Fish & Chips in L.A.

[choji 0]

A while ago somebody asked for good fish & chips places in Los Angeles.

I just tried

Willie's Grill & Deli

929 S. Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91502

Phone: (818) 842-1377

The fish is yummy! The best I have tasted ever in Los Angeles.

No wonder, they use fresh fish, which explains a lot.

The chips were equally good.

I highly recommend that place.

Two things have to be pointed out:

1. The deli is inside the Alameda Market/Liqueur Store. The market is open quite late, but the deli closes at 7 PM Mon-Fri and at 4 PM Sat & Sun.

2. Bring your own malt vinegar. Although they do a mean fish & chips, the concept of vinegar seems not to have caught on in Burbank. They were kind enough to rustle up some vinegar for us, but malt vinegar it was not. Oh, those Americans.

Another place I will try out soon is

Fish King

720 North Glendale Avenue

Glendale, California 91206

Phone: (818) 244-2161

Apparently very, very good too. I will keep all fish & chips connoisseurs on the board posted once I've been to FK.

[ladybutterfly 0]

Well, I live in San Diego but I may take a trip there one day if the fish n chips really is as good as back home. Chip shop chips are what I miss the most since I moved out here. If the chips really do taste just as good as back home then I guess LA is alot closer than England!

[choji 0]

Well, I live in San Diego but I may take a trip there one day if the fish n chips really is as good as back home. Chip shop chips are what I miss the most since I moved out here. If the chips really do taste just as good as back home then I guess LA is alot closer than England!

Oh, believe me, they are well worth the trip.

Enjoy.

And yes, at trip to Willie's is a lot shorter than to the UK.

I had a chat with the cashier's guy at the place and he told me that even though the guy who fries up the fish hardly speaks English (well, I noticed that for sure!) his mastery of preparation draws people from quite afar.

Another guy I talked to (the one who mentioned Willie's to me) told me that during the week the place is packed three lines deep. Everybody goes there for a quick, tasty and cheap lunch.

[Jasman0717 9]

The Olde Ship in Santa Ana and Fullerton has a pretty good fish and chips dish plus several other English dishes and twenty or so English/Scottish beers (and other) on tap.

Santa Ana, Ca

1120 West 17th St

714.550.6700

Open daily 11am - 11pm

Sundays open 9am - 11pm

Fullerton, CA

709 North Harbor Blvd

714.871.7447

Open daily 11am - 11pm

Sundays open 9am - 11pm

http://www.theoldeship.com/

Edited March 21, 2007 by jasman0717