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We're heading to Knott's this weekend. I haven't been in more than a decade. Is there anyplace decent to eat inside the park? Or is it all the standard theme-park swill?
Thanks for any suggestions.
debclark
Sep 06, 2007 07:20PM
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Fried Chicken is pretty yummy!
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Don't forget the cabbage and those little biscuits with butter and boysenberry jam. That cabbage is so simple but so good. Add a slice of the boysenberry pie and it is a very good meal. We go to the take-out counter just a few doors down from the main kitchen and get some to-go every few months.
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Second Mrs. Knott's fried chicken. Not everyone loves it, but I think it's really good. People who aren't even going to the park eat it. The restaurant is actually located outside of the paid park. There's often quite a line. Boysenberry juice used to be good, but last time it seemed really sweet to me (maybe it's my changing tastes, not the juice.) If you have to choose the inside the park selections (which is typical theme park fare) the food in the "Mexican" area is the best (which doesn't mean it's good.)
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If you're 60+ the senior dinner the last time I was there with my folks was $7 for the complete dinners. Everyday from 3pm-5pm except holidays.
There's always Portillo's just down the street for Chicago style Italian beef sandwiches and hot dogs. 8390 La Palma (in the shopping center across from Wal Mart).
http://www.portillos.com/portillos/lo...
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The biscuits from the chicken restaurant rock. Also the "on-a-stick" and funnel cake place (next to Log Ride). You must drink the boysenberry punch with every meal. Addictive. If only they served gin...
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don't forget all you can eat prime rib and king crab legs for $18.99 at amber waves in the KBF hotel... haven't been in a while, but they're still doing that, no?
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Fried chicken is the pick at the park itself, but if timing lends itself to lunch or dinner close by, Portillo's is less than a mile away on La Palma...great burgers, hot dogs, italian beef and sausage, salads and more.
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I agree about the fried chicken restaurant - the chicken is good. However, when you get the complete meal, don't forget to ask for the bread and butter pickles AND the stewed rhubarb. These used to come automatically with the dinner, but now you have to ask for them to be included. They add to the general weird, old-fashioned, mid-Western vibe of the dinner.
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As with others on this board, I agree, Mrs. Knott's Chicken dinner can't be beat. I did upgrade to all white meat. Couldn't finish it all. Took the piece of pie home with us. Someone else also mentioned the funnel cakes! Also, really good. -B n F
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Of course the biscuits w/ real butter, and Knott's various spreads can't be beat either!
-BnF
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Clearly Mrs. Knott's chicken dinner is the idea in the park (though I agree with the person that said the Mexican restaurant was the best inside-the-park thing). In the area, though, others have mentioned Portillo's on La Palma. Further east on La Palma (but before Magnolia) is Tana Ethiopian Restaurant, and up Beach Blvd. across from Medieval Times is Sagan, which is an excellent Korean barbecue.
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Zankou Chicken is also just a drive down the road (2424 Ball Road) - Lebanese tri-tip or chicken with heavenly garlic sauce.
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I think I'll try Zankous next time we go. Mrs Knotts just grossed me out. The place smelled bad - even my 5 year old daughter said so!! It just didn't get the impression that what we were eating was particularly sanitary. Maybe it was all the unbussed tables around.
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Just had lunch today at Mrs. Knott's. I had to. It was a work thing. The place smells like burned grease and the food is very old fashioned. I had to really work to get a low carb meal. Ordered the Santa Fe sandwich and ate the dried out broiled chicken breast, foul tasting bacon, swiss cheese and avocado without the chiabatta roll. The corn is canned for heaven's sake. The all day menu comes with tons of mediocre food. Soup, salad (a tiny bowl of wilted iceberg lettuce with a couple of strips of carrot and cabbage and one tomato), the corn or cherry rhubard (way too mushy and sweet), and pie (very good crust although didn't have it this time). The biscuits are very good, but if you eat a few of those you probably won't be able to eat much of the huge portions. The fried chicken is good for fried chicken. All of my co workers who had the full meals along with the boysenberry drink kept complaining about how full and miserable they were. There is also a TGIFriday right by the chicken place. I haven't been there in ages so can't really recommend.
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Just love Mrs. Knott's place. Traditional for sure. Fill up on the endless plate of biscuits then on to the rest. RIP Walter and Cordelia.
-BnF
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