(818) 788-2700

17000 Ventura Blvd (at Genesta Ave)
Encino, CA 91316 34.1597 -118.5033

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Neighborhoods: Encino, South Valley

THESTANDLINK.COM

Hours:

Su-Th 11-8, F-Sa 11-9

Price:

$

Last updated 10.14.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Outdoor Dining, Cheap Eats

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Traditional American, Hot Dogs

What People Are Saying About Stand

Featured Review

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In Short – Brown-and-white checked oilcloths cover the tables and inside booths, while a large tree-shaded garden dining area is illuminated by strands of naked lightbulbs. More than a dozen hot dog and sausage choices are offered, ranging from beef red-hots to low-fat chicken and apple sausages. A protein plate includes one sausage (sans bun) and a choice of two sides, like baked beans or cucumber salad. Non-dog lovers have several salad options, including a cobb and a Greek. –

Editor's Tips

Parking:
The adjacent lot offers low by-the-hour rates, but metered street parking is usually available.
Look Good:
Food is ordered and collected at the counter, waiters offer desserts and additional drinks. Be sure to leave a tip.
What to Drink:
The restaurant brews its own Honey Blonde Pale Ale; other beer and wine selections are also served.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. nice atmosphere
  2. They have a cozy patio with heat lamps and they sell beer by the pi.
  3. great deals, fun atmosphere
  4. The sodas on tap are AMAZING, The parking in back is FREE, and they do except American Express.
drinks
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. They have a cozy patio with heat lamps and they sell beer by the pi.
  2. Even the drinks (ice tea) didn't taste good.
  3. My burger was tasteless and my drink was more carbonated water than soda.
food quality
82.53999710083008% positive
  1. The hamburgers are thin, grey patties, not fresh meat.
  2. The food is fresh and great quality.
  3. Great food!
  4. My burger was tasteless and my drink was more carbonated water than soda.
  5. So everyone promises to get very busy with my order and by the way it will all be free but food never tastes good when you have to swallow this much idiocy along with it, so I get a full refund and go somewhere where they act like they want my business.
  6. like the low-fat lemon chicken sausage smothered in browned onions on a poppyseed bun and chad enjoyed the Kosher dog with onions and mustard, we both inhaled the fruit cobbler.
  7. I've never had a bad meal there,
  8. The potato chips are great though and the diet coke was not bad.
  9. Though the kids HATE big juicy burgers, so there you have it.
  10. The Stand is a great place for a quick meal.
  11. The Stand has burgers, hotdogs and salad (who would order a salad here?)
  12. The potato chips are great.
  13. would expect a big juicy burger, but this is not it.
  14. WRONG, this place wouldn't know a good hot dog if it slapped them in the face and the french fries were cold.
  15. the fact that all the ingredients are fresh and that the burgers were cooked to order just makes it amazing.
  16. The food is good and the prices are reasonable.
  17. love the veggie burgers at The Stand.
  18. The food here just isn't good but it's a nice place and it's cheap.
  19. the blue cheese burger is probably the best burger ever.
  20. Chicken apple sausage is just yummy!
  21. The food is great, especially the berkeley burger.
overall
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. great place for the family and good hot dogs!
  2. The food here just isn't good but it's a nice place and it's cheap.
  3. It's a great place to take the kids and not have to cook, without spending a fortune (like most of the other restaurants in this area).
  4. The Stand is a great place for a quick meal.
service
100.0% positive
  1. The wait staff are always friendly and helpful, eager to please.
  2. The Stand is relaxed, the people are nice, the patio is fabulous, the music is great.
value
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. Great hot dogs at decent prices.
  2. The food here just isn't good but it's a nice place and it's cheap.
  3. great deals, fun atmosphere
  4. The food is good and the prices are reasonable.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. The Stand is a great place for a quick meal.
3 Star Rating: Average

11/15/11

Good Dogs

by pburstyn

Great place for getting your dog on.

The beef dogs are not bad. They have a nice snap to them if you like that kind of thing. Me personally, I like the dirty water dogs of NYC, just can't take NYC out of the boy.

Their sauerkraut is actually a bit too sweet for my taste. I like a nice sour kick when I eat that stuff.

Ambiance is just right and it is conveniently located.

All in all, not a bad place, not a great place either, but I would eat there again.

Peter Burstyn is a former chef from NY and is now an insurance agent with Farmers Insurance. Visit farmersagent dot com/pburstyn

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/13/11

our fave family resto

by robertwhite16

Now you know why the place is packed on weekends...awesome place, great food and reasonably priced. It has been something like a tradition for me, my wife and daughter to go to the stand at least once or twice a month (yeah, even on weekends when its full of people). We just love the food here. I always order hotdogs and my wife loves their burger and salad. Its definitely are fave family resto :)

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/12/09

Not going back

by eastangelino

I am still a fan of the hot dogs, but after my last visit, I may not be back. I've been going here for years. While other hot dog places have come and went, this place has been the best. The Chicago Dog is my favorite. I went today and the women told me that between 3-5 they have dollar dogs. My friend and I ordered them and loved them. We decided to have two more. I went back up to get them and got on line at 4:55. When I got to the front I ordered 2 more dollar dogs and was told by the woman that it was 5:01 and there were no more dollar dogs. I thought she was kidding, so I laughed. She said there was nothing she could do and didn't even apologize. It's strange because the place wasn't even that busy. Not sure if this was just an isolated incident, but thought it was really strange.

  • Pros: Great hot dogs
  • Cons: Awful service
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/01/08

A great place for the family and good hot dogs!

by bertgranddad

I take my grand kids here a few times a month on the weekend. The food is good and the prices are reasonable. My wife and I are fans.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/21/08

Clueless & Contemptuous...

by scooterpye1

11:00 am mid-week, the place is empty but for one other customer inside and one on the patio. I drive by and decide I really ought to try this place that was so well reviewed by the Times (tells us much about the Times, as we shall see...), so I stop in, it's pretty pretentious, but it's on par with this neighborhood and order three entree items to get a sense of the place - as I really miss the Weiner Factory and am dying to find a replacement, but that's another story. So they give me my drink cup and I sit at an inside in plain view of the order taker and the cook. At five minutes and ten minutes I make polite "what's up" eye contact with the order taker and other staffers because I don't want to be rude and ask why it's taking so long, and they look back at me but don't react in any way, just the usuall deer in the headlights you get from the dopes that work in food service. Finally at about fifteen I walk the ten feet to the counter and ask what the hell is up because by this point I'm pretty angry and it turns out that my ticket is hanging right in front of the clueless cook but he's doing nothing but staring off into space. So everyone promises to get very busy with my order and by the way it will all be free but food never tastes good when you have to swallow this much idiocy along with it, so I get a full refund and go somewhere where they act like they want my business. The bottom line is - it doesn't matter how good the food is supposed to be when you can't actually get any of it. And the pretentiousness factor is way too high for me - so I haven't gone back.

  • Pros: Can't think of a one.
  • Cons: Truly contemptuous of their clientele.

The Details on Stand

Place Categories:

  • great place
  • good food
  • big juicy burger
  • great quality
  • decent prices
  • fabulous patio
  • great potato chips
  • nice fun atmosphere
  • always friendly wait staff
  • good drinks
  • hate kids
  • full refund
  • but praise nothing
  • fresh ingredients
  • order salad
  • never bad meal
  • just yummy chicken apple sausage
  • cold french fries
  • great deals
  • good ice tea
  • great music
  • amazing sodas
  • great hot dogs
  • great toppings
  • nice people
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