Carney's Studio City

• Cuisine(s): American, Burgers, Hot Dogs
  Hours: Sun, Fri-Sat 11am-0am, Mon-Thu 11am-10pm
  Price: $
  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
• Attire: Casual
  Features: Catering, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
  Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
  Alcohol: Beer/Wine
• Reservations: Not Accepted
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

A restaurant in the real Los Angeles tradition, Carney's is situated in two ancient Union Pacific cars transported to West Hollywood at great expense and mounted overlooking the Strip, where a mad parade of bass players and catalog models, hustlers and high school kids, movie guys and industry suits stare out of the windows onto the profusion of German tourists and Japanese cars that flow down this section of Sunset. Why would you want to eat a chili dog inside an old train? It's a pretty good hot dog for one thing, grilled to the color of old bronze (unless you'd rather have it steamed), crackly-skinned, bursting with a splash of garlicky juice when you bite into it, well-spiced, slender but considerable. The chili is of the thick, brown, Los Angeles school, thickened with starch, glistening and oily, adhering to the surface of the dog like impasto to a Jasper Johns painting, flavoring but not quite saturating the bun. They also sell chili burgers, and half-pound chili burgers, and chili-cheese fries, which may be the methadone of the Carney's chili experience. See full review.