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    Tiffani Thiessen fed me fried chicken, cheesy enchiladas, beef jerky and a Michelin tasting menu. We had leftovers

    LOS ANGELES -- "Frickles are freaking good." Tiffani Thiessen is sitting in the Elvis corner at Johnny Rebs' True South in Long Beach. Above her are framed photos of the late singer alongside license plates, coffee mugs and other Elvis memorabilia. "You have to be a pickle lover," she says about Johnny Rebs' frickles, thinly sliced dill pickles dusted in cornmeal then deep fried. "I love ...
    by Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times Oct 30, 2023 7 minutes
    A cheese enchilada from Pancho’ s.

    LOS ANGELES -- "Frickles are freaking good."

    Tiffani Thiessen is sitting in the Elvis corner at Johnny Rebs' True South in Long Beach. Above her are framed photos of the late singer alongside license plates, coffee mugs and other Elvis memorabilia.

    "You have to be a pickle lover," she says about Johnny Rebs' frickles, thinly sliced dill pickles dusted in cornmeal then deep fried. "I love really good pickles."

    With her big brown eyes, shiny locks of chestnut hair and a smile as warm as this afternoon's sun, Thiessen, 49, is instantly recognizable as '90s teen idol Kelly Kapowski from "Saved by the Bell" and as Valerie Malone from "Beverly Hills, 90210." More recently, she's built a lifestyle brand with three seasons of her "Dinner at Tiffani's" cooking show and two cookbooks. Her newest, "Here We Go Again," focuses on creative leftovers.

    But before her TV career, Thiessen grew up in Long Beach and frequented Johnny Rebs' True South, a decades-old restaurant known for its ribs, fried catfish and peach cobbler. It's the first stop on a restaurant crawl around Thiessen's hometown.

    2:13 p.m. Johnny Rebs' True South

    "It's really about the nostalgia for me," Thiessen says about Johnny Rebs. "I used to take

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