I’m not sure if I can claim that Plan Check has the best burger in town but they sure do make a dam* good burger!
Featured in Jonathan Gold’s 101 list this year, Plan Check has 2, soon to be 3, neighborhood locations – one on Sawtelle, Fairfax, and on Oct 20th, one on Wilshire. The new location is going to do something a little different by featuring a special Korean BBQ burger made with grilled pork belly and “kimcheese”.
Overall,
the food is good ‘ol American comfort food.
But the traditional menu has a few items that are the chef’s
interpretation of regional flavors such as the Smokey Fried Chicken, an ode to
Southern cooking, which consists of Jidori fried chicken, smoked milk gravy,
yam preserves and spicy pickled okra.
Baby Kale "Caesar" Salad
The
name Plan Check was influenced by the history and activity near its first
location, which was adjacent to the Building and Safety Department. Designers,
Architects, and Engineers would go to the Building and Safety department to
submit their plans for review for permitting and hence became the inspiration
for the restaurant’s permanent name.
The
PCB, aka Plan Check Burger, is a really solid burger and is the item that is
closest to the restaurants original roots – a perfectly seasoned patty with
Americanized Dashi cheese, a slice of ketchup leather, schmaltz onions,
pickles, and a crunch bun. They have a great list of craft beers, cocktails and
whiskeys to help you wash down the meat and grease.
According
to LA Eater, Plan Check at the Fairfax
location will offer Oktoberfest specials through the month of October. Only 15
are served a day and for $15, you can get a pint of Licher beer with a burger
and brats mash up special. Don’t delay, the early bird catches the worm.
PCB (Plan Check Burger) - Dashi Cheese, Ketchup Leather, Schmaltz Onions, Pickles
Southern Fry - Smokey Fried Jidori Chicken, Spicy Green Pimento Cheese, Duck Breast Ham, Pickles
Pickles
Baby Kale "Caesar" Salad
1800 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, California, USA
Telephone: 310-288-6500
(Other locations on Fairfax and Wilshire)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Telephone: 310-288-6500
(Other locations on Fairfax and Wilshire)
For appys, CK and I shared the Georgian Bay smoked whitefish fritters with pickled spruce tip rémoulade and celery salad. The fritters were delicious! The whitefish was smoked perfectly, and the pickled spruce tip was neat to try. The spruce tips had a faint spruce tree aroma. Spruce tips are a common wild edible plant in Alaska, and they are rich in vitamin C. 
Mildred's whitefish is smoked and sent directly from a native reserve near Georgian Bay.
CK ordered the classic Mildred burger prepared medium rare with Irish cloth cheddar, onion relish, and fries. The burger was cooked very well, and had a nice char grilled flavour. 
For dessert, we didn't want anything heavy, so we asked if we could just sample their ice creams. We had a scoop of their tamarind ripple ice cream, and a scoop of their sour cream ice cream. They were both very fresh, and interesting in taste. Out of the two, I preferred the tamarind ice cream. It was like eating rich vanilla ice cream with light swirls of sour tamarind. The sour cream ice cream had a strong sour cream taste, and the after taste is like you just had a big bite of cheesecake.
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