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Ruby's Diner

  • November 25, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by stvchin from Tustin, California
Ruby's Diner

Ruby's Diner is a chain of 1940's themed diners centered mostly in Southern California. We visited the Ruby's Diner on the Redondo Beach Marina. (note: Ruby's seems to have some of the best real estate, for instance, Ruby's is ON the center of the Newport Beach Pier, Huntington Beach Pier, and Seal Beach Pier.)

We arrived at 5pm for dinner, since it was early, there weren't too many people there and we didn't wait for a table. Ruby's has two dining areas, counter dining on padded red vinyl stools, or the padded red vinyl booths. All Ruby's Diners are modeled to look like 1940s diners, complete with white plastic wall paneling and a train running around tracks suspended from the ceiling. The staff also dresses the part of the 1940s diner, with the ladies wearing short red and white striped outfits, and guys wearing all white uniforms with a bow tie.

After we got our drinks, we perused the menus. They have appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, fish items, salads, and milkshakes... a LOT of milkshakes. They have simple chocolate and strawberry milkshakes, all the way to 50/50 bar milkshakes with vanilla and orange sorbert, and peanut butter and chocolate milkshakes.

Our server returned to take our orders, my friends ordered the crabcake sliders, Albacore tuna melt, Albacore tuna salad sandwich, and I ordered the bacon cheeseburger. Unfortunately we decided against the milkshakes, as they invoked a little too much guilt.

After about 15 minutes of conversation, our orders came. My friend's crabcake sliders are a limited time special menu item. It's a set of three delicately seasoned crabcakes served in King's Hawaiian rolls. It's served with a choice of salad (my friend chose Caesar) and refillable fries. My friend said the crabcakes were really good, and the sweetness of the Hawaiian rolls really added to the flavor.

My other friend chose the Albacore tuna salad sandwich with garlic fries. She said the sandwich was pretty good. The garlic fries were fantastic. The fries are tossed with salt and fresh chopped garlic. Quite potent! My friend with the Albacore tuna melt really enjoyed his sandwich too.

I had the bacon cheeseburger. It's a nice hamburger patty topped with thick slices of bacon and two slices fo Swiss cheese melted over it. My burger was really juicy and tasty. All of our sandwiches and burgers came with refillable fries, I chose Cajun seasoned fries. I found them tasty, but borderline too salty.

We had no room for dessert, so we got our bill. Including tax, it was $45.79 for the 4 entrees and one soft drink. At Ruby's you have to take the bill up to the front counter to pay.

I highly recommend Ruby's Diner. It's basically good American diner food in a nice retro atmosphere. I've been to other Ruby's locations and the food is consistently good.

From journal Good Eats in the LA South Bay

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