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On every trip I have taken to Redding I see these huge signs for Granzellas. I always nagged about going here but for some reason we never did. Finally last week I made it a point to stop here and eat.
I was so thrilled with all the little things they had in the store area. They also had a bakery with yummy gelato and a deli area. My favorite was the area where you get to try all the different types of olives. I LOVE olives so I was thrilled that I can try as many different types that I please...and yes I tryed many! =)
After paying a little too much for olives and a funny named hot sauce I wandered over to the restaurant area where I found my boyfriend rolling his eyes at my purchases (he just doesn't understand the greatness of a hot sauce called lazy ass =) )
Their menu was huge but we settled on getting a pesto pizza with chicken. While we waited we helped ourselves to the salad bar where Alas! Olives were waiting to be devoured and tossed with my salad. As well as these yummy marinated tomatoes and a few different pastas (there were also soups to choose from but I was too pleased with the olives and tomatoes to care) =)...My boyfriend wasn't as pleased as I was with the salad bar and did mention that there weren't a lot of topping selections for your salad it didnt phase me though...did I mention the salad bar add on was only $2.00 not too shabby...
Right when we were finished devouring our salads our pizza arrived. I will admit that I had been a glutton at the salad bar and was full when we got our main course but I still had to see what the pizza tasted like. Lets just say it was nothing special. Honestly I think Mountain Mikes could make a better pesto chicken. I had one slice (soo not typical of me) and the BF ate two.(Not typical of him either) Since we had filled up on our salad it wasn't such a huge disappointment that the pizza wasn't spectacular. We boxed up the rest and took it to Redding.
All in all I liked this place. Well deserving of 4 stars maybe 5 depending on what you order. Lets just say I will be back the next trip up there because I will never tire of the olives! =)
PS: The pizza tastes WAAAAY better the next day. Weird how that works...
I'm not a big fan. We dined in the bar area, and honestly waited 35 minutes for simple hamburgers to show up. Then we had to wait 10 more minutes after eating to get the bill, and I had to go find our server to pay it. I probably wouldn't bother writing this review, however, other folks we talked to who have stopped there found the kitchen was terribly slow also. We spent $27 on burgers with french fries and a couple of sodas.
In their favor, the food was OK, nothing special. The bathrooms were clean, the lighting is good, the chairs comfortable. There is a salad bar, which looked pretty well stocked. Some locals do come there -- a birthday party was going on at a nearby table -- but most of the clientele seem to be travelers from the interstate.
The gift shop is expensive, the decor is kitchy. It feels like a place that is being run for maximum profit, and somewhat impersonal to me. I would rather put my money into good local restaurants, which certainly exist in most of the towns along I-5. I won't be back.
I read that Granzella's had burned to the ground since my last visit, and had been rebuilt. The new place looks just like the old place, just bigger and better. One change for the better they made was to move the gifty stuff and non-food merchandise to a new gift shop across the street. We usually order pizza. In my opinion, this is the best pizza in California, and rivals the pizza served at the long-gone and very lamented La Barbera's in West Los Angeles. I had the herb garlic chicken pizza. This version is heavy on the cheese, topped with large cloves of roasted garlic and lots of chicken. I am certain this is the best such pizza anywhere. My wife's pesto vegetarian pizza was also excellent.
When I stop here for lunch, I usually have a deli sandwich. Deli sandwiches are pretty standard fare, but Granzella's are extra good due to fresh ingredients, good sized portions and excellent bread.
I try to time trips across Highway 20 to I-5 so I can have lunch or dinner at Granzella's. I love the place.
Decent sandwiches, many bottled beers, giant jars of olives, very clean bathrooms. Restaurant and lounge looked like it would be a nice place to stop and fuel your body while roadtripping. Kind of the only game in town if day-tripping to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge.
My boyfriend had suggested my family stop here on our road trip and we are sure glad that we did.
Granzellas owns practically the whole damn street between their Inn, the gift shop, and the restaurant/bar area.
The gift shop was alright; definitely a tourist trap and geared towards grannies or wine lovers. Maybe even granny wine lovers. Prices were definitely too steep but they had cool items like a tractor shaped cake pan and Italian wedding soup.
The restaurant which I hear is new due to a fire a few months ago but it looks amazing even though I never knew what the old one looked like. We bought a 75 dollar bottle of their signature olive oil for my boyfriend's mom who is an immaculate cook, a bottle of Sicilian olives to rep our own roots, two small cups of cheesecake and coffee crunch gelato, a quarter pound of salami, and a half pound of pastrami. All so wonderful.
Staff was friendly and the inside was nice, clean, and spacious to accommodate the many travelers passing through.
Definitely a stop to check out if you're headed north up 5.
On the leg home from our L.A. visit we stopped at Granzella's for dinner. We'd been here once before for a deli sandwich, but this time opted for a seat in their restaurant.
Having been burned at the Iron Skillet's salad bar on our southbound journey I was a little hesitant to dive into one again. But I was relieved to find Granzella's items fresh, appealing and free of stickiness.
Had we known, we would have just settled for the salad bar and walked away satisfied, but we also had a vegetarian pizza ordered. Now nobody is going to call their pizza "the best ever" but it was good, both hot at the restaurant and cold the next morning...mmmm, cold pizza.
Granzella's is a good notch above the usual road fare and an easy on/off from Highway 5. If your traveling near Williams and are looking for a bite to eat, you can't go wrong here.
THANK GOODNESS they opened up again after the fire! I LOVE Granzella's. I have been going there every since I can remember. I was born and raised in Redding and William's is the perfect stopping point for road trips to the bay area or Sacramento.
The gelato, deli, restaurant, bar and especially the polar bear are all fantastic. I now live in the bay area and I swing into the bar for a quick shot EVERY time I visit my parents up north. The food certainly isn't gourmet, but it is filling and tasty. Also, every employee that I've encountered over the past 25 years is kind and friendly.
DO NOT drive on the I-5 in nor cal and miss the opportunity to stop in and stretch your legs here for 10 minutes. You won't regret it!
A great place to stop when you're traveling on I-5 up to Oregon. It's at that point where I'm always starving. The deli is huge. They make your sandwich and everything is fresh and so good. Enormous selection of meats and cheeses, huge assortment of olives and pickles.
It's more than a deli, they also have a sit-down cafe/restaurant (I'm always itching to get back on the road so have never sat down to eat here). Ice cream stand. Bakery. Starbucks coffee. Gourmet food grocery department. Wide variety of sodas, juices, beers, wines, etc. Gifts. Clean restrooms.
And while you wait for your sandwiches to be made, walk around and look at the giant stuffed taxidermy in the dining room. There is a full-size grizzly that almost makes me glad that I won't be meeting one next time I'm camping. Lots of other animals hanging on the walls. Reminds me of the old North American animals diorama section at the old Academy of Sciences.
Back to Granzella's, prices are very reasonable, especially considering the huge portions and fresh quality. This let's you avoid the greasy, fast food that so many road trips are filled with simply because there are limited alternatives.
One heck of a roadstop on the way up I-5 where the usual grub is fast food awfulness! We had a hearty breakfast/lunch in the restaurant on the way up. On the way back, I *had* to try the gelato, so we opted for the sandwiches from the expansive deli - which they let us bring in to the sports bar so we could watch some of the Giants game while we ate. The gelato was everything that I had hoped for and more. Delicious!!! It was so creamy and the different flavors were interesting. Every long freeway drive should have a meal stop this good!
I would give this place a 3.5 if I could but it's Saturday, I'm in a good mood so I rounded up to a 4. I have heard a lot about Granzella's but had never eaten there until today. They burned down completely back in Oct. 2007 and reopened within the past week or so. It is located in the small town of Williams off of I-5 north of Sacramento.
The place was packed! When you walk in the door you get the feeling that you are in an old country store but with a deli, gelato counter (mmm) and all sorts of specialty food items like olives, muffaletta spread and tapenade. There is also a bar with a ginormous polar bear behind a glass case and all sorts of other animal heads around the room. Not my personal style but I won't begrudge someone their taxidermy.
The restaurant is towards the left when you first walk in. The decor is definitely rustic and down home. The hostess was very friendly and gave us a pager telling us the wait would be about 20 minutes. It was in actuality probably only 10 minutes which was nice. We sat near a large stone fireplace which of course was not with fire being that it was like 100 degrees outside.
Our waitress was as sweet as she could be. The menu has a little bit of something for everyone. I ordered the ravioli & spaghetti combo with marinara sauce. I forgot to specify that I wanted the spinach and cheese ravioli but my waitress, bless her heart, figured that I did not want the meat ones since I ordered marinara sauce. Smart lady! My dining companion ordered the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and country gravy (very good potatoes and gravy).
Our meals included a trip to the salad bar. The salad bar was small but included your basic iceburg lettuce mix (cabbage & lettuce), fixins' (beets, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc.), dressings and a few side salads like potato and pasta. They also had some soup (today's soups are navy bean and minestrone). The food was served pretty quickly with a side of really buttery, really garlicky garlic bread (yummy). The marinara sauce was fine, nothing outstanding. As a previous Yelper implied, you don't go to a place like this and expect 5 diamond cuisine. Granzella's offers good family dining with large portions for reasonable prices. It is a good place to stop if you are in the area and want to avoid the usual fast food fare.
Had to check out Granzella's for the muffaletta, since few folks on the West Coast know or serve this traditional Louisiana sandwich. Can't say the muffaletta was all that memorable... the sour bite of the sourdough roll, dry salami and olive mix combined to be a bit too sour. The meats and cheese were obviously quality, however, and a trip to the deli section (although we were served in the bar, we asked for the deli menu) underscored their impressive deli offerings.
As for the right thing to order, I would go with the Reuben. That was a delicious sandwich. Their muffaletta needs a little work. I think the Louisiana version included a ham like prosciutto amongst the cured meats and was served on a less-dense, sweeter soda bread.
As others have mentioned, this is a neat place to stop when trekking along this long, uneventful stretch of I-5. Skip the muff, but eat everything else in sight.
I had lunch, dinner, and gelato here. 2.5 stars over all, but rounded up for convenience.
This is like an all-in-one truck stop, except it's family-and-tourist centered. There's also a decent looking inn across the parking lot. You get the strong feeling that the only families are locals, and there ain't a lot of tourists, but whatever.
Here's what they have: restaurant, cocktail lounge, deli, gift shop, small high end "groceries and sundries" (a la stuff you can find at Cost Plus for way cheap), and a small but well appointed wine tasting and buying room. You can buy Granzella's brand water, which cracked me up, so I bought 3 bottles. They have a small olive tasting bar (help yourself), and the muffaletta is pretty nice.
Food: I had the special for lunch: a grilled chicken ranch melt on ciabatta bread. It was okay, I like my swiss more melty and it was bland. It came with a salad. The salad's most impressive thing was the olive muffuleta (sort of a coarse chopped relish of olives, pepperoncini, artichoke hearts and I think pimiento--you can buy jars of the stuff in the little grocery/deli in the gift area.) So basically, it was all okay, not fabulous, and came to about $7.95. Later, my stomach exploded, since I don't handle bread very well, and required gas ex. My stomach deflated and we went to Louis Cairo's for dinner, but that's another review.
Main dining decor: kitsch eye-talian.
Later in the week, we headed back to try the cocktail lounge. We were hoping for dark and cozy. Instead we got bright and full of dead animals. I mean, seriously, taxidermy central. No joke. 2---count 'em, 2--- full sized polar bears (I thought they were endangered, but what do I know?) there were also disturbing body parts of small African mammals and reptiles and birds, as well as a plethora of everything North American. I don't know why anyone needs more than 1 deer, but there were about 40, including a few full bodied ones. I started to feel really sad about the Moose. There were 4. They were staring at each other thankfully, because they made me sad and I couldn't meet their eyes. There was a motheaten juvenile grizzly skin pinned above the bar. It was probably the last one in California.
Oh, and avoid the calamari. It didn't make me sick, but it tasted like it had been defrosted and refrozen 4X and some of them actually tasted off. That's our own fault for craving calamari in the valley. They aren't rings either, just deep fried strips. Deep fried not good strips.
Anyway. My coworker required two margaritas and got big tears in his eyes since he was facing the carnage. I was going to get a margarita, changed my mind after the polar bears, and downed a glenlivet and water. I followed with 2 big glasses of wine. I also ate the Granzella's Special Steak, which is just giant tri tip pieces. It comes with a salad bar, potato, and green beans for approx $18 bucks; my drinks cost me another $18, plus a $5 tip. It's so much, I have leftovers and can stay in and watch the news and play on the internut all night.
It's too distressing to eat in that bright wood-and-dead-things cocktail lounge if you don't believe in killing wild animals (unless you eat them, and the last time I checked, hyena and jackal are not on most menus of the world), so if you are a sensitive soul going to eat there, stick to the main dining room. I asked the waitress about the death and carnage while we were leaving, and she said she just keeps her head down and tries not to notice when new things are added. She pointed out a duck and a mountain goat that had been added the weekend before.
Main dining/cocktail decor: wood, wood cabin-y, bright lights, and museum quality stuffed death.
Sad.
FYI: the steak covered in portabello demiglace at Louis Cairo's is way better for the same price I paid at the dead animal cemetery.
Gelato is good, but in that fakey-yet-very-flavorful kind of way. $3 for a small dish to go.
Good fresh quality Italian Deli off the 5, mmmmm!!!!!!!!! I had some genoa, salami, mortadella sumethin sumethin on sourdough sandwich,mmmmm!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately they are under construction, but it looks like the renovation is going make this a pretty big spot. This is by far one of the best stop offs along the 5 in Norcal. People were really friendly and i highly recommend stopping at this Italian oasis over any Travel Center joints.
FYI They have a huge parking lot, just in case you are taking your 18 wheeler out for a spin.
We stopped by this place for a quick lunch. It felt like an old style tavern offering home made food.
The location was great, just off highway and next to a gas station. The place was very busy and there was a 20 minutes wait even we went there during off peak hours. But they had a shop with different types of Italian specialties we could browse during the wait including their own olives.
Heard their sandwich was the best so I got their Turkey Melt. It was actually pretty good. They also had lunch buffet including a salad bar. Their menu covered almost everything, sandwich, hamburgers, pasta, entree and margarita Its portion was big and price was reasonable.
There wasn't too much in the down town area and this place was a good place to stop for a quick lunch/ break during long drive if on I-5. And the restroom was clean too!
Along highway where most places were fast food restaurants, this place deserved an upgraded rating to 4 stars.
I bypassed the deli (mistake) and plopped down in the bar, ordering the sausage sandwich that sneakily is listed at the bottom of a menu page.
For $9, I had my choice of sausage (I chose linguica) on a buttered roll with fresh veggies. A salad full of beans and greens was included. I loved that no real condiments were involved, allowing me to really taste the grilled sausage. With the toppings on the side, I could decide just how much of a flavor mix I wanted.
Even after sharing my salad, I saved half the big sandwich for dinner. Two meals in one!
The service was great. And the server had some amazingly fun curves, without the crap attitudes that usually come with such physical luxuries.
The best turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce this side of Thanksgiving. Mmmm....
Also, they have a guest book at the front of the deli that people can sign. When I was younger and living in northern California we'd always see notes in the book from friends who'd signed on their own trips. That, the sandwiches, and the ice cream always made the hellish trip down I5 a bit less horrific.
Based on these reviews, my girlfriend and I should have bypassed the restaurant in favor of the deli.
The decor and concept of the dining room is trapped in the 1970s. They have a salad bar, which pleased my girlfriend, but the lighting made all of its contents appear disgusting to me.
This led me to their soups, which were actually pretty good. I found their minestrone to be a bit salty, but I enjoyed their cream of cheddar/broccoli/cauliflower soup.
Unfortunately, their Garlic Bread tasted stale, undercooked, and flavorless at the same time. And their pasta tasted as if it were taken from a freezer, boiled, and thrown with the worst garlic herb sauces we've ever tasted - worse than the Olive Garden or Lean Cuisine (forgive my elitism).
This poor pasta, combined with the dingy, dark, decor of the dining room threw my girlfriend and me into terrible moods.
Great deli if you're stuck on the 5. Instead of hitting up any number of crappy fast food places, check out granzellas and you won't be dissapointed, provided you order correctly. I'm always amazed when people go to a place like this and complain about the pasta. I mean looking at this place I could have told you that the pasta will come in two varieties white sauce or red sauce, and be cooked soft enough to spread on toast.
When you come here stick to the diner food and sandwiches and you'll have a great meal. The beer selection is fantastic and extensive , but you'll really want to stay away from the wine
A nice place to stop for something to eat, either sit-down or deli. But while the selection of gourmet and deli items/imported beers is expansive, that expansiveness comes at a cost. Read, expensive. A tall bottle of beer for $5, $2.16 for a small, pump-it-yourself coffee. The same beer costs 2-something where I'm from, and a large coffee doesn't even cost $2 in LA. What's so special about the stuff that's sitting around on the counter in Williams for an hour or more? I don't know. Maybe they need to raise money to pay-off the renovation. I'm a long-time visitor, though, and I don't think I'll be going back as often, if at all. Certainly won't be excited about the place again.
A great place to stop if you love olives and specialty jams and the like. The diner is okay and have serve an unlimited soup and salad bar. I tried one of the pizzas the last time I was there and the smalls are large enough to feed two people. Good stopping point off of I-5 if you're travelling north.
Went to Granzella's today...
Wasn't aware that they had burnt down in Oct. and have a
temporary location across the street while the old spot is being rebuilt.
The sandwiches are great. Not as fantastic as Genova's, but in the family.
I ordered a turkey & avocado on sourdough, and we ordered a turkey and cranberry too.
Crowd is a bit strange, your usual 1-5 touristy crowd mixed with farmtown locals...
one of the most interesting restaurant "checkout" methods I've ever seen.
first you enter into a brewtopian heaven of massive varieties of beers, choose your poison, and proceed to drink it while ordering and waiting for your sandwich. I tried the italian sounding one, which, honestly, was not spectacular but it was good.
Then I drank the gigantic $14 bottle of horny devil ale that i purchased. Yea, that sandwich just became a 4 star.
Extra points for a great staff and free olive tasting bar.
A good place to stop on highway 5. They have a large dining room and a deli that sells good sandwiches. I wish the bread was crispier, I ordered my sandwich on a "dutch crunch" roll, and it was not "crunchy". Other than that the filling was very good. We sat in the bar, at the back of the deli. I recommend that you at least take a look at the bar, it is like a hunting trophy room.
The wife and I were heading home after visiting her In-Laws when we decided to Granzella's for a late lunch/early dinner.
Granzella's is a popular Deli / Bar / Restaurant that is a popular stop for people who's looking for something other your typical chain fast food stops. The place is pretty big. Has a big bar, a nice size deli that offers sandwiches, breads, olives and other jarred items such as peppers and garlic, and they have a mini desert bar with gelato, and that's not to mention their restaurant.
We decided to stop in the place since they rebuilt it after the fire. While some it is still the same, seems like they added space (especially around the deli). We decided to stick to the deli area and they offer a good selection of both hot and cold sandwiches. The wife got the Vegetarian Sandwich and I got the garlic Herbed Turkey Sandwich. IMO there are two major draw backs to Granzella's. First the place is popular and popular equals crowded, busy, and having to battle to get chairs and tables. After we put in our order we were lucky enough to find a table and wait (probably about 10 minutes) for our sandwiches. A lot of people were eying our table and waiting for us to leave. Which leads into the second problem, after I got my sandwich and ordered 2 fountain drinks and a bag of chips the price tag came out... $18.50. I nearly cr@pped in my pants, $18.50 for 2 (Cold) sandwiches... are you F-ing kidding me.
I grudgingly paid and took back our sandwiches to the table people were wanting to take from us. I have to admit, the sandwiches were good, everything including the bread tasted fresh. The fiance especially like the Veggie Sandwich. She was in sandwich heaven. Mine was good, the turkey was nice, the cheese was good, bread fresh but there was just a sour taste to the sandwich and that was that I paid $18.50 for 2 sandwiches, a small bag of chips, and 2 fountain drinks (no refills).
We decided we were this much in and decided to get some gelato. They had about 8 options and I got the mint chip and the wife got the chocolate chip. There went another $6.50. The gelato was good. Coming back from Rome and Venice, I'm a bit bias and thought it was no where close to what we had there, but it was good. I think the fact that it was close to 100 outside probably made it seem that much better.
So in the end I dropped $25 for 2 sandwiches, 2 drinks, 2 3oz ice creams, and a bag of chips. Something tells me that I paid way too much. I noticed that too while checking out stuff by their olive bar (they only offer about 5 or 6 different items) that they were several dollars higher than what you can get at other places.
I'll probably end up stopping again because the wife enjoyed her sandwich that much. I'll eat there but I'll know even though I'm out in the middle of no where, I'll be paying premium prices. Wife would give them 4 stars, I would give them 3 because of the crowds of people and paying way to much. So 3.5 star and since I'm still a bit bitter about the prices, 3 star rating and only go to Granzella's if you just robbed a bank and want to celebrate.
If you're traveling up I-5 and get a hankerin' for a small town sandwich with a big town feel, then Granzella's is the place for you. Wade through the Burger King, McDonald's, the Taco Bell - hit the first stop sign (maybe 2), take a right and you're there. Like olives? They've got olive tasting, too. You never have to wait too long and if you do, there is always good people watchin'.
After passing by Williams for over 30 years, I stopped a few weeks ago on a whim and a thirst. Granzella's was a pleasant discovery. Part roadside attraction, part neighborhood bar, part deli, part farmer's market, part taxidermy exhibit. Genuinely an, "I'd be bummed if I hadn't ever experienced this place", kinda' place.
These are the best sandwiches you will ever eat. This makes the soulless drive up I-5 completely worth it. Oh the agony! The smell of cows! The little yellow butterflies that smack against your windshield leaving trails of yellow bug juice in their wake. Ok that's gross, but it's helped to make my point. I actually enjoy the drive up the 5, especially when the Ipod is working (goddamn apple fascists) and it's a sunny day, get that left arm tan going. Sheer beauty.
But I always, ALWAYS stop at Granzella's. Sometimes I think about driving up to Williams just to get one of these sandwiches. This is the ultimate Italian Deli/Crazy Podunk Bar/Tourist Trap in the Middle of Nowhere/Olive Tasting Delight.
The Superbird. On their famous sourdough roll, consists of layers of fabulous turkey, avocado, cream cheese, cranberry and all things delicious. They have a vast selection of beer's and soda. And while you wait for your sandwich you can peruse the ice cream section, and taste the olives to your heart's delight. I recommend the garlic stuffed ones. Mmmm.
Or, while you wait, head back to the bar where you will be stared at by the locals who gather to watch a total of 8 televisions, all showing different sporting events....such as; fishing, nascar, competitive eating (the fastest growing sport in America) and numerous football and baseball games. Head to the back of the bar. There, in a large glass box is a Stuffed Polar Bear and a King Cobra. God bless Taxidermy eh? People don't believe me, but it's all there. And it's amazing. I'm not lying. I speak the truth.
Eat your sandwich. Get some snacks for the drive. Enjoy your stay in Williams. There really aren't many other reasons to be there. Wash the butterflies off your windshield when you stop.
Also, the Pralines and Cream ice cream is delicious here. This place is an institution. I'm almost hesitant to share this knowledge because it's usually pretty crowded...but I love it too much to keep it to myself. See you at Granzella's!
Passed this place many times over the years and finally stopped to check it out. I pretty much figured Granzella's was a diner out in the middle of Interstate 5 and nowhere. Well, not exactly. It was more of a condiment store that sold sandwiches. I had the meatball sandwich. My meatballs were warm on the outside and cold in the middle. Yuck. Nobody enjoys cold balls.
Nina and I stopped here for lunch on the way to Ashland. It's rebuilt and reopened. They've retained the old floor plan, so the layout is the same. The outside looks shiny and new and so does the inside. It's much brighter and cleaner, although the patina of age and decades of smokers can't be recreated. But eventually the floors will be scuffed and it'll start to look broken in. They've been open 2 1/2 weeks. Most of the staff is new because the old staff had to find other jobs, but the people we met were friendly, helpful and welcoming, just like the old ones. There was a 15 minute wait for the dining room but we could be seated immediately in the bar, so we sat there. The bar didn't burn down, just the restaurant, but the whole thing has been rebuilt. The polar bears are there, as are the multitude of other mounted trophy animals. They suffered only smoke damage and have been cleaned up. There's something creepy about a bob cat (or goat) looking down on you as you eat. Service was sweet, attentive and helpful. Our waitress reported to us on the status of our lunch and apologized for the slowness, explaining that some of the cooks are new and the dining room was full, so there was heavy demand. We both ordered 1/3 lb cheeseburgers off the senior menu which came w/ a good size house salad. It was a substantial meal for $8.50 and held us easily through dinner. The bathroom is bright and shiny and there are enough stalls that people are accommodated quickly.
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Yeah, pass up the fast food and head to Granzella's for a tasty sandwich, to stock up on beer you have never seen, and taste olives. What a weird little kitchy tourist trap, that is strangely cool.
Granzella's is a restaurant, bar, snack shop, gift shop, deli and winery all in one! I believe they make their own deli meats, olives and cheeses. We can't pass up a fresh, homemade sandwich. The staff is very friendly and the sweets are to die for. I always end up with a jar of pickled garlic or olives. They have a great selection of gourmet goods. Don't pass this place up!
oh wow!! if gas wasn't so expensive i'd drive the 2.5 hours just for the milk shakes and the sandwiches! this place is definitely a treat, especially for those long road trips.
along the way up to lake almanor, we stopped at granzella's for an olive tasting. so good!!! and on the way back, we stopped there for a chocolate shake, a hot rueben sandwich, a pastrami sandwich and some potato salad...i will no soon forget this magical place along the i-5.
So good and a good place to get pasta and sand-whiches. large selection and it beats fast food when you are driving on the I-5
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