Howard Johnson, Los Angeles
603 South New Hampshire Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
My motel was the Howard Johnson Los Angeles. While not particularly fashionable and somewhat fearsome looking on Google Maps, it was comparatively clean, seemingly safe, reasonably-priced, and perfectly located.
The motel had the benefit of being around the corner from an inexpensive Chinese place and there are numerous fast-food options to the east on Vermont. The Korean places in adjacent Koreatown tend to be pricey, and the one Korean barbecue I tried to visit would only take parties of two or more. That's my people.
 
Wilshire Vermont Red Line Station
 
Transit-oriented development
 
Howard Johnson, Los Angeles
 
Howard Johnson, Los Angeles
 
Front desk
 
Howard Johnson
 
Waffle machine
 
Continental breakfast
 
South Berendo Street after dark
 
525 South Berendo
 
Chinese house
 
Kim Chee
 
Homeboys
 
Kung Pao Chicken
 
Castle II - all you can eat if there are two of you
 
Spoon and Chopsticks
 
Spoon and Chopsticks