Throughout my teen years in Southern California I spent many a witching hour in a sales space at Norm’s. Each time my mates and I received out of a membership, live performance or theme park, there was all the time a Norm’s shut by with stacks of hotcakes and half-pound double burgers. We had different late-night choices, however Norm’s felt by some means extra genuine, extra diner. It related us to a convention of most important characters taking a coffee-and-sandwich break, from Nighthawks to Pulp Fiction.
Vegas has its personal late-night favorites, most of them inside casinos. (Additionally Blueberry Hill, which nonetheless provides 24-hour eating at a few areas. And most any Denny’s is, famously, “At all times Open.”) However the Vegas arrival of Norm’s, on Charleston and Decatur, provides an fascinating wrinkle to the Valley’s late-night eating panorama. The meals at Norm’s is modestly good—higher than Denny’s, IMHO—however their vibe is cooked to perfection, having simmered within the California solar since automobile salesman Norm Roybark opened his first restaurant on the nook of Sundown and Vine in 1949.
The Charleston Norm’s doesn’t look very like its iconic SoCal brethren from the surface—no boomerang roof, and its well-known “flags” signage feels a bit foreshortened—however when you get inside, it’s all mid-century goodness, with loads of the chain’s signature orange and blue. And the menu, after all, is identical as you’ll discover on La Cienega after a late-night present on the Greek: clubhouse sandwiches, sundaes with Thrifty ice cream and their traditional Larger Higher Breakfast, with sirloin in order for you it. And this Norm’s serves alcohol, which I’m kinda glad they didn’t provide after I was 23.
However Norm’s isn’t only for hungry club- and concert-goers. This 24-hour-a-day spot can be nice for household breakfasts on Sunday mornings, handily serving the various needs of huge teams that may’t resolve between omelets, strawberry-topped Belgian waffles, breakfast burritos or hen tenders. To any extent further, Norm’s will all the time be there, all the time prepared with a sizzling range and a comfortable sales space. I can’t wait to go there late on a Friday, and possibly run into myself coming off an extended night time.
NORM’S 4605 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-475-9976, norms.com. Every day, 24 hours.
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