Rarely do I deviate from the Six Dollar Burger, but 비's blogging gourmand put us onto a local alternative whose site at least claims for Carl's namesake price they make theirs with "100% Kobe beef". Hoping that wasn't an update casualty like their winter hours, we tried them again, earlier this time, and were quite satisfied (with the exception of the clog in my heart from the fries). I'm not sure what passes as the stuff anymore, but it sure seems a lot cheaper stateside, even where the turnaround is nothing like Little Tokyo's しゃぶしゃぶ. お好み焼き for dinner, one year since our first date there.