Blake’s Place - Anaheim
My relationship with Blake’s Place in Anaheim goes back nearly 11 years ago, when I found a coupon for them in the Pennysaver and tried them out. Blake’s Place was great from the first taste back then, but then the relationship that brought me to their part of town fizzled and so did my recollection of Blake’s location. Fate brought me back to Blake’s a year ago, when after reading some online restaurant reviews I was reunited with one of my first loves, Blake’s Place! A great restaurant is scary especially if you really like going there. There is so much to live up to once you like a place, but after many visits and numerous introductions to friends, Blake’s Place has never failed. Every family, friend, or co-worker that I have taken there has declared it some of the best BBQ they have ever had.
Today I ordered the special they had on their side wall, Prime Rib Sandwich ($8.95), smoked cuts of prime rib on a french roll, with horseradish, swiss cheese, tomatoes, served with french fries and a side of au-jus. 
The meat was so tender and delicious, I can’t remember having smoked prime rib, but it really delighted my senses. I’m not a big fan of french fries, but when they are the carrying receptacles for sweet BBQ-sauce I’m willing to accept as many french fries as my stomach can handle. This meal hit my BBQ cravings spot on.
Blake’s Place is industrial zoned dining at it’s best, don’t let their location fool you, this is the best BBQ in all of Orange County, anyone that doesn’t agree hasn’t tried it. As you can see from the picture below, this place isn’t some fly by night BBQ, it’s one of the most popular places in the area, at 11:30 AM the place was packed inside nearly 3/4 full and there were over 10 people waiting in line to place orders. Arrive early, or late to avoid the lunch time rush, or just go there for dinner.
Also a little shout out to my fellow reviewers at the O.C. Weekly with this picture of my food, while I was reading their reviews for this week.
Visit 12/12/08 for lunch.
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Blake’s Place
2905 E. Miraloma Ave., #3
Anaheim, CA 92806
Phone (714) 630-8574
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Wow today is my week over at Griffin Eats OC. He went to not one, but two places I recommended this week! First he went to Lazy Dog Cafe in Orange, had exceptional service, great food, and loved it. Next he went to Cha Thai in Orange and loved the soup but wished they made the rest of their food spicier. Glad you liked the places Griffin.
Then today Gustavo over at OC Weekly did a review for PK Burger, which is one of the best hamburger joints located near my work. I’d like to think he went there based on my review, but one can only hope that’s why. If you are out there Gus say hi, I read you all the time in OC Weekly.
I have reviews coming, in fact I have 6 waiting to be wrote up (Taco Adobe, Memphis, BJs Pizza, El Faralito, Wings ‘n Things, Blake’s Place), been a very hectic week at work, and I lost half of the pictures I took when I was out.
Thank you everyone that has visited the site lately. Also wanted to give a shout out to my main site sponsor Foodbuzz who is taking some of us OC Foodies out to dinner next Thursday! I’m looking forward to meeting you all!
OC Weekly Food Issue 2008
Just wanted to bring this to those of you that hadn’t already seen it. Edwin Goei and Gustavo Arellano put together a very good and comprehensive list of places to get your food fix in Orange County, for under $15. I was sort of surprised by the lack of straight ol American food. There are definitely some places I would have added to the list if I had been a part of it, but it shows me that I haven’t even touched the surface of places to eat in OC. I think I’ve been lucky to go to 2 or 3 of the places listed. I’ll post more later about those I have visited and those that I now what to visit after reading their article.
Thanks for the great work guys!
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