![]() ![]() On our way out, we checked out the gift area. The wait staff was very friendly and attentive and made the experience that much better. There were also samples of their bear claw and pies. Lindsey had the parmesan sourdough cheeseburger with kettle-style parmesan chips and she was not disappointed.Įven though we were stuffed, we finished with some amazing peach cobbler ala mode. And they even had bacon in the ranch dressing. And those green beans were the best I have had in a long time! Look at the bacon on my baked potato. Usually, when I order a steak at medium, it comes out medium well. I ordered the New York steak cooked at medium. We had a huckleberry shake and it was delicious! Normal people start with a salad or appetizer, but not us. But the greatest thing about the menu is that there is a huge breakfast section. ![]() Also, some of the entrees came with a soup or salad, cornbread (so good) and your choice of sides. The portions are huge and many of the entrees on the menu came with a lite portion option. They print the menus on newspaper and they use actual stories in history from whatever city your restaurant is located. Black Bear Diner is all about community and they show it. The staff members were very friendly and showed us to our seats. The first thing we noticed was the amazing bear-themed atmosphere. So when my wife and I got an invite to try the first Black Bear Diner in Oklahoma for free, we were ecstatic. When that company is a restaurant, I know I’m going to try it. When a business enters the area in which I live, it peaks my interest. I liked the food and would eat at another Black Bear.I have this fascination with trying new things. I got there around 1220, and left at 1320. The biscuit was pretty dry and a bit hard, but was clearly baked on site. They needed to be cooked a little more, and could have used some onion or something for some more flavor. The “hash browns” were really shaved, thin strips of potato. The CFS was really good, breaded on site, and the beef was nice and fork tender and tasty. They serve breakfast all day, so I got the chicken fried steak and eggs. My iced tea ran out twice, and it took a bit to get my check. Not unfriendly, but never stopping at the table for more than a few seconds. ![]() While the host brought me iced tea, I was not seen by my server for almost 15 minutes. I looked up the locations, and it turns out that I had eaten in the Black Bear Diner in Colorado Springs, CO, several years ago. When I was seated, I had the thought form in the back of my mind that I had been in the place before. I was cruising up I-5 yesterday on the way to Lassen Volcanic National Park, and I saw the sign for Black Bear on the side of the road, so I stopped in to get some lunch. Posted in Restaurants and Eating, Travel | Leave a Comment » Tags: Black Bear Diner, CO, Colorado Springs I’d eat here again, and not wait five or so years. I probably could have split my pot roast with Raegan and we both would have been happy about it. I got there around 1715 and left around 1830. I got iced tea, it was strong and kept refilled. The ice cream was good for cooling it down, and adding some more flavor. It was really good, and hotter than heck when it was served. It was baked like a chicken pot pie – a complete shell, filled with peaches. It came hot, and had a largish scoop of ice cream on top. I decided that some cobbler would be good. There was also some red/purple onion that needed to be cooked more. Should have had more carrot and less celery. The plate had a lot of celery (not so good) and a couple (ONLY) carrot pieces. These were very, very good, and had some onion and a significant amount of chopped up bacon. ![]() Both roast and potatoes had a decent brown gravy over them more gravy was requested and delivered. Most of it was tender, but a couple pieces required some effort to cut apart. The only downer part of the meal came when my entree was served while I was only about half done with the soup. The soup came with a very good cornbread, that was hot from the oven, and served with warm, sweet butter. Thick and hot and not too salty, and very good. The meal started off with a very good chicken noodle soup. I drove past this diner when I was tooling around Colorado Springs Monday, and realized that I had eaten in the Diner here about five years ago. When I was driving from Sacramento to visit Lassen Volcanic National Park, I stopped at a Black Bear Diner off of I-5, and liked it. ![]()
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