Like an aging bare-knuckle boxer the Smoke House Resturant in Burbank is not to be trifled with.  With its virtually windowless rooms, plaid floors, red booths, and low ceilings you know what you are getting into as soon as you open the front door.  This place has not changed since it opened in the late 40’s.  If you eat here you are eating the same exact meals your grandparents would have eaten when they were young; in fact if your grandparents happen to live near Burbank they probably still do eat at the Smoke House quite regularly.

Though the steak and prime-rib are both delicious (not to mention their famous garlic and cheese bread!) the reason I love the Smoke House Restaurant most are their fine cocktails, specifically the martinis.  Any martini drinker knows that the longer your martini stays cold, the longer it remains delicious; a warm martini is a bad martini.  At the Smoke House they have come up with a wonderful way to keep that martini ice cold from the first sip to the last drop.  Martinis (or anything that comes in a martini glass really, Manhattan, Cosmopolitan, etc) are brought to your table in a personal sized, pre-shaken shaker and then poured into a chilled martini glass before your very eyes. The key point comes next when the server  leaves that shaker behind so as you drink from your classy glass, the remainder of your drink remains on ice, for you to pour in at your leisure.  Genius!

The crowd at the Smoke House is always eclectic.  From old ladies there to see the lounge act, to young starlets there to hide her hidious thumbs in a dark booth, they all love the Smoke House.  If you are feeling too cool for the Smoke House, just remember that the coolest man alive George Clooney likes the place so much he named his production company after it.

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WHAT: Old school vibe, cold drinks
WHERE: The Smoke House Resturant
$$: About $6-10 a drink

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