Dino's sign deceives customers, suggests burgers are the specialty item

 

MUNCHIE REVIEW – Dino’s Chicken and Burgers
Location: 2575 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90006 (just east of Pico and Normandie).
Styles: American, Greek, Mexican
Bring about: $6

 

Dino’s presents the common stoner with one great challenge: ignore their menu full of delicious burgers, pastrami and sides. No matter what the menu says, Dino’s serves one item – the half chicken plate.

You can order it 100 ways – “half chicken,” “the plate,” “the one with the sauce” – the kitchen pretty much makes them non-stop. Dino’s employees haul armloads of styrofoam platters to the pickup window and move them off the line like school box lunches. At $5.50 a pop, they might as well be.

The plate consists of the following – one half chicken, one large serving of fries and two corn tortillas (which end up as one giant corn tortilla, combining in the heat of the box). The chicken and fries are smothered in Dino’s patented sauce, a thin, tangy marinade loaded with herbs and spices. The initial tang outburst makes your taste buds contract, then the spicy kick that follows expands them again. It’s a party for anyone with cottonmouth.

An ocean of chicken, potato, tang and spice awaits!

 

We don’t recommend smoking during a Dino’s grub session. If you have the urge, use a relatively flavorless bud like Super Gu so the combining tastes of pot and sauce don’t ruin your meal. We do recommend smoking before and after eating, but you might want to rinse your mouth.

Throw some chicken and fries into one of Dino's tortillas for a makeshift taco delight.