The Enabler (The L.A. Times column in The Guide devoted to bars and clubs) said Dandy Don’s customer Kitchen 24: “is poised to become the Barney’s Beanery of the “Boys & Girls’ Guide to Getting Down” set. With its lampshades made from kitchen utensils, peppy servers who throw back shots with customers and giant windows looking out on Cahuenga, Kitchen 24 is the most efficiently friendly stop on the block.”

“Cookies and cakes are custom baked, ice cream comes from Dandy Don’s and syrups and sundae toppings are made in house,” so says the Daily Candy write-up of Marty D’s hot dog diner in Beverly Hills. It goes on to mention, “Mr. D uses only buns from a recipe he helped perfect, chicken sausages from a top-secret local vendor, and kosher dogs of his exclusive design made back East. And just how do you spot the real thing? As they say: ‘If it ain’t eight inches, it ain’t Marty D’s.’ Marty D’s, 230 South Beverly Drive, between Charleville Boulevard and Gregory Way, Beverly Hills (310-273-7771).”