Yuca's

The backyard-style burgers at Yuca’s are small and unassuming, just like the nearly 50-year-old taco hut itself. Affordable at $9, Yuca’s double cheeseburger comes with two thin, juicy beef patties cooked on a well-seasoned grill that’s handled thousands of orders of carnitas, carne asada, cochinita pibil and chili verde over the years. Depending on your preference, you can add or subtract cheese or chili, or make it a single if you’re not super hungry. Creamy American cheese, crispy lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard and mayo combine for one of the city’s best no-frills daytime-only burgers; the Los Feliz location closes at 6pm, while Pasadena calls it quits at 6:30pm. Even in Pasadena, where the cheeseburger was supposedly first invented in 1924, Yuca’s time-tested version stands out as one of the best in the area—a statement we’d hang our hat on any day of the week.