Filling Up at Ford's
Ford's Filling Station is the talk of the town these days. Opened by seasoned chef Ben Ford, who tried it out in a small town in Ohio and who happens to be the son of actor Harrison Ford, it's the place everyone on the westside wants to go. It certainly looks the part, warm and busy, with dark furniture and a large bar, with a bunch of cookbooks off to one side. Generally, it's pretty tough to get s seat without a wait, unless you come early. It's filled to the rafters at lunch and dinner.We visited and were seated in about ten minutes -- lucky. We found the service to be slow: slow to show up, slow to order and slow to bring food. We had the butter luttuce salad, the fabulous burger (now an LA staple, this large thing, fitted with blue cheese and grilled onions owes its genesis to My Father's Office, in Santa Monica), served with superior french fries and fried onions was definitely the star of the meal, but the trout salad was very good. The french bread pizza was passing, but nothing special, with the home stewed tomatoes, and a bit of prosciutto.
We figure Ford's is at it's best with meat, not only because of our own experience, but also because of their cured meats list, which is impressive. they also do fried well -- with they fish and chips that comes not only with french fries, but with crudite. We think that Ford's is worth another try, but it's definitely not for those faint of heart or afraid of grease.
Ford's Filling Station, 9531 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA
posted by kuaptic. @ 9:39 PM
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