McKinley's Grille makes headlines

 

 

L.A. Times food blog, Squid Ink, May 2013

In the evening, the judges went to an equally lavish outdoor dinner at the farm. There, Teig served such dishes as an heirloom tomato salad with cheese and microgreens, spicy octopus with Anaheim chiles, peaches and mint, and king salmon with farm-raised squash and bacon. Now the judges could drink as much as they wanted, selecting wines from last year's award winners.

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Inland Empire Magazine, November 2012 edition

Farm Fresh Fanatic
McKinley's Grille at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center in Pomona calls it's fare "farm fresh cuisine" and has a one-acre farm on the premises which convincingly backs up the claim...

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Daily Bulletin, August 2012, article about McKinley's Grille Urban Garden

POMONA - A group of more than 30 elementary and middle school-aged boys and girls recently made their way around Fairplex's Urban Garden.

The children, part of the Pomona Hope summer program, sampled passion fruit and peppermint plants and handled lemon balm and fennel, all of which grow in an area less than an acre in size in the Fairview Farms section of Fairplex....

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San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 2011, article about McKinley's Grille Table-to-Farm Series

You know you're dining out, as opposed to just eating out, when rabbit confit and oxtail fig stew are on the menu.

You know you're dining way out when the floor under your feet is dirt and wood chips and you have a view of the inside of several livestock barns.

And when the chef is searing sea bass over a wood fire in a jury-rigged concrete-block stove.

And all the fruits, vegetables and herbs on the menu were grown, and are growing, all around you.

Did I mention six courses accompanied by matched wines, the attentive service, the relaxed atmosphere?...

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