The discussion board at Chowhound Los Angeles is mulling the news that a simple hamburger at the Westside's venerable Apple Pan has crossed the six dollar barrier. Chowhoundies are divided on the question, but there is sentiment that $6.10 (plus fifty cents for cheese) is too much for a burger served at a counter in a tiny room where you almost always have to wait for a seat. Pie has gone to $5.50 a slice. Sure, it's pricey real estate across Pico from the Westside Pavilion, but a poster on the board says that the Apple Pan is owned outright and does not pay rent. Meanwhile, here's the latest review from A Hamburger Today.

Also: Monday's USA Today reported that the L.A. Conservancy is now involved in the talks to find a new home for Tail o' the Pup before it is forced off its site on San Vicente. The story also mentions the fight over the Derby in Los Feliz. One mistake: the hat atop Brown Derby Plaza in Koreatown is not from the original Brown Derby, which was located a block west and was destroyed.