I am thrilled this Tommy's location is finally open. It has been a long time coming. Despite a rather crappy location being behind the rest of a shopping center and visible from the street after driving past, people who are in the know and support such an historic piece of SoCal culture will keep this burger joint open hopefully for years to come. It is a little strange driving under a low lying and quite large billboard when going through the drive-thru. And it is equally strange being in a long and narrow drive-thru along side a flood channel. But the product within this strange complex is what I know and love as the Original Tommy's.
I usally get the same order when I go. I get a double cheese burger with everything. That is a burger with two meat patties, cheese, rib sticking chili, a thick slice of tomato, diced onion, pickles and mustard. Add some regular fries to scoop the chili drippings off the paper and you are set.
Some times I switch up my order a bit and get a chili tamale. This is a tamale with chili and all the other fixin's from the burger. It is almost every bit as good. Worth a try. If you are a breakfast person, try their burrito. The last time I had one I had a BOGO coupon. I ate the first burrito and had to save the other for lunch. They are that big.