“No” Café – County Line between San Diego/Riverside Counties

Do you remember the State/County Line bar/liquor stores from your teen years – the ready place for underage teens to buy their liquor??? Well, this place looked like it hadn’t done well over the last 50 years and had a junk yard attached, too. Even the sign had fallen down and we missed it going East but caught it on our way back West.

The BBQ Café had more “no” signs than we thought possible in one locations. Multiples of each “No Walking your Dog on This Property”, “No Walking your Dog in This Area”, “No Dogs Allowed”, “No Alcohol Pass This Point”, “Restrooms $5 or Order > $5”, “No Mayo”, “No Ketchup”, etc, etc, etc. Really seemed to have it in for dogs! Poor Karma had to stay in the truck. They meant each and every sign. When we got there a little late for lunch (2ish), we were limited to where we might sit, not because it was crowded (it wasn’t- only other person was at the bar) but because “there might be a birthday party” and they would need that space. Birthday Party???-We are in the middle of nowhere and that’s not even an exaggeration – 20 miles East of Temecula and nothing within 50 miles North, East or South of this location.

Luckily, the food was great (Black Angus burger (Boots) and BBQ Brisket (Ruthi)). Even the side Caesar salads, with crisp croutons, were very good. So, like our mothers’ (or someone) said, you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover.