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@FamishedFem - Thanks! And yes - it is a strange animal the brioche bun phenomenon.

@SAKSc - Thank you for the kind words!

@sticky wicket - I'm interested to try the kebabs. Any insight?

@nycnowla - welcome (I am a transplanted new yorker too)! LD's is a grand preparation, but I am still on the fence about. Have to go back. As for Fix Burger... I love Paul Joo - and think his burgers are really good - though not (yet) great. Here is the review: http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2009/01/the-fix-burger-in-silverlake-caifornia-burger-review.html
I am going to do a follow up review....

@alossix - Ok - this is a controversy here in LA. @herbyn contacted me about this and made the same point. In fact, he pointed me to an interesting LATimes article about the controversy:
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/31/local/me-east31
- Thanks @herbyn!

While there is real controversy, Los Feliz is popularly referred to as "the Eastside" by a lot of LA's residents so that's why I make reference to it in that manner.