Patra Burgers (Echo Park, LA, CA)

Located at:
1524 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Date of Visit:  9/24/2013


    Ok let me just start off by saying that this place is not for everyone. This place looks like its really run down and gives off a gosh darn ghetto vibe. The food isn't outstanding and it isn't dirt cheap. Heck my cousin and his friends got mugged 2 blocks from this place. So why can't I stop coming here??
     Well I guess everyone has their favorite hole-in-the-wall joints. This just happens to be one of my favorite hole-in-the-wall places. But when i look at everything objectively. I just could not figure out why i like this place as much as I do. It may just be me being sentimental since this place has been around since i was born. Or maybe I like this place because of its ability to satiate my emotional eating habits. I just can't put my hands on what kind of a hold this joint has over me.

     Upon walking up to the ordering window you will notice all these pictures of the food. Most of which are the breakfast items. But their full menu is actually located behind the window at that top. I find myself sometimes just waiting by the window for quite a while before someone rings me up. But playing the waiting game here is quite common.

     Once you get your food order in, you could stay outside or move on inside to wait for your food. Like usual, once your food is ready they'll call out your number. And once again, you would be playing the waiting game. The food here on average may take about 15-20min depending on how stoned the cooks may be.

     Just the standard Patra's meal for me. Burger and fries. The fries are usually very crispy and has very nice color to them.

     Ah my bacon avocado burger. I could feel your awesome heart-stoppingness hugging up against my artery walls. It's generally very sloppily put together and ingredients are unevenly placed which sometimes certain bites would have more or less of something. Though given 20 minutes i thought it would have more finesse...oh well! om nom nom.

     Their chili cheese fries. If you're still hankering for something after the burger you could always just order yourself one of these can send yourself into a deep food induced slumber or just a small cardiac arrest.

     I'm just going to be bias here and give this place a thumbs up... a very .. very guilty thumbs up.