Dining Info: 8 oz. Burger Bar

8 oz. Burger Bar * 1/2 Location 7661 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 852-0008; www.8oz.Ambience Casual haute burger bar with a jammed bar, big booths, tables with aluminum chairs and a tiny breezeway out front. Great beers, cocktails and moderate prices make this an everyday restaurant dressed up with chef-owner Govind Armstrong’s take on the burger and its fixings.Service Sassy and efficient.Price Small snacks, $5 to $8; sandwiches, $8; salads, $4 to $10; burgers, $8 to $10; sides, $4; shakes, malts and floats, $4; sundaes, $5; other desserts, $3 to $7.Best dishes Deviled eggs, grilled marinated artichokes, escarole Caesar, suds-and-slider sampler, the 8-ounce burger, grass-fed beef burger, short rib grilled cheese sandwich, crumbled potato salad, stout-battered onion rings, vanilla malt, banana split.Wine list Minimal: Cocktails and beer are what’s happening here. Corkage fee, $15.Best table One of the roomy booths.Details Open from 11:30 a.m. to midnight Monday to Saturday (bar stays open until 2 a.m.) and 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday (bar stays open until midnight). No reservations. Full bar. Valet parking, $5.Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality. ****: Outstanding on every level. ***: Excellent. **: Very good. *: Good. No star: Poor to satisfactory.