Well, I did intend to hold my thoughts on this topic, but the more I read, the more I feel the need to add my own input.

First, let me say this about Petra's. The food is...well, different. The prices HIGH, the service SLOW and the place SMALL. I went once, and that was quite enough.

Guido and the Blonde's can open up by any other name but Chef Boyar De makes a more authentic Italian food than they do. Anyone who knows REAL Italian food will agree.

I hope matokanji will open up a restaurant or even take-out that will offer something truly different than we now have. And moving Taco Bell from point A to point B is still the same old Taco Bell.

I believe an Italian Deli, a Jewish Deli (with home cooked pastrami and corned beef made on the premises instead of some shrink wrapped product and "nuked" to make it hot) a good Fish 'N Chips, a take-out China Panda, an In 'N Out Burger and, I could go on, but anyone of those would be a winner, in my opinion, and enjoy a good success.

Calvin

matokanji are the guy that has sold your buffalo ribs in the park? If so i am anxious to try them. The lines have always been to long and i settled for something else. Long lines for you is good. I can always tell the good food booths because they are the ones with the long lines. I love meat and i love big portions. I'll be keeping a eye out for your restaurant.

Yeah, a Chicken Shack would be a nice new addition. And, how about a Bakery? As a kid growing up in Pittsburgh I remember living a block away from a bakery and the smell alone was enough to drive people in. Fresh baked bread of all kinds and sliced to your own requested thickness. (I like mine sliced THIN. Can't be found in any supermarket.) And, fresh baked Danish Pastries, and crullers, and REAL Italian bread. Yummm! I miss that a lot. A Bakery here would be a real winner for someone. A location downtown would be perfect.

My Gram used to send me to the bakery to buy a lot of goodies and then she would set up a lazy susan in the middle of the kitchen table with an assortment of luncheon meats and cheeses and, of course, the fresh baked breads. People would stop over and make their own sandwiches and pour from the never ending coffee pot. Nobody ever left the kitchen as it was our main room for eating, smelling the foods and spirited conversations. The living room was NEVER used!

And, what's with all the Starbuck's wannabee's here? No wonder these places go out of business so quickly because all they have to do is read these blogs to see what THE PEOPLE WANT, and not what THEY want to give them. C'mon, Matokanji get a place even if it's just take-out. I've stood in line at the Park for your food and always came back for more.

Jim Richards

I agree. We really need steaks, seafood and real Italian food. I wouldn't mind seeing a chicken joint in town as well.

By the way, who's got the best country breakfast in town? I don't do breakfast very often but when I do, I want good biscuits and gravy with my breakfast.

I'd also love to see a great steak place open. I LOVE a great steak and it seems the best way to get one in tehachapi right now is to make it at home yourself-sigh. I also love appetizers like potatoe skins, real potatoe skins overloaded with cheese and bacon.....mmmmmmm. I love those places that actually have a dinner  with mozzerella sticks, chicken strips, potatoe skins etc for those people like me that sometimes can't decide what they want and want a little bit of everything.

It'd also be awesome to have somewhere you can get take-out and call ahead your order. 

Oilfieldtrash As far as I'm concerned Kelly's is the best for breakfast.I always get the chicken fried steak. It's real steak not some prefab crap that most places sell and it covers 3/4 of your plate. The B&G is good too. I never leave hungry.

My husband and I had steaks at Gracian's last night. Baked potato w/the works and veggies cooked correctly! Al dente! They weren't the best steaks I've ever had, but not bad. My husband really likes them. Neither one of us could put away 24 oz of steak unless that's all we were eating. Steak, of course, that is so rare you have to chase it around the table.

Guido's wasn't bad, and the service was really good. No, no surprise about Cappi's.The coffee wasn't bad but another place with sucky service.

I would like to see a barbecue place along the lines of Famous Dave's. Had lunch there the other day and was, pardon the pun, in hog heaven. Or a good soul food place...yum. lol...Kelly's "homecooking" don't come close to the real thing. They aren't bad for breakfast, but the service sucks.

jimr, haven't you ever been to Kohnen's Bakery? They have a wonderful variety of breads and other baked goods. They make the best fresh sandwichs in town!