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| - RAWR! The corner of Green Valley and Sunset has turned into bear country with Black Bear Diner! Good to see that this family diner based in No Cali has expanded again with a corporate location now open in the Green Valley area of Henderson.
Happy to have a place that serves breakfast all day and is open early and past 3pm unlike the breakfast places in the area. The newsletter type menu also lists lunch and dinner plates too! Country homestyle comfort is the cuisine here. Sweet Cream waffles and pancakes, Country Fried Steak, Hot Tuna Melts, Pot Roast are just some examples.
The serving portions are pretty big. Enough to feed a hungry bear. Even the cornbread muffin we had was pretty good size and more than enough for one person.
Cool points - They recognized the health & calorie conscious crowd . Sections throughout the menu list:
"Fit and Focus: breakfast offerings under 500 calories
"Little Less": smaller portions of some of the breakfast, lunch and dinner items. I ordered lunch from this section which was a Tuna Melt and it came with your choice of side; fries, housemade potato salad, coleslaw, green salad OR cup of soup.
They allow substitutions.IE..If you are vegetarian or want gluten free they'll switch out the bacon for fruit.
Prices are a great value for what you get.
Quality of food, fair/good. Many items made in-house, the oranges are freshly squeezed thru an industrial sized juicer.
Execution wise..needs more work...The hashbrowns on the first visit we got were not drained well enough and was a bit greasy. Our second try at it we ordered it to be more crisp...still greasy..sigh.. Sweet Cream pancakes were okay. At least they weren't dense but not that fluffy either.
Orders took longer than should be and first time they got my order mixed up with Mr. B. ..minor glitches, but cutting them slack since they've been open less than a week.
Not a fan of servers closing out the tab and giving you the receipt and you pay cashier..it's more convenient yes, but it just feels more rushed and you don't see your server much after they hand you the ticket.
Atmosphere - Casual but not feeling the rustic lodge feel like their Redding location. But every location is different and unique in it's own way. So since we're in the desert it's faux lodge ish.
They did a great job revamping this building that has been an eyesore for the past 3 years. Great use of space, plenty of booths and tables.There's even diner counter style seating in front of the partially open kitchen.
I was thrilled to see and hear that the same guy still carves all the wooden bears (with a chainsaw) It was tradition when we traveled we would make stops at Black Bear Diners and our kids would take a pic with the bears that were 3x their size.
Service - Great personalities! Friendly and eager to please. Still needs work on a few areas. Both visits we sat at our table for a good 5 minutes before anyone came and acknowledged us and take our drink order. They apologized though for the wait. Some of the employees from their Cali restaurants flew over here to help out and train as the "Opening Crew" .
Really 3.5 but rating 4 for for value and for the choices they offer... plus the nostalgia won me over. In time the Green Valley crew will rock the fifth star. Welcome to the Hendo hood Black Bear Diner!
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