Karen O. wrote: >Has anyone tried Harris Ranch? I always have wanted to stop but hate to >take the time... > >Let me know -- heading to Disneyland in June, >Karen O' Beef that is somewhere between very good and excellent, prepared simply. I like it, those with more sophisticated tastes might not. Service is efficient. We like to break up the drive by staying overnight in the hotel. They have a very nice pool (25 meters at least) It's nice to enjoy the waning valley heat as the sun sets by having a couple of drinks punctuated by the occasional dip. Takes the edge off the two to three hour drive nicely. Then a relaxed dinner, a short walk back to the room, decent nights sleep, and a shortened drive to LA. Much more civilized than blasting all the way down I5, eyes glazed and bladder full, stopping only for McDonalds and gas. Make sure the wind is blowing north, though. (Harris' massive stockyards are one exit North of the hotel.) -DW
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Hiway 5 restaurants?
Hipsters wrote: > > Staying over *at* Harris Ranch sounds like an excellent idea. It sounds like a > great place to meet my sister from Sacramento, then take one car the rest of > the way. > > Meet for a martini, steak dinner, stay over and hit Disneyland by noon -- > completely refreshed. What are the HR room rates, do you remember? > > Karen O' =========== Just wanted to mention that I've eaten at Harris Ranch. I noticed another poster thought the food was terrible. However, that depends on what you like. If you eat red meat, the hamburgers are excellent, at least, I thought they were. Also, the biscuits were very good. Jackie Naiditch
In Los Banos, a relatively short distance from I-5 is Woolgrower’s Inn. They have leg of lamb and lamb chops that one fairly reliable source told me are some of the best anywhere. Carter T. wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions for food half way between the Bay Area and > LA? > Is there anything there besides that steak ranch? Those salads just > weren't that appetizing the last time I drove this route. Chinese cold > > noodles with peanut/sesame sauce would be nice ;-) > > Thanks for any suggestions, > Carter Tomassi
A. S. wrote: > Can't think of any off I-5, but if you take 101 instead, there's a place > in downtown King City which I can recommend ... don't remember the name, > but a sign outside says, "Mariscos a la Michoacana". Great tacos and > ceviche. I stopped there once -- it was FANTASTIC....
Andrew K. wrote: > Harris Ranch is really terrible. You exaggerate. Actually, I think one can get a pretty decent meal here, especially things like hamburgers. Avoid the more formal dining room (which is too expensive). I wouldn't recommend Harris Ranch if it were in SF, but considering the location.... > > My advice is to pack lunch and eat at a rest stop. Otherwise I5 is the > Great American Culinary Desert! > > I have been told by a ususally reliable source that there is a > restaurant in Los Banos, (about fifteen miles west of I5) that serves an > excellent rack of lamb. If I can find the name, I will repost. > The problem is, Los Banos is considerably less than half way to LA. But I do know of two good restaurants there: one is a very good Basque place called Wool Growers' (could that be what you are thinking of?). The other -- if it has survived since I was last there two years ago -- is a quite good Peruvian restaurant, located just southeast of the main highway crossroads, about 6 or 8 miles east of I-5. (This seemed like a very surprising location for such a restaurant, and I'm not sure they were getting enough business.)