We went down to LA Friday night to visit my family and drop off our daughter for the week. On the way we stopped at a couple of roadside restaurans. We ate mostly at home (an asado, some milanesas) but we did have one lunch out at Thai West, our favorite Thai restaurant in that area. Reviews for all these places are now online.
Buckhorn Family Restaurant at Santa Nella, located at the TravelCenter center gave us bland food, fries fried in old oil but friendly service.
Pea Soup Andersen's, this roadside institution in Santa Nella also features bland food but at higher prices
Thai West a neighborhood Thai restaurant in Chatsworth has consistently good food at modest prices