Country Chicken & Ribs-Moved

Country Chicken & Ribs
994 E. Alosta
Azusa
626-334-8220

I found Country Chicken & Ribs while driving to Petrillo's in Glendora, for pizza. I planned to go back soon and today I gave it a try. I should have just had the pizza at Petrillo's.

Country Chicken & Ribs is one of the worst BBQ places I have ever been to. The ribs are terrible, dry, with no flavor and taste. I ordered the 2 BBQ ribs dinner for potato salad for $10.45. When they say 2 ribs, they are really about half a rack of ribs. The ribs are the small ends. But they are so dry that they must be drowned in their terrible BBQ sauce to add any type of flavor. The ribs have a very salty rub. They were fairly meaty but nothing outstanding. The potato salad had a slight mustard taste to it, was fresh but I don't pay $10 for potatoe salad.

Service was also bad. It started off well, I greeted quickly but since this was the first time I been there, I wanted more than two second to study their menu. So I finally decide after she delivers a couple orders. She wasn't very patient answering questions like what pieces of chicken come with their ribs and chicken combo. Then I wanted corn on the cob as my two sides but she said that will be a 60 cents extra charge. But there was no mention of this on their menu. So I said double potato salad. When my order finally came up, she just handed the order to me. No, thank you. She was just a rude punk kid.

I will never go back to Country Chicken & Ribs. One of the worst BBQ places I have ever been to.

Canyon City BBQ

Canyon City BBQ
347 N San Gabriel Ave
Azusa,
626-815-4227

Hoping to find a hidden treasure at Canyon City BBQ, I was very disappointed. I think the area long the 210 freeway has some hidden treasures that aren't talked about much but are great places to eat. Too bad Canyon City BBQ isn't one of them.

I ordered the Rib Basket, 1/4 slab of ribs with a choice of one side, corn on the cob for $7.57. The ribs were very dry and tough on the outside and had so much fat, I thought I was eating eating crisco. There was no smoke flavor and the little meat on the ribs, was tough and had no flavor at all.

Service was below average. I walked in and was greeted promoptly. But it took the lady about five minutes before she took my order. She was filling drink orders for the dine in customers. The wait was about the same as the other BBQ places. When the lady gave me the change, she slide the change on the counter, instead of handing it to me. Very rude service.

Canyon City BBQ is one of the worst BBQ places I have ever been to. I would not go again and I would tell everybody NOT to even try it. It would just be a huge waste of money.

Ted's Place-Closed

Ted's Place
843 Arrow Hwy
Azusa
626-812-6400

Ted's Place is billed as "The best kept secret in Azusa" Well they live up to that billing. Ted's a great place for good quality food in large portions. I order a 1/3lb bacon, avocado burger combo with mashed potatoes and a drink for$6.48. I would say it was one of the best values around.

The burger is huge, just huge. They don't cheat you out of anything. The meat is cooked well done and is topped with cheese, 1000 island dressing, lettuce, tomato, and tons of avocado. The bacon was a little too wel done but the burger was very tasty.

The mashed potatoes was so big, I didn't even come close to finishing. The potatoes are real and not from some box. The brown gravy is from a mix and is a bit bland.

The service was good and fast. The allowed me to substitute fries for mashed potatoes at no charge.

My only problem is that I got bad directions from the lady on the phone. I forgot to print directions before going to Ted's. So when I called, the lady who answered had no idea which way is north and south. I was about a block away when I first called. She should have told me to go north for about a block and I would have found Ted's. But I eventually found it and I'm glad I did. A nice place for good good.