Seen better days.

A hefty dose of trash from Los Angeles' past, these four places just will not die:

1. Pink's Hot Dogs 709 N La Brea Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 (323) 931-4223 Getting food here is like being assaulted with a deli weapon. It should be codified in the California Penal Code as a felony. It is absolutely reckless, just insidious to serve this fecal matter to people. Landmark my ass. More like skidmark

 2. Tam O'Shanter 2980 Los Feliz Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90039 (323) 664-0228 I come here on occasion for business dinners. Without fail, the hostess will always tell us that Walt Disney used to sit here. That fucktard was inspired by the architecture here when he thought up Disneyland. The food is bland, a study of mediocrity, a glorified Swanson Hungry ManTV Dinner. Vegetables, especially the creamed spinach, are decent. The place needs a deep cleaning. It smells like the floor of the Viper Room in here.

3. Musso & Frank Grill 6667 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 467-7788 If nostalgia means puking up gin a few hours after you leave this place along with some toast points, then you are gonna get a hefty dose of nostalgia here. If you do not drink alcohol, and frown on the food available at the Circus Circus Buffet in Reno served by waiters in red monkey suits then you will not want to drop one hundred bucks on Welsh Rarebit. With that said, Mario the bartender will expertly facilitate your drunkening with a martini (with sidecar) by which all martinis should be judged. You can close your eyes and inhale the stench of this old carpet, and you can almost picture W.C. Fields pissing on your leg in the bathroom or Gloria Swanson trying to grab your wiener at the bar.

4. El Cholo 1121 S Western Ave Los Angeles, CA 90006 (323) 734-2773 Every dog has its day best describes how I feel about this place. Lots of people have been doing lots of things for many years. Take working as a prosecutor, for instance. I once knew an elderly prosecutor who worked at the Glendale Courthouse, and he had been scrubbing out toilets and kissing a lot of hairy bean bag since the 1920's, just like the kitchen staff at El Cholo. How special! The watered down canned tomato based salsa is a harbinger of the mediocre combo plates to come. If you grew up in LA, you know what I am talking about. The #1 and the #2. Here, you are mostly going to find a lot of #2. For all of those people who live nearby or attend clown college at USC, you don't have to look too far to get a better and cheaper pseudo-Mexican meal. What is up with all the high ratings for this place?