Culinary Musings: The 101 Coffee Shop
I love macaroni and cheese so much that no matter what city I am in; I order the mac ‘n cheese. Even if all I see is a photo of it, heck, just the words mac ‘n cheese makes me dream of the deliciousness that is cheese and macaroni. On a recent adventure of a friend’s new neighborhood, we walked to the 101 Coffee Shop [photo] off of Franklin. There is a big painting on the side of the Best Western with a cappuccino with the words “last cappuccino before the 101″. For a few years I thought of the painting as a threat, “get your coffee now before you pass out from traffic on the
101.”
The 101’s mac ‘n cheese was the first I have had in a long while that has been very tasty. I knew nothing of the fine food they had, I thought we were just going to have coffee and a donut. Thank goodness we didn’t. I liked that the macaroni is baked in large portions and served by the plate since I get to antsy waiting for my mac ‘n cheese to bake. The best part was the yummy exposed baked segments. Adding on to the great experience was the Grilled Salmon dish served with mashed potatoes and some green vegetables, asparagus maybe? Green beans? I do not remember what it was. I am also a big fan of 50/50 shakes made with some dairy component with some orange component. They do a very good job with orange juice and vanilla ice cream. I also like the orange sherbet with clear soda, but not too many places do that. One dish someone in my party did not like was the Blackened Chicken sandwich; unless you want the food to taste how it sounds, burnt and charcoal like, don’t order it. (!!?? – ed.)
The wait staff was very nice and we got our feed in a speedy manner. If there is one thing I hate doing, it’s waiting for food. There were lots of industry people there, well they looked like industry people but if you leave them alone they won’t bother you. But as I notice from working in Hollywood, every other person works in the industry. (. – ed)
I recommend this place; I have since been here four times and always order the mac and a 50/50 shake. But since I’ve been to Violet, I can now say I have had the best mac ‘n cheese in LA but the 101’s mac does its job as a comfort food. Their coffee is also decent for restaurant coffee and my friend had an Iced Chai Latte that was tastier than most either of us has ever tried. (most either? ah – most ICLattes. got it. – ed)
101 Coffee Shop
6145 FRANKLIN AVE HOLLYWOOD, CA
90028-5220, PHONE (323) 467-1175
Have you tried the Mac and Cheese at Dalt’s? Pretty darn yummy… but I’m no counisseur!
hey lb. thanks for the suggestion. i wrote in down in my travel journal so next time i’m in the burbank area, i will check dalt’s out. i love suggestions! however it is difficult to eat anywhere but ribs usa when i’m in burbank. have you tried violet’s? it’s v. good as long as you can handle a little ham. and surprisingly, hard rock cafe made a decent plate of mac too, but it’s not baked and it’s a little spicy, but decent. here is to mac n’ cheese love
Fred 62’s has really good mac and cheese.
i may have to try it again. i’ve had it twice as well as the fried mac n cheese balls on separate occasions and did not find it very flavorful. i will definitely try it once more.
Sadly I haven’t had any other mac and cheese in L.A. I’ll check into your suggestions as well asc ribs USA. I’m new to this part of L.A.
the farm has good mac n cheese served with fried chicken. too bad the chicken is the main meal…also, avoid the mac n cheese on the kids menu…nasty!
That last Capuccino sign was kinda famous for about a minute. It started out as a cardboard sign, out by the curb, and later on it appeared in The Brady Bunch Movie. (I swear to Gawd it was in the movie after I saw it in real life.) Then, years later, it became a mural on the side of the bldg.
101 Coffee Shop – Bell-bottoms and Trucker Hats
It’s hard to rave about a diner. If you’ve been to one, you’ve been to a dozen, and they’re all pretty