Brea's Best Burgers   

If Breas Best had a proper dining area (as opposed to its few plastic-molded seats in the back), a bigger parking lot and sassy waitresses in hot pants, it could easily be Breas version of a Happy Days '50s drive-in. The teenage overspill from nearby downtown Brea runs this burger joint on the weekends (which is in partly due to good prices -- a burger combo averages about $5), but the weekdays are made up of workaday stiffs who stop in for breakfast on the go and the lunch hour. The morning fare consists mostly of hefty breakfast sandwiches and burritos, but come lunchtime, the patties hit the grill and the line extends to the parking lot. The basic burger consists of sesame-seed buns, slathered with Thousand Island dressing, fresh lettuce, onions and tomato slices -- nothing out of the ordinary, but substitute ostrich for the beef and you have yourself a unique take on lunch.