tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post1992625596507789958..comments2024-02-26T10:52:14.585-08:00Comments on Glimpses of South Pasadena: Gus's BBQLaurie Alleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-91451521437331191992008-10-11T07:29:00.000-07:002008-10-11T07:29:00.000-07:00Oh this is a MUST for my next visit. I love the v...Oh this is a MUST for my next visit. I love the variety of eateries there. Such fun for a visitor, not to mention for the people who live in the area. Something about neon - it has such a forever quality yet it harkens back to times gone by. I like the buzzing sound it makes on a quiet night when nothing else is around. I'm sure that isn't the case there, but it makes me think of downtown Austin's old buildings with similar signs. I want some of that chicken right now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521458390090037540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-55960461291279544582008-10-11T01:59:00.000-07:002008-10-11T01:59:00.000-07:00Hey gang,Thanks for all the comments today! Looks...Hey gang,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the comments today! Looks like I'm not the only one craving BBQ...Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-11300604424218228472008-10-11T00:36:00.000-07:002008-10-11T00:36:00.000-07:00Back 4 2nds @ Gus'BBQ:Maybe d best bbq joint i...Back 4 2nds @ Gus'BBQ:<BR/>Maybe d best bbq joint in our area. And ye oldest. <BR/>It's under recent new mgmt & definitely butter than b4.<BR/><BR/>L, yes, a bark out 2 the the sweet potato pies, i mean fries. The cole slaw is pretty good too. The pulled pork sandwitch, bbq buger, de soups - all good. <BR/>Pretty good parking 2.<BR/><BR/>If u have to bring back a doggie bag, then bring it bak 4 de dog!<BR/><BR/>And, a 2nd 2 a 2min piece of SoPasa on NOW on Pbs last nite. De topik was higher gas prices w/ lower home valyous, & m ass transportation. They showed Busters, & a Heirloom from a distance. Laurie, a coinzidense if u sawed it.Cafe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115520512264907360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-90051505162871461982008-10-10T23:06:00.000-07:002008-10-10T23:06:00.000-07:00Oh,Nice photo an text about it.I think I can not s...Oh,Nice photo an text about it.I think I can not stand sweet potato :PSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-44063787029930650152008-10-10T20:58:00.000-07:002008-10-10T20:58:00.000-07:00can ya fex ex those ribs to NYC?can ya fex ex those ribs to NYC?Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-3940515647651606472008-10-10T20:27:00.000-07:002008-10-10T20:27:00.000-07:00Laurie, did you see NOW on PBS tonight. South Pas ...Laurie, did you see NOW on PBS tonight. South Pas is now one thousand times (a ballpark estimate) more well known that it was yesterday.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763611338613325523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-64373279310019751712008-10-10T19:20:00.000-07:002008-10-10T19:20:00.000-07:00Oh woman, this is a great BBQ joint!I'm instantly ...Oh woman, this is a great BBQ joint!<BR/>I'm instantly hungry now!<BR/><BR/>I can't continue now. I'll have 2 come back 4 seconds later.Cafe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115520512264907360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-55855640046470904482008-10-10T14:43:00.000-07:002008-10-10T14:43:00.000-07:00Looks like my kind of place, Laurie!Oooo, Elaine, ...Looks like my kind of place, Laurie!<BR/><BR/>Oooo, Elaine, you are brave...Profile Not Availablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759219075260619910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-83523828693741793652008-10-10T14:05:00.000-07:002008-10-10T14:05:00.000-07:00I'm intrigued by the catfish. I'll have a plate of...I'm intrigued by the catfish. I'll have a plate of that.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-16938802771146180172008-10-10T13:24:00.000-07:002008-10-10T13:24:00.000-07:00And then somewhere across the street is the place ...And then somewhere across the street is the place that sells those beautiful old stoves. I wonder how I resisited?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-43218782360854009812008-10-10T12:39:00.000-07:002008-10-10T12:39:00.000-07:00Still not a fan of the Que, but I like the neon si...Still not a fan of the Que, but I like the neon sign. Shiny lights = pretty!Halcyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729819462354019534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-2863609460915583882008-10-10T10:54:00.000-07:002008-10-10T10:54:00.000-07:00Thats where MacGyver hung out in the 70's. Richard...Thats where MacGyver hung out in the 70's. Richard Dean Anderson lived in South Pasadena's Montery Hills during his General Hospitals days. You know, above the Oscar Mayer Wiener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-51663298724310310382008-10-10T10:16:00.000-07:002008-10-10T10:16:00.000-07:00Since I don't eat meat I'm completely indifferent ...Since I don't eat meat I'm completely indifferent to the merits of one BBQ place over another. I just noticed a couple of days ago that old Route 66 runs through South Pas. Remember Martin MIlner and 'the other guy??' in the Corvette? <BR/><BR/>But the neon sign fiasco is interesting. Here, some years back, council apparently decided there was something déclassé, or satanic about neon signs and they more or less banned new ones. Old one's slowly disappeared with new development or from neglect. The survivors became iconic. Some were rescued and are kept in the museum.<BR/><BR/>Today, neon is back with a vengeance. Instead of being evil and nasty, apparently council feels it give the city a vibrancy. It does. <BR/><BR/>The really great signs that had an element of animation to them are few and far between now. Probably just too expensive to build or maintain. <BR/><BR/>I think I've taken up more than my allotted space on this one. I'll keep it down to 3 word sentences for a while to make up.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763611338613325523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-15093417583377663142008-10-10T09:58:00.000-07:002008-10-10T09:58:00.000-07:00My daughter just came home from a study abroad pro...My daughter just came home from a study abroad program in England and said that the moment she came onto the Gus's sign it gave her comfort that she knew she was home. <BR/><BR/>If you visit Gus's, try the ribs first. Great! Then, proceed to the items marked 'new'. Blackened chicken sandwich has peppers and relish and the jambalaya will wake up your taste buds at lunchtime like nothing else. <BR/><BR/>So glad for the turnaround at Gus's. The Bicos brothers have done a great job with a local icon.Joe Ryan https://www.blogger.com/profile/17036858497008349635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-20732420022622454212008-10-10T09:18:00.000-07:002008-10-10T09:18:00.000-07:00What farm animals marching around? I have to go ba...What farm animals marching around? I have to go back and have another look see. I am LOL at Trish's explanation for the frou frou food on the menu. Makes perfect sense now. Have a rib for me L.<BR/>V<BR/><BR/>THey DO have ribs don't they?Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152464973355194995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-9809063089950519782008-10-10T09:17:00.000-07:002008-10-10T09:17:00.000-07:00Laurie, you do great things with neon. It's comfo...Laurie, you do great things with neon. It's comforting to know that places like this still exist.<BR/><BR/>Yakpate, you are a sweet friend. Of course I would love to stay in an atmospheric hotel with one of the dearest people I know. Gus's sounds, "Finger Lickin' Good". Bib in hand, Diet left behind. What diet? I also want a chocolate ice crea soda at Fair Oaks Soda Fountain. Better make that the next night.Dixie Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591688785324214877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-72061889272603377582008-10-10T09:15:00.000-07:002008-10-10T09:15:00.000-07:00The world would be a much duller place without neo...The world would be a much duller place without neon.-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-43531060923328271552008-10-10T08:55:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:55:00.000-07:00Laurie, I am now craving BBQ and it's not even 9:0...Laurie, I am now craving BBQ and it's not even 9:00 AM yet!! This place sound legendary.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-2529911100398606662008-10-10T08:36:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:36:00.000-07:00Laurie, I've been looking for some good BBQ! Than...Laurie, I've been looking for some good BBQ! Thank you so much for pointing out this place. I'm going to have to go check it out the very next time we need somewhere to go eat.ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-24658106562474985792008-10-10T08:20:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:20:00.000-07:00Love the neon and all the little farms animals all...Love the neon and all the little farms animals all 'round! <BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be a dream to "take a trip down Route 66" with a camera. It's good to see a business from the heyday to have survived and thriving still to this day! <BR/><BR/>Love your blog lots!!<BR/><BR/>I also visited your sister's blog! Amazing and inspiring for certain!Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819854679824281440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-42555279000362967572008-10-10T08:12:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:12:00.000-07:00I have been wanting to try Gus's for years....driv...I have been wanting to try Gus's for years....drive by it all the time....maybe this weekend...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-90307069866118588042008-10-10T08:00:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:00:00.000-07:00Ditto what earl said about the quake damage, sign ...Ditto what earl said about the quake damage, sign and rebuilding of Gus's. BIIIIG Bruha-ha over the sign. Seriously. Take small town politics to an extreme.<BR/><BR/>I have been there numerous times. I am not particularly a BBQ, or drippy sauce on meat type person. But I ***LOVE*** Gus's!<BR/><BR/>The menu has adapted over the years to serve a wider crowd than just the dead meat crowd. Someone once told me they put "west coasty type froo-froo" stuff on the menu so that guys could bring their wives with them to eat and have something to choose from on the menu.<BR/><BR/>Take a tip from an old SoPas'er, GO TO GUS'S! Seriously!<BR/><BR/>Great pic Laurie---you caught the farm animals running around the outside of the sign, the part that ALWAYS fascinated me as a kid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-28007876005386601942008-10-10T06:54:00.000-07:002008-10-10T06:54:00.000-07:00Love that neon, and the 'que sounds pretty enticin...Love that neon, and the 'que sounds pretty enticing too.Knoxville Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528055515741187585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-21118933151011445272008-10-10T06:16:00.000-07:002008-10-10T06:16:00.000-07:00The thing everyone seems to like best about the si...The thing everyone seems to like best about the sign is the little chickens and pigs that go around the edge of it.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you know the story about how Gus's was destroyed in the 1987Whittier quake and had to be completely rebuilt. The big question was what to do about the original sign, which was so loved by everyone. There was a new sign ordinance in South Pas that technically prevented the original sign from being put back up. The city passed a special law to allow the sign to be put up, but they still objected to it jutting out as far as it did originally. That is why the front of the new Gus's is recessed, as you see in the photo.<BR/><BR/>I've only eaten at Gus's once, and it was over 25 years ago. For some reason, when I think of local restaurants, I never think of eating at Gus's.Mister Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405041951237611622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-63387355902904074792008-10-10T05:31:00.000-07:002008-10-10T05:31:00.000-07:00Beautiful tower of color!An ordinary eye might wal...Beautiful tower of color!<BR/><BR/>An ordinary eye might walk by without noticing, but as usual, YOUR eye captures the moment and shares it with us.<BR/><BR/>I am going to check into an atmospheric South Pas hotel and spend a week visiting some of the wonderful places you feature here!<BR/><BR/>Wanna join me, Dixie?Yakpatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788658793693064873noreply@blogger.com