE, LOVE. LOVE Diners. Probably harkening back to when I was a kid. My dad liked Diners. We try out new ones when ever possible. EXCEPT the one in our town is AWFUL. I hope they know what they are doing to the mystique that is DINER.
A really fancy camera would apparently be a waste of money. You do wonderfully with your "crappity" little one.
Posted by: Beth in NE PA | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 05:27 AM
Mary Ann, there is a diner down in LA (I don't remember the name) at a corner across from the Arena where the Laker's play. I stayed across onn the other corner there in a Holiday Inn Express(?) once for a meeting at least 7 years ago. Cannot for the life of me remember the name of the diner, but YUM! I think I had Beef Stew over big egg noodles served with soft dinner rolls! OMG! Perfect heart attack food like I was raised on! I want to say it started with a "P". I would love to go back someday for lunch. Hope it is still there.
Posted by: Sharon Bennett | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 06:07 AM
You're just trying to distract us with these beautfiful pix 'cause you don't want to spill the secret of those upcoming vacation photos! LOL
Posted by: Laurie J.M. | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 11:09 AM
BTW, just what is your crappity crap camera anyways?? I think I need one. It takes better pictures than ALL my cameras. Cynthia is probably right--it's the photographer's skill that makes the difference!!
Posted by: Cat | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Thanks cat! Meow. The camera info is in my sidebar. Its is little fuji. The thing I like is using it for instagram. CCC photos are good for altering!!
Posted by: Mary Ann Moss | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 03:06 PM
Love this place! My son lives in the neighborhood and when I make the cross continent trip we head to the Nickel Diner for Maple Bacon Donuts. So glad you enjoyed it.
Posted by: whimsykalina | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 05:13 PM
Oh, crap--it IS the photographer---I use a Fuji Finepix crappity crap camera (don't know the model)!! :(
Posted by: Cat | Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 08:05 PM
It's never the camera, it's always the photographer... Although I do wonder at times why nobody asks a painter with what brushes he painted... I loooove the mural, always scouting for one of those. It's so sweet that many American down towns have them, in all sorts and sizes.
Posted by: photocatseyes | Friday, February 10, 2012 at 05:16 AM
catherine - when i say CRAPPITY CRAP CAMERA, im referring to the clarity in the photos, not the composition. the CCC is fuzzy esp. on the indoors pics. my NIKON is crystal clear. make sense?
Posted by: Mary Ann Moss | Friday, February 10, 2012 at 06:28 AM
Not to put too fine a point on this, but isn't it the Five Cent Diner?
Posted by: Violet Cadburry | Friday, February 10, 2012 at 05:29 PM
Ah, downtown, the setting for many a service learning hours.
Sharon Bennet- Is it possible you are talking about the Pantry? Not a Laker fan, so I have no idea if it is anywhere near the Staples Center.
Really? Bacon maple donut? Never ever would have put those two together, but I'm feeling brave this weekend.
Photocateyes- sometimes it's the camera.... sometimes.
Posted by: Domenico | Friday, February 10, 2012 at 06:01 PM