I Love Forking

Restaurant: Tourist style theme restaurant (One is in Hollywood, the other is literally 10 feet from the entrance to Universal Studios Theme Park). Lots of mannequins dressed like they needed somewhere to put all the costumes now that Clint Eastwood directs movies. Loud and rambunctious, it’s a good place to bring the kid who has a Woody doll or to get large fruity drinks out of a carafe, but not exactly the kind of place you would take a date. Late night the place tries to turn itself into a bar, highlighted by drunken people trying to ride mechanical bulls (yes, it’s plural). The bar was used (or probably advertised) in an episode of Sex and the City as a.) an example of an LA bar (other LA landmarks in the same episode: the Hustler store) and b.) a place for a middle aged sex crazed woman to show off her assets at the weekly bull riding contest. Obviously, that’s how an LA cowboy bar and restaurant operates.

Food: Decent greasy chop house fare. Greasy buffalo wings, every other thing is deep fried, and the steaks could use a little love. Still, it gives some nice southern options (mostly the sides) and does breakfast at dinner. Large fruity drinks are served in small and large (in single person carafes) and, if you want to add an extra buck, ”smokin’ ” (I always hoped that that I could condense more than one bad thing for my body into one action). Say it’s your birthday, and if you’re lucky, the waitress will walk out with a huge metal tray of brownies and cookies topped with a 10-serving metal martini glass full of a foot and a half of cotton candy. That’s just enough sugar to make someone want to get on a mechanical bull.

–IHeartAttack