Cafe Bagelry-Closed

Cafe Bagelry
969 W Arrow Hwy
San Dimas
909-394-9592

Want to have a wonderful, fresh bagel but don't want to the feed the corporate chains? Well Cafe Bagelry is for you. A great, I mean a great place for bagels and bagel sandwiches.

I got the Beef Eater, roast beef, cream cheese, and tomatoes, on a whole wheat bagel, $5.51. The bagel had a great soft and chewy texture and was very fresh. They don't cheat you on the cream cheese, it was everywhere and I believe they use Boar's Head meats, so you know it a very good quality meat. This was a nice fresh sandwich and a great way to start your day.

Service is very good. Friendly, quick and helpful.

I would go back to Cafe Bagelry again. They have some great bagel breakfast sandwiches, with fresh eggs and bacon. Don't feed the corporate monster, support places like Cafe Bagelry.

Pinnacle Peak- San Dimas

Pinnacle Peak
269 W. Foothill Blvd
San Dimas, Ca 91773
909-599-5312

Pinnacle Peak is the home of the "Famous Cowboy Steak" Well I've been to Pinnacle Peak three times and this last time I thought the quality of the steak has gone down.

Pictured is the steak and ribs combo for $18.99. All dinners come with salad, which is your typical prepared salad you get in a bag and beans, which I didn't have. The steak is a center cut top sirlion cooked medium rare. The steaks are cooked over mesquite wood but I there wasn't any mesquite flavor. Not sure exactly what happened but it was flavorless. Though it was tender and lean, very little to no fat at all. The steak was a little undercooked for medium rare but I like my steaks on the rare side.

The ribs were babybacks and while meaty, they didn't have any flavor, except for the BBQ sauce. The meat was slowed cooked in an oven and was tender but they are your yuppie, suburban ribs. The BBQ sauce was a sweet tomato based sauce. Nothing to write home about, but it did add flavor to some flavorless ribs.

The service was pretty good. The server was being trained and she did well. Though she was a little slow in refilling our drinks and she almost forgot to ask what kind of dressing we would like on our salads. She asked that, just as she was leaving. But she worked hard and was good overall.

I wouldn't go back to Pinnacle Peak because as I said the quality of the steak has gone down. I've had the center cut sirlion before and it was tender and had lots of flavor. But now the steaks are flavorless and while still tender, I wouldn't go back.

Senor Baja-El Taco Nazo-Closed

Senor Baja
635 E. Bonita Ave.
San Dimas
909-599-3712

The sign outside says El Taco Nazo but Senor Baja has taken over. Senor Baja is at the corner of a strip mall. All of the stores in the strip mall have been closed for a long time. But Senor Baja was doing a steady business the day I went.

As you maybe able to tell, every Wednesday is 99 cent fish tacos!!! I am very impressed with their fish tacos.

The fish is lightly breaded and very moist and flakey inside. The toppings are all fresh. You feel as though they caught the fish right that morning and served it up in the afternoon.

Senor Baja has 18 other locations. I was very impressed with their San Dimas location. A very clean dining room and very quick friendly service.

Philly's Best- San Dimas

Philly's Best- San Dimas
806 W. Arrow Hwy Unit C
San Dimas, CA 91773
909-305-8811

I went to Philly's Best in San Dimas today, Sept, 1, 2005. They opened August 26th so less than a week. But as with all Philly's Best locations I've been to the same menu items. Though the San Dimas location about about 20 cents more than the Placentia and Irvine locations. They are located in the Target shopping center off the 57 Freeway at Arrow Hwy.

The sandwiches pictured above are from the San Dimas location. The second picture is an American Hoagie with ham, salami, bogolna, cheese, lettuce and tomato. Mustuard, mayo, onions, oregano, oil and salt and pepper are optional.

The last picture is a cheesesteak with provolone cheese and onions. This location doesn't cheat you out of the steak. They put much more steak onto your cheesesteak than the Placentia location. Maybe that's what accounts for the higher prices.

Very friendly service and good cheesesteaks and hoagies should make this location a hit with the San Dimas community.