Off the beaten trail secrets and gems - SoCal-

[Wagonboy]

I'm on the motorcycle a lot sniffing out good, unique food and characters. I've been to all the "biker" dives. What have you all got?

[ndukka562]

Flo's in the Chino Airport. Get there at 5 am to have breakfast with the dairy farmers.

[Wagonboy]

I've seen a couple of good reports on Flo's. Gonna do it!

[Gypsy Jan]

In Orange County:

Trabuco Oaks Steak House

Orange Hill Restaurant

Orange /county Mining Company

La Vida Cantina
Carbon Canyon Road
Brea, California

Cook's Corner

In Riverside County:

Eagles Roost
Ortega Highway
Elsinore, California

[Wagonboy]

Than you, Gypsy. Heading south to the O.C. next week!

[bulavinaka]

Don't know if you've done central or northern Cal, but if you haven't, make it a point. The roads and highways in those parts were meant for two wheels. The California and San Francisco boards will be your next stop.

[latindancer]

No kidding.

I've also dreamed about heading east....Route 66 under the same circumstances the OP's talking about.

[Wagonboy]

God rode a motorcycle when he put California together.

[bulavinaka]

Then He road north from LA and went to heaven...

[Thor123]

take a ride to Cold Springs Tavern in the hills outside Santa Barbara

http://www.coldspringtavern.com/

[latindancer]

<take a ride to Cold Springs Tavern in the hills outside SB>

On a weekend. In the summer.

[budlit]

The Old Place in Cornell

[Wagonboy]

At the bar on an off-night. Perfect place!

[Servorg]

Just so we don't waste your time or ours telling you about places that you already have on your radar it would be helpful if you listed those that you currently go to or know about.

[Wagonboy]

What fun would that be? Perhaps others would like to see the unvarnished, unedited, uncensored results.

[Servorg]

Perhaps you could be "part of the unvarnished fun" then and let others here see the ones that you know about already?

[Servorg]

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