Fred 62

Frommer's Review

Opened in the heart of trendy Los Feliz by chef Fred Eric, this slightly skewed 24-hour coffee shop comes by its retro kitsch honestly. Eric remodeled the tiny corner diner with spiffy 1950s car-culture icons, including hood-ornament sconces and blue service-station smocks for the waitstaff. He then named it after himself (and his birth year, 1962) and peppered the menu with puns and inside jokes. There's a daily "cream of what Fred wants" soup, plus sandwiches (the smoked salmon is great), burgers, salads, tofu scrambles, and a handful of Asian noodle bowls, including "SEOUL-FULL NOO*DEL-I," a cryptic name for Korean potato-starch noodles, vegetables, and sesame dressing in hot broth. You might feel like you've stepped into a Route 66 beatnik diner in TV land, but the clientele is very real and the food is comforting (slow service, though). Don't miss the house-made potato chips, "punk tarts," and fresh lemonade dispensed from a churning tank on the counter.

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