Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank - Take Out Food Review / Southern California Historical Landmark Diner
Bob's Big Boy is currently open for Take Out Service in Burbank California . This is part of a Southern California food review series .
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here
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today number two of a temporary daily
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series focusing on the eating
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establishments of Southern California
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going to get takeout from places that
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are open and then finding a spot to sit
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and consume said items I'm going up to
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Burbank I'm inviting you to join me
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shall I you bringing along with me a few
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accessories here in this bag including
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my route 66 blanket which I will cast
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upon the ground for a seating
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arrangement let's get going bake the
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foot he's enjoying this little Drive
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it's nice for him wherever there is a
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classic car
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well it could also be seen that they at
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the orange circle but I am NOT at the
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orange circle I am at Bob's Big Boy also
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home to lots of classic Mobile's that
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cruise through here they are open for
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drive-through pick up takeout
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I guess the official term is hop service
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not for car
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curbside delivery here or you can go in
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and the wind is blowing a little bit
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you got some vehicles here and then you
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got others that are going through a
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little drive-thru section and there she
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is bringing out the food that's the Hopf
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service I met up with my friend Natalie
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if you had to say what our two most
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common places that we eat out what what
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would they be
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Plantation has closed its doors but we
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still have Bob particular open every day
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from 9:00 to 9:00 home of the original
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double hamburger hamburger what do you
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think you're gonna get if you had to let
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me go in what do you think you're gonna
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order I think I'm gonna go with the
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spaghetti I've been craving spaghetti
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and there's the iconic figure the mascot
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himself and he is well-protected
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he's even got the facial covering it's
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good to see LA County requires it unless
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you're eating obviously you could take
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it off when you're eating but if you're
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out in public LA at least Orange County
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is a little more lenient but la you have
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to have one of these on over your nose
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and your mouth can't really tell if this
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is the pickup line or the order line
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they have the markings down here you see
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the yellow tape just going to wait
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patiently to find out do you think this
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is the pickup line or the the order line
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if you had to guess this restaurant was
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built in 1949 by locals Scott McDonald
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and Ward Albert and is the oldest
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remaining Bob's family restaurant in
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America say the California point of
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historical interest is that the online
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menu you're looking at
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so now you're thinking about changing
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your mind one fun fact about this place
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is the Beatles when they were on their
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tour ate here right inside this very
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diner while standing here I'm noticing
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at the Gary Marshall Theatre across the
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street the signage States laughs laughs
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laughs but please wear a mask
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someone just honk out if they approve
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I'm attempting to decipher that paper
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signage there I think it says to be
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patient one step closer this is a nice
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little welcome mat here - it really is a
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rare sight to see it like this and the
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beetle booth is the one the beetle sat
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it all the way down there on the far
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right to the end and this has been used
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in a lot of television shows commercials
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and movies as well as referenced not
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used by referenced in Austin Powers you
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can see there's there's mr. big boy
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himself right there on the top of that
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building remember how it flies off into
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the stratosphere see you later big boy I
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do own a few of these items I have a
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couple stickers I don't have a mug but I
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do have the little change little change
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satchel purse but there are some new
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t-shirt designs and bobble head an
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escape or which was not here prior to me
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being here at this point
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I said yes
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so come to 3744
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would imagine the next time I stopped
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off here will be business as usual using
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this to kind of create like a little
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makeshift stopping point usually this is
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completely full there's usually a little
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bit of a weight to just even find a
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booth or a seat some vintage goodness
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there in that case and if I cruise down
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the row as well there's even more
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well the knickknacks and whatnot over
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there yeah
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a little bit of a challenge to you
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figure out what these say though even
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though they're facing towards the
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outside and I'm currently inside kind of
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get the idea here
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I'm realizing now by looking at myself
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that I didn't die or need a bit like
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hair trimmer there think I need a
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haircut
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ledian gives me a chance look at some of
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the other items here but I've really
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never really looked at whenever I eat I
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just kind of go sit down and never pay
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much attention to all this
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Radiator Springs even came duck came to
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Bob's and the movie heat with Val Kilmer
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and De Niro
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a scene or two was right in here at that
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at the booth facing out towards the road
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over right there where didn't you know
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could be a reproduction a specific
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building construction contract
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notice the date on their 1949 on a scale
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of one to ten just give you we just give
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you bad dreams on a scale of one to ten
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that's just right here this scale of one
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to ten what would you say
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flushy right there is at some point is
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gonna be it's gonna be owned by me I'm
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gonna I'm gonna get that plushie at some
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point in my life
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okay there is a patch hat a trucker hat
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and something called a smog hat amongst
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the
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amongst the merchandise nice and this
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states that James Dean frequented this
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particular establishment back in the day
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in some ways I feel kind of bad not
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getting a burger at Bob's but I do like
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the spaghetti it's not ordinary
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spaghetti it has chili on it not just
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the regular spaghetti sauce oh but that
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burger looks pretty dang tasty too next
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time next time big boy next time
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might as well state this now I honestly
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truthfully have never known his real
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name is this Bob or is it big boy I mean
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I've referred to him as the name Bob but
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I don't he might have a different name
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and I honestly do not know the truth and
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the facts behind that gotta look that up
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this neon which no it's during the day
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so it's not illuminated but states 49
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and if you look up there you can see the
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tippy-top of yet another burger and his
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hair for treating up here's a little bit
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better angle kind of going up the
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Starbucks next door is also open for
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business and currently well all the time
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oh I said currently but just right down
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the street from Warner Brothers take a
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look at the water tower
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you go in way there it is the WB water
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tower I'm not getting any coffee at the
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moment but I did want to show the
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Starbucks sign here Alameda and
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evergreen look at that a little the
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cowboy and his horse friend they both
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have their facial coverings on as well
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Wow look at how painting there I never
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noticed that before either okay thank
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you
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okay thanks so much I'll grab the bag
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I'm gonna grab the beverages all right
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find a place to eat this
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I was asking do you think his name is
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Bob or do you think it's something else
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okay it says big boy okay beat B Big B
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boy sounds good
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you know I've eaten here dozens of times
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with family friends and Natalie I have
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not
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I have not been tchard into the classic
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car show yet you come back and document
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that it at one point the continual line
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of vehicles for drive through carries on
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heywhere cones
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speaking of counts they have the little
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tables here stanchion doff with them as
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well
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ventured over to south wedington Park
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it's not in the same exact vicinity buts
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close enough to to Bob's
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about a mile and a half I say ventured
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he had to drive a little too far of a
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walk
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they've been a long walk a stone snow I
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like that
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a couple stuff I still think it's better
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than there were some people who are
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doing like some tailgating and bobs and
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make just makes a little more sense a
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little more scenic to and plus like the
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universal is a reversal studios as the
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backdrop here which isn't isn't too
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shabby
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you see the tree up there the Wishing
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Tree the tippy top of it
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that's quite a hike I've done it there's
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the rather large minion up there at the
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parking structure speaking of Universal
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he's looking down upon us and let me
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just show the spot we have procured
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right there in the shade I'm a fan of
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shade and that's where we're gonna so
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we're gonna eat well it's not spaghetti
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sauce I can see a chili oh yeah look at
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that
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you got the chili sauce on it spaghetti
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is underneath it and this is almost like
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a Texas toast stock style garlic bread
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not Texas House oh wow looks like a taco
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salad type Bowl yeah I think it's chili
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citrus lime chili citrus line on top of
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that Wow okay cool bye oh wait let me
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get like a little chicken hey you're
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getting a little bit of the salad salad
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I am the chicken and pico de gallo
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everything okay
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I'm laying in an awkward position here
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on the side of this embankment like oh
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it's a salad first or the chilli first
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hmm that ain't it Shelly looks good
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because I'm actual spaghetti
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I didn't realize this till now but there
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I think there's a hamburger patty does a
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hamburger yes because a hamburger I
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didn't die order a hamburger patty or
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just come with one more difficult to eat
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on a blanket like this in detail because
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the minion is over your shoulder looking
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down upon you hold on I'm gonna there he
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is up there he wants some of your salad
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they really like bananas
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is there any bananas in your salad then
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I think you're safe
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you're good continue eating there's no
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but there's no bananas in the salad
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minion that was good I'm really confused
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by this patty here I don't know if that
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wasn't with seriously that was just put
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here on purpose should I even eat this
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he definitely can taste the garlic on
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there
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you're saying it's better to eat the
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salad last why mmm
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concise very for your digestion once I
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heard like true Italians eat their salad
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last I heard it kind of helps everything
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digests better
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I think cuz it's lighter or something
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like it just helps at the end no I know
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what I used to go to Pizza buffets ever
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eat a bunch of pizza I'm gonna end with
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a salad I felt like less full and if I
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didn't eat the salad at the end of the
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pizza so there's probably some retail
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yeah come on ten
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I'm not sure if I informed you or not
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but this this is a legit well as legit
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as I can do a food review so if you want
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to want to go first what do you think of
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your salad salad on the tortilla bowl
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was super light and like kind of like
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Bucky in a wave even those fried okay it
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was really good I like the dressing was
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like kind of tangy and mindish it was
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really good the chicken was charbroiled
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perfectly wow you're doing better at
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this food review thing that i this is
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only my second technical day even though
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I do eat a lot I never act usually when
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I eat something I will just say I was
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good and I never really go into detail
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but I love my house big boy and even
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though hamburgers are what they are
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known for I always get the spaghetti and
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until I moved to California and bobs I
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never really had spaghetti and it was
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Cincinnati and Ohio they do that did
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chili on top of the spaghetti but I
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never tried it personally until
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Burbank's Bob so it's kind of like a
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little nostalgia for me and it's it's
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pretty tasty you've had the spaghetti
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spaghetti before right you ever have
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this little sunburst is a nice little
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way to to say that's gonna do it for
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