Restaurant of the Week: Terry's Burgers
This week's restaurant: Terry's Burgers, 6709 Carnelian Ave., Rancho Cucamonga.
Terry's is the restaurant I was trying to find last week when I headed east on Base Line from Carnelian. Terry's is actually along 19th Street just around the corner from Carnelian, in the shopping center with the new Korean supermarket, Market World. I had lunch there Thursday.
Inside, Terry's looks like a sitdown restaurant (perhaps it once was?) with comfortable booths and hanging lamps. You order at the counter, they give you a number and bring the food out.
There's an extensive menu, much like Legends and Jim's, two other local burger-and-more joints. Besides the standard fare, they have hot sandwiches, salads and Mexican food. Dinner specials include roast beef, chicken fried steak, pork chops (all $6.96) and N.Y. steak ($7.50). Ambitious.
Going for the namesake item, I got the burger special ($5.55 with tax), a burger with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and Thousand Island dressing. It arrived in a basket atop a mound of fries. In my considered judgment, it was an above-average burger, at one of the valley's classier burger restaurants.
I'm glad I kept looking for Terry's.
David, I believe it was a Pizza Hut in a former life.
I'm glad to hear about Market World -- that's gotta be closer than Covina for getting my kochujang.
I find their pastrami to be one-of-the-best! I've tried other "Best" Pastrami locations, but none can rival Terry's (except for Tops, Jr. in Alhambra, but that's a bit of a drive)...and the Gyros are also terrific.
The owner (yes, there's a real Terry) has been a great supporter of youth sports and local advertising. Their fish dinner special is the best!