Jan's Restaurant was located on Beverly Boulevard just east of La Cienega. It billed itself as "L.A.'s Best Coffee Shop." One wonders how the folks at Astro’s over on Fletcher Drive — owned by the same family and featuring almost the exact same cuisine — felt about that. But Jan's was pretty good. In the seventies, I lived a block from the place and was in there at least twice a week. Breakfasts were as good as any other option I had. For lunch and dinner, it wasn't the greatest but it was several notches above Denny's or Norm's or any other big chain you could name.
I especially liked the Spaghetti Burger, which was not as many assumed a hamburger with spaghetti on it. It was a hamburger with a dish of spaghetti on the side.
Jan's was reasonably priced and had good service. It closed in mid-March after more than fifty years in business. We've lost too many of that kind of eatery.