It may never be a trendy restaurant destination, but Burbank is home to some fantastic local spots, both new and classic.

The Smoke House has long been the off-lot meeting place for studio luminaries, and we do mean "long been," for the restaurant ...

Waffle House is building its 19th Baton Rouge-area restaurant near the busy West Lee-Burbank Drive intersection. The Georgia-based chain will open a 1,760-square-foot restaurant at 885 Frogmore Drive.

Or, in the case of The Smoke House Restaurant — or just the Smoke House, if you prefer its snazzier shorthand — "Burbank bigness." The red-booth'd charmer, which opened in 1946, has long held ...