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View the Steer 'n Ale Restaurant,
Pasadena Menu
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Salad
looked and tasted better than this picture shows |
Chicken noodle soup |
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Bacon
and turkey sandwich on squaw bread |
Bacon
wrapped filet |
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and
spumoni for dessert |
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Restaurant: Steer ‘n Ale Restaurant
Where: 3644 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena
Phone: (626) 796-2278
Reservations: Not required
Cocktails: Beer and Wine
Service: Full table service
Atmosphere: Casual
Outdoor Dining: No
Credit Cards: MC, Visa, AMEX, Discover,
Debit Cards with MC/Visa logo
Kid’s Menu: Yes
Senior Discount: No
Food to Go: Yes
Catering Menu: No
Hours of Operation: 11:30am – 9pm daily
Price
Range:
$3.99 - $14.99, avg. $7.99 / avg. steak $10.99 |
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DOT COM DINING A Look At San
Gabriel Valley Restaurants by SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
Steer ‘n Ale – 27 Years of
Serving Good Food at Good Prices
By Bill Coburn
Steer ‘ n Ale was
opened in 1977 by Tony Dias, and here we are more than a quarter century later
and they’re still at it, serving a steady crowd on a daily (and nightly) basis.
There’s a reason for that; in addition to a comfortable atmosphere, (lots of
wood, and a western feel featuring western paintings, antique farming equipment
and the like on the walls), Steer ‘n Ale serves good sized portions of food, for
not a lot of money. Tony took on a partner in 1996. Long-time manager Rick
Kilbury, who as a teenager was an opening day employee back in 1977, has joined
Tony as co-owner, but the formula has remained the same, and their customers are
the better for it.
To give you an idea,
we went in on a Monday night, and every table was full. Mondays all-day
Manager’s Special (there are Manager’s specials Monday thru Thursdays) is fried
chicken for $5.49. Now that meal includes soup or salad, potato or vegetable,
and a breast, wing, thigh and a drumstick, all for that low price. Tuesday
night’s special is a New York Steak, just $7.79. Wednesdays you can get Country
Fried Steak or Beef Kabob Teriyaki for $6.49, and Thursday’s specials are a Pork
Chop dinner for $7.79 or a Country Fried Chicken Breast for $6.49. With prices
like that, I can see why they always seem to be busy.
My son and I stopped
in for dinner recently. As soon as we were seated, our busboy dropped off water
for us, and our waitress stopped by to see what we’d like to drink. I
appreciated the prompt service, as one thing that drives me crazy in a
restaurant is sitting a long time before I’m greeted. I ordered a beer and
Keelan got a root beer. I’m a Bud guy, but for those who like a more upscale
beer, they also carry Michelob Amber Bock, Newcastle Ale and Sierra Nevada Pale
Ale, and others, all at pretty good prices. Anyway, I ordered the Bacon Wrapped
Filet of Beef, with chicken noodle soup and a baked potato. Keelan ordered the
Turkey, Bacon and Tomato Combo sandwich, which is served with coleslaw and
fries. Keelan also ordered a side order of salad. The salad was just iceberg
lettuce, but there was a lot of it, a good-sized oval plate. My chicken noodle
soup was quite good, it really hit the spot on about the tenth day in a row of
rain. Plenty of chicken, noodles, celery and carrots, and an ample supply of
crackers, which I like to put in my soup. Keelan tried the soup, and agreed
with me that it was good, in fact, he said next time he’ll be ordering that
instead of salad.
Keelan’s sandwich,
on squaw bread, was piled high with turkey, and had plenty of bacon. There were
also plenty of fries and coleslaw, it’s a good sized meal. I was surprised to
get two bacon wrapped filets, as the price of just $11.99, including soup or
salad and potato, led me to think that I’d probably be getting a small portion
of steak. I was wrong. The filets were good, cooked as I ordered them, and
filling. The baked potato was light and flaky, cooked just right, and they
didn’t skimp on the butter.
Keelan ordered
spumoni for dessert, and got a good-sized scoop with whipped cream on top. In
addition to good steaks, you’ll find nine different sandwiches, burgers, a
couple salads and more on the menu at
www.steer-n-ale.com.
Recent menu
additions to the SanGabrielValleyMenus.com website include Reed’s Seafood Grill
and Broiler out in La Verne, which offers a buy one entrée, get one half off
coupon available only on the site, and Bacchus Wine and Champagne Bistro, which
is situated in the food court at the newly remodeled Westfield Shoppingtown in
Arcadia.
In addition to the
new restaurants on the SGVMenus.com website, we’ve just launched a new website
called InlandEmpireMenus.com, to be a resource for those of you who work or
visit the Inland Empire on an occasional or regular basis. Like SGVMenus.com,
InlandEmpireMenus.com started with just eight restaurants, but for those of you
who’ve watched SGVMenus.com grow to more than 160 restaurants in less than
eighteen months, you know we’ll be growing this website into a full scale menu
website as time goes by. Thanks to all of you who check in to the SGVMenus.com
site, whether occasionally or regularly. Thanks to you, the website hosted more
than 21,000 unique visitor sessions in December, 2004 alone. That’s up from
less than 900 visitor sessions in our first month, July of 2003, meaning there’s
been an increase in visitor sessions of more than 2100% in 18 months. It’s our
hope to grow InlandEmpireMenus.com in a similar fashion, as well. We’re off to
a good start, with two new restaurants added already.
Bill Coburn is owner of SanGabrielValleyMenus.com, a restaurant website
featuring dozens of restaurant’s menus, as well as downloadable coupons. He has
nearly 20 years experience in the restaurant business, and has been eating for
much longer than that. |
