Frisco's-Closed

Frisco's
18065 Gale Ave
Industry
626-913-3663

Frisco's is a popular bar and grill. It is a 1950's diner style restaurant, with waitresses in roller skates. This location has been here for as long as I can remember.

There have a burger combo special, with fries and a drink, $4.95. I had them put cheddar cheese for $5.70. The burger is a half pound burger with lettuce, tomatoes and onions. The burger was served warm, not hot. The burger is fresh ground beef, not a frozen pattie but they put way too much salt on the burger, very very salty. But the burger was lacking flavor. Just too bland and salty. The bun wasn't toasted but was find. The lettuce and tomatoes were fresh. Overall there was nothing special about this burger. It is a great deal but nothing else.

The fries, which I asked to be well done, were also served warm. I ask for well done fries so I can get fresh hot fries, not fries that have been sitting under heat lamps forever.

Service was below average. The server was nice but I never got any silverware, not that I really needed any silverware. She didn't come by my table other than to take and deliver my order. She was more concerned about other tables than mine. I think she took the attitude that I only order the $6 special and her tip wasn't going to that much. Her attitude should be if I provide good service, I my get this customer to come back and order something else on the menu.

I think Frisco's appeals to people's sense of nostalgia but the food is average and server is below average. Not a good combination. There is no reason for me to go back to Frisco's.

Kim Tar BBQ Restaurant

Kim Tar BBQ Restaurant
15475 Valley Blvd
City Industry
626-333-0070

At most Chinese BBQ restaurants, you will see BBQ por, roasted pork and duck. Kim Tar has those items along with a daily lunch special.

Their lunch special includes soup, egg roll and either chow mein or fried rice. I got the chicken in lemon sauce, $5.75, with fried rice, and shrimp in vegetables, $6.25, with chow mein. I didn't touch the soup.

The chicken in lemon sauce wasn't good at all. The chicken is breaded and then fried but there wasn't much chicken in there, all batter. Some of the pieces were very tough and chewy. There wasn't much of a lemon flavor at all. The sauce was bland with barely a hint of lemon. The fried rice had some carrots and peas and eggs. It was pretty good.

The shrimp and veggies had bok choy and some large pieces of carrots. The shrimp wasn't the freshest. The sauce was thickened with corn startch and was pretty bland.

What was great was the chow mein. WOW, stir fried to perfection, nicely seasoned, and there was plenty of it. This chow mein would be great topped with your favorite meat and veggies.

Service was good. But the server only brought two egg rolls, when our table should have gotten three egg rolls.

Kim Tar is the same shopping center as a strip club and adult bookstore. You would have to be blind to miss the huge signage for the strip club and adult bookstore. So this may not be the place to take your family for dinner. But during lunch time, it should be fine.

I would go back to Kim Tar for the chow mein. I would try other meats, maybe a beef dish or another chicken dish. But chow mein is the way to go.

Hacienda Heights Pizza Company

Hacienda Heights Pizza Company
15239 Gale Ave
City of Industry
626-855-2590

Hacienda Heights Pizza Company is part of a chain that takes the name of the city the restauarnt is located in. Nevermind that Hacienda Heights Pizza Company, is located in Industry but you get the point.

I ordered a jumbo half pepperoni and half sausage pizza, $19.21. This pizza was huge as you can see. The sauce was one of the sweetest sauces around. Not that it's bad but I prefer a sauce that isn't that sweet. But they put a ton of cheese and toppings. I was impressed with this pizza.

Service was average to good. The young girl taking my order was just going through the motions. She wasn't nice but wasn't rude. But while waiting for my order, either the manager or the owner, and another cashier was very nice. The manager or owner checked on my order. The other cashier asked if I wanted to order. I didn't even get a hello from the cashier who took my order.

I went on a Friday night and there were a ton of families and kids having dinner. So it was loud and pretty busy.

Is Hacienda Heights Pizza Company better than World's Best Pizza? Both are top notch pizza. Both have good prices. So I would say it's a tie. But Hacienda Heights Pizza Company is actually open for lunch during the week, where World's Best only opens at 4 during the week.


I would come back to Hacienda Heights Pizza Company. The pizza is fresh, full of toppings and well worth the price.