Link N Hops — Restaurant in Los Angeles

As fate would have it, I’ve now had the chance to visit both Link N Hops locations. (On different days…) We started in Atwater Village in July before a “Poetry Circus” event happening nearby in Griffith Park. As a vegetarian family, to be able to go into a beer and sausage place and have so many options, is quite a coup in the comfort food world for us. They have 4 kinds of vegan sausage available to build sandwiches around, plus a Beyond Burger which doubles as perfect for gluten free people…like my wife.

I had the Smoked Apple Sausage with onions, cheddar cheese and sweet peppers. And I added whole grain mustard at the table. This was messy but DELICIOUS.

I complemented this with a sour beer from their extensive beer menu. I made a note that thi was from San Diego, but by the time I was ready to write down the actual brewery, I was well into the beer and what I typed made no sense…let’s just say, whatever this sour beer was, it was perfect. I loved it.

Actually everything was delicious. (And that’s not just the beer talking…) My wife dd have a Beyond Burger, wrapped in lettuce to complete her gluten-free comfort food fantasy…it was perfectly cooked, pink on the inside, just like they recommend you do.

We shared a side of perfectly thick french fries which came with two choices of sauce (we got BBQ and curry ketchup and enjoyed both.)

This was the perfect comfort meal. With a location, slightly closer in Sunland Tujunga, we’re getting really close to the “it’s all over” benchmark for when an insanely crave-worthy vegetarian sausage experience starts to drain all the money out of our bank account.

Speaking of the Sunland Tujunga location…I was randomly driving home (to Van Nuys) from La Canada Flintridge (Sunland Tujunga…La Canada Flintridge…what is it about these towns along the 210 that need to team up???) hoping to spot something to eat and how delighted I was to find another Link N Hops! I was again coming from a poetry reading (what is it with vegetarian sausage and before or after poetry events???) I again get the Vegan Smoked Apple and fries which was again delicious…I also thought the woman behind the counter was so incredibly friendly and endearing. Besides the fact that I love the food, she made me feel so welcome at the restaurant. What a wonderful beacon of customer service light!

We’re just waiting for another Link N Hops to open even closer…maybe just over the mountain in Burbank…then North Hollywood…then Van Nuys…then it will, truly,...

There's a familiar vibe in here, but atleast it's built on a successful model. Links N Hops offers exotic meats for the risky, or yummy sausages for the plain janes. As the name of this spot implies, it's all about Sausages and BEER.

-=-Vibe-=- It's a bit more open and bright than its cross town cousin. Furniture choice is certainly similar in that there are smaller tables at the sides and a big benched table in the middle. I also like the simple outdoor patio set up and Link N Hops isolates them well even though the adjacent "too-close" parking lot seems to add the smell of gas in the air, if one chooses to idle too long.

-=-Parking-=- is atrocious. A small lot is shared with 4 other thriving businesses, one of which is Starbucks. There is metered public parking, but who likes dealing with those really. I took my motorcycle here, but there wasn't even a nook or cranny to stuff it in.

-=-Food-=- The majority of the offerings here are hot dogs and french fries. The bread was soft at least and the Duck Sausage had a good spice to it and was tasty going down. I'd call it half-exotic, since it's no rattlesnake or rabbit meat. The fries were a disappointment though. I ordered a large size to share, but it looked like it was barely enough to feed myself. If this is a large size, I really wonder what a small size would be. A large size did come with 2 dipping sauces and the two that I picked were aioli's. I wasn't wow'd by the habanero or cilantro aioli, but I probably just made some...

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