The Munch Box — Restaurant in Los Angeles

If you are ever in Chatsworth or near there and love great junk food, The Munch Box is the place to go. Parking is usually not a problem.

This place has been there forever it seems, I think sometime in the mid 50s it went up. It has chili dogs, burgers, fries. They thought of closing it once and that did not go over well with the neighborhood. This roadside burger stand has been owned and operated by the same family, kept the same Googie architecture, and nearly the same menu, with a variety of burgers, hot dogs, and fries since it opened. The prices have gone up, but other than that it is the same.

When development threatened to close the restaurant in the early 2000’s, the community wrote 1,700 letters and petitions to the city council, urging that the burger stand be placed on the list of Cultural-Historical landmarks. They won and it is now a protected landmark.

The food is the best. We love their chili dogs with raw onion. Their burgers with chili are great. I don't care for American Cheese, not really cheese now is it, and that is all they have, but my grandson loves it. They still sell root beer and even though it is the same you can get at a grocery, it seems better there.

It is go to the counter, order, wait a minute and either eat there, outdoors, or in your car or take home. We always stay and on cold days we...

🇺🇸 USA Excerpt from Eat the World Los Angeles: The Munch Box has been a Valley staple since 1956 and is housed in a modernist Googie car culture gem that has eventually been landmarked. Chatsworth residents have been enjoying these floats and the messy chili burgers under that space age overhang for a long time. Since the early 90's, developers had wanted to tear it down and replace it with an ugly strip mall most likely, so thankfully it was landmarked in 2003.

It is hard to miss the small yellow hut when cruising down Devonshire and hopping off the 118 on your way to Simi Valley and Moorpark is pretty easy. While the numbers next to items get a bit bigger over the years, the Coca Cola-branded menu and offerings all...

The Munch Box opened in 1956 and is owned and operated by the same family since. I’ve been going there since 1965. Their “Hickory Burger” is a chili-burger like no other. Order fries and you will get a generous amount of the best fries you’ll find. If you like chili-fries or hot dogs, they too are amazing. We now live in Idaho. Every time we come to SoCal to visit family, the Munch Box is one of the first things on our minds! It’s that good! Nice, clean (mostly covered) outdoor seating, you’ll feel right at home visiting with other people enjoying the experience of the place. It is a designated Historical Landmark in Chatsworth, California. I could go on and on, however you get the idea! Ya just have to try it...