Wheel Inn

Main St. (at the end of the ramp off I-10), Cabazon, CA - (909) 849-7012

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Posted By Elise on 9/12/2006 1:33:00 PM

On a recent trip to Coachella, my boyfriend and I visited The Wheel Inn twice. On the way out, we arrived at about 10 pm., and I felt like I was in a David Lynch movie. It was very dark, which made the profusion of gigantic steer horns a little spooky. Our server had no teeth and spit all over the table when she talked. The prime rib sandwich was good, but not great. The fries were just amazing though, and my boyfriend said his french toast was probably the best he had ever eaten. When the server set down my peanut butter pie, she pulled her thumb away and it was covered with whipped cream. I looked at my pie and there was a big thumb indentation in the side. She noticed the whipped cream on her thumb, and looked so blase as she walked away without mentioning it or offering me fresh pie, that I honestly expected her to lick it off right in front of us. The pie was so good, though, we just ate around the thumb mark. On the way back, it was around midnite as we drove through Cabazon, and there was just nothing else open. We were laughing about a hankering for thumb pie as we pulled into the lot. The same server greeted us, so we ordered our food to go. The grilled cheese sandwich was like mom would make, but the pecan pie was only so-so. I'd take peanut-butter thumb pie over the pecan any day.

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Overall: One of the Best - Worth a Trip

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"My waitress repeatedly told me this was the best banana cream pie in the world. Though I wouldn't go that far, the pie was still creamy and dense, with plenty of banana slices."
Cliff Strutz

"The Monte Cristo came highly recommended by the waitress. This is a ham, turkey, and cheese sandwich dipped in egg and then deep-fried."
Cliff Strutz

"The vegetable soup is loaded with celery, carrots, and potato."
Cliff Strutz

"Wheel Inn specializes in comfort food, like this fine hot roast beef sandwich."
Cliff Strutz

"The dino burger is a double (this one with grilled onions). The French fries are cut here and fried to order: delicious!"
Michael Stern

"Mid-afternoon at the Wheel Inn. The only other customer and the waitress are entranced by the movie on the Disney Channel."
Cliff Strutz

"Huge dinosaur feet frame the Wheel Inn, which is actually a modest-sized truck stop diner."
Michael Stern

"Inside the door in the dinosaur's tail is a staircase that leads to a second-story souvenir shop."
Michael Stern

"4am: Cabazon, California. The Wheel Inn is open round the clock. Its backyard Apatosaurus glows against the night sky. "
Michael Stern

"Great french fries."
David