Boardwalk brings famous fries to Hermosa Beach [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Burgers at Boardwalk, but it’s the fries you’ve got to order. Photo We’re soon going to find out whether the fast food of other parts of America will catch on in the South Bay thanks to a pair of regional transplants. Rita’s Frozen Custard recently opened in Redondo, serving Philadelphia’s version of Italian ices, and Boardwalk has established a presence in Hermosa Beach selling burgers and fries made in the style of the Maryland coast. Boardwalk has had cult status since shortly after the place was founded in Ocean City in 1980, their only product at the time being french fries. Man does not live by fries alone, so after a few years they started serving the inevitable complement, burgers, eventually followed by hot dogs, chicken tenders, and the other common elements of the fast food template. Having eaten at the Hermosa location a few times, as well as the original in Ocean City, I can confirm that the Hermosa location has replicated the East Coast experience exactly. This seems to extend to the customers’ preferences – while a variety of burgers and sandwiches are delivered to tables, I have never seen anybody eat there without ordering fries. It was the original reason the…
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