tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138818842009-11-27T01:21:59.583-08:00The New Diner blog will review restaurants, mainly in the LA area. I got a lot of attitude and very straight forward in my reviews, if you can't handle that, find another blog to read. Be sure to check out my other blog <a href="http://onlybbqribs.blogspot.com/">Only BBQ Ribs</a> Comment and suggestions are welcomed, just <a href="mailto:thenewdiner@gmail.com">Email me!</a>TheNewDinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818334073815477330noreply@blogger.comBlogger769125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13881884.post-66498711876825735312009-11-26T02:24:00.000-08:002009-11-26T03:31:12.050-08:00

Buono's Authentic Pizzaria401 W Willow StLong Beach562-595-6138While having dinner with the hottie last night at Lucille's BBQ, she talked about the great pizza at Buono's Authentic Pizzaria. So I decided to give the Buono's on Willow a try, they have another location on Ocean in Long Beach and the original location in San Pedro. This isn't too far from England Fish and Chips. Would fish and

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Lucille's BBQ-Long Beach4828 E 2nd StLong Beach562-434-7427I know I said I wasn't impressed with the Lucille's BBQ in Brea. But the hottie I went to Famous Dave's Pitt BBQ and Jaybee's BBQ with, wanted to try Lucille's BBQ in Long Beach. So we went to the 2nd St. location. As with many other restaurants in these tough economic times, Lucille's BBQ has a special menu. They are offering

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Coke Free Style Machine at Subway2514 E Chapman AveFullerton714-446-0591As many of you know I did a review of the Coke Free Style machine at Carl's Jr. But the machine was silver at Carl's and to me Coke means that bright red logo. So when I found this Subway has a red Free Style Machine, I wanted to do a review.This Subway is opened 24 hours. The soda cost me $1.62 and I made good use of all

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I found out about McConnell Bistro, the dining at Pitzer College, after reading David Allen's review. To be honest I was surprised that "dorm" food could be gourmet. But further research revealed that the chef at McConnell Bistro was a sous chef at a few 4-5 star restaurants in New York City and all the food in the dining hall is made from scratch, the chef works for the Bon Appetit, a food's

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AJ's BBQ Pit3691 E. 3rd. StLos Angeles323-263-7427A BBQ restaurant in East LA? Yes, in the land of great Mexican food, you have a BBQ restaurant!!! AJ's is about a block east of the Indiana Station of the new Gold Line Eastside extension. AJ's is easy to recognize because of the flames painted on the outside of the restaurant.I went to AJ's earlier this week but they were out of ribs!!! Then

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Carl's Jr2025 E Katella Ave,Anaheim714-385-1504Why is The New Diner reviewing a Carl's Jr? I wanted an excuse for trying the new Coke Free Style machine!!! I first heard of the Coke Free Style machine on the CNBC special, hosted by Melissa Lee, who is pretty hot, called Coke: Looking for the next real thing. The showed talked about Coke's marketing practices, development and research and their

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Tomato Pie Pizza Joint2457 Hyperion AveLos Angeles323-661-6474A friend raved about the pizza at Tomato Pie. I was in the area for a wine tasting and thought about going back to Garage Pizza, but instead I decided to have a couple slices at Tomato Pie. The location is really in the back part of the building. The front part is a beauty salon. Tomato Pie is mainly a take out place but there are

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Country Kwik 3024 W Temple AvePomona909-865-7377Country Kwik is really a convenience market that serves sandwiches. Think 7-11 combined with a deli. The sandwiches are made fresh to order, you go to the counter, fill out the paper with the sandwich you want and what you want on the sandwich.I got a turkey and roast beef sandwich on squaw bread, $5.15, with mayo, lettuce, and tomato. The meats

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Nov 18, 2009.I have just found out that four restaurants I have reviewed on The New Diner, have closed; Memphis BBQ, Dante's Italian Deli, Hof's Hut and Ruth's Place. I don't know exactly when these restaurants closed. This bring the total to 51 restaurant that I have reviewed but are now closed. If any restaurants that I reviewed are now closed, please let me know. I won't write an update

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Red Devil Pizza1465 Foothill BlvdLa Verne909-593-1313After reading the archives for David Allen's Blog, I decided to go to Red Devil Pizza!!When I got to Red Devil, I didn't realize I had already been to two restaurants in the same shopping center, Mr. Fish & Chips and Tasty Goody, both of which are still open!!Anyways I got the small pizza with half pepperoni and half meatball, $13.50. The

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Floyd's BBQ501 W Duarte Rd.Monrovia626-616-7121I was driving to Taco Lita and saw a sign that said BBQ. I was very curious so I stopped in. Floyd's is actually inside a liquor store called House of Spirits. The meats are smoked, over smoked in those 55 gallon drums. If the pitmaster is good, they can make that work. The pitmaster at Floyd's needs to work on his BBQ!!I got a pound of pork

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Four Seasons Steak House18457 E Colima RdSte HRowland Heights626-964-5115WOW, what a surprise. I heard about Four Seasons Steak House from a friend who said they have good steaks at good prices. I was a bit surprised it was in the same plaza as Newport Seafood. Four Seasons is in the food court area of this Pacific Plaza. The steaks are a Taiwanese style steak, where they come out sizzling on

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Art's Delicatessen & Restaurant12224 Ventura BlvdStudio City818-762-1221I was in the mood for a deli sandwich. Recently, I heard about Art's Deli for the first time, even though the sign in Art's window says they are 52 years old!!! Meaning that they opened up one year before that drunk Mick, stole the Brooklyn Dodgers from their rightful place. Yes, in all the time I have been doing The New

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El Rey4547 Riverside DriveChino909-590-0129A friend told me that El Rey has the best tacos and burritos in Chino. She was bragging about how great and cheap everything is at El Rey. So I decided to see for myself. Now I compare all tacos places to Taqueria De Anda because they have great tacos at great prices.Well first thing I noticed was El Rey's tacos were $2.09. A bit pricey I thought.

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Henry's Hat3413 Cahuenga Blvd WLos Angeles323-512-2500There are times when I really want to like a restaurant. So much so that I will put up with bad service or bad food and chalk it up to an off day. When I first heard of Henry's Hat, I thought it sounded like a great place to watch some games and have some good food. So I decided to watch a Saturday afternoon's worth of college football at

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38 Degrees Ale House & Grill100 W. Main St.Alhambra626-282-2038Another restaurant trying to get into the gourmet burger rage that is hitting LA, is 38 Degrees Ale House & Grill. Father's Office started this rage and Umami Burger is a recent addition. But this time instead of opening in downtown or the westside, a gourmet burger place opened in the San Gabriel Valley. 38 Degrees is right the

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Sizzler888 S Brookhurst StAnaheim714-772-0010Why is The New Diner doing a review of Sizzler? To be honest, I'm not really sure. In the early to mid 90's I went to Sizzler quite often. They had decent food, a buffet, and had pretty decent prices. This may surprise people but at the time, there were not many buffets; no Hometown buffets, no Chinese buffets, or any all you can eat options, other

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Zankou Chicken125 N Montebello BlvdMontebello323-722-7200I know that Zankou Chicken has been around forever and there are many locations in the LA area. But I have not been to any Zankou Chicken. I have heard the way to go is their rotisserie chicken but when I found out they had kebobs I wanted to try both.So I got a combo kebob plate, beef and chicken, $9.95, and a whole rotisserie chicken,

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Dave and Busters4821 Mills CircleOntario909-987-1557Now I'm not one to go to many chain restaurants. But I see the ads all the time for Dave and Buster's Eat and Play Combo, $15.99, where you get a meal and $10 game card. Now it if you're there to enjoy the arcade games, then it is a great deal. But if you don't care about the games, it can be a decent to bad deal.I went there for lunch and

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Mr. G's BBQ8022 Limonite AveRiverside951-681-1993When I first read about Mr.G BBQ, I had some high hopes for finding some good BBQ pork spare ribs. But after doing some search, I got the feeling this was going to be an oven cooked ribs. I would classify Mr. G as a soul food restaurant, more than a BBQ restaurant.I got the lunch pork spare ribs, $8.95, with mac and cheese and smothered potatoes

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Bob's Big Boy Broiler7447 Firestone BlvdDowney562-928-2627 Bob's Big Boy Broiler used to be Johnny's Broiler in Downey. This was a very popular hang out during the 50's and 60's. But as time went on, it lost it's popularity. In 2008 the owner of the property tried to illegally tear down the leftover of Johnny's Broiler. But people who care about preserving history called the police and

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Akbar1101 Aviation BlvdHermosa Beach310-937-3800Akbar is suppose to be the top rated Indian restaurant in the South Bay. I always question when a restaurant makes that type of claim. It is like being the tallest midget. Yes, you're the tallest, but you're still a midget. The South Bay could have a bad selection of Indian restaurants.But I was glad to find that Akbar was indeed very good. I

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Umami Burger-Hollywood4655 Hollywood BlvdLA, CA323-669-3922Umami Burger is another restaurant in the gourmet burger catergory, that started with Father's Office. Umami is billed as the sixth sense. They opened a location on La Brea but I still haven't had a chance to go there. But today I found out they opened a location in the Silverlake area and Umami has a $5 happy hour burger, I braved the

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King Taco45 N Arroyo PkwyPasadena626-792-0405I have already reviewed the King Taco in East LA. I went to the King Taco in Pasadena before but didn't review it. Friday night I went back, so now here is my review.I haven't had a sopes before and I was willing to give it a try. So I got a carne asada sope, $2.84. The sope was topped with refried beans, cabbage, cheese, and their green salsa on

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Benjies1828 N. Tustin AveSanta Ana, CA 92705714-541-6263Among the many things lacking in the OC is a good New York style deli. It sure as hell isn't the Katella Deli and after my trip to Benjies, I am still searching for a good New York style deli in the OC. Some idiots on Yelp think Benjies is a Kosher deli but it is NOT a kosher deli since it serves cheeseburgers and sandwiches with meat

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