mmm-yoso is again on a short road trip. Cathy was on one also and here is what she ate on her way home.
Hello again. If you’ve driven to Las Vegas, you’ve seen the signage on the I-15:
(Notice there is no "The" in the name of the place…there is a restaurant in Stanton, CA called "The mad Greek". They are not affiliated)
Hmm, recalling what I have said…"don’t be afraid to stop someplace that has been there forever"…"there’s a reason"…
OK…kinda old looking signs on old semi-trucks…
oooh, and the kitschy-est looking place…kind of, um, ever…
Well, there is truck parking, and there were trucks. Therefore following the logic of eating where the Mailman eats and stretching that logic to eating where Truckers eat…combined with definite recommendations from Mr. G, a good friend who always stops here, along with illtaketwoplease, well..we had to stop.
Mad Greek is in Baker, on Interstate 15, home of the World’s Tallest Thermometer, about 75 minutes from Las Vegas and seems to have been there forever…in the middle of the desert… It isn’t just a restaurant that has Greek food, its decorated like its in Greece Greek restaurant, in a kind of tacky neighborhood (way too many silk flowers and reproduction statues) and they also have burgers and Mexican food, and shakes. The decor is, well, Greek.
There is a sign, near the coffee machine offering "Tourist Help" in various languages: American, English (accent), Greek (ancient and modern), Arabic, Hebrew (weekends only), Chinese, Japanese, Hindu, Korean (by phone), French, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Turkish and Russian.
You walk in, order, pay, and food is brought to your table, or, if you get a shake, your number is called when it is done and you pick it up at the shake counter.
The shakes ($4.25 each)…Mine was strawberry and Ms. T’s was a date shake. She said the taste of Hers reminded her of her childhood date shakes, she was quite happy with it. My strawberry shake tasted like it was made with fresh strawberries and even had seeds and was not too sweet. The umbrella decorations were a nice touch. We were getting breakfast, and had ordered coffee also. It’s Seattle’s Best, which is a company owned by Starbucks, and its *good* coffee. We tried the ever popular gyros sandwich and a gyros omelet.
Each platter was about $8 and was made fresh, with tomatoes, onions, lettuce in the gyros sandwich (Tzatziki, with dill, on the side). The omelet was made with 3 eggs, had a *lot* of gyros, sauteed tomatoes, onions and mushrooms as well as feta inside, and feta on the top, as you can see..and served with a slab o’ hash browns, which were OK, but did not send me. Here is a cross section view of the inside of the omelet: 
As we were leaving, I saw these two stands near the door, with coupons.
We could have stopped here on our way to Vegas, and got some even better deals, maybe…Next year when I am driving here with The Mister, we will stop here first.
Mad Greek, Baker California (760) 733-4354
The Alien Fresh Jerky store was closed, or I would have stopped there you know. The outside signs said they sold beef, turkey, clam and alligator jerky…and had samples available…oh yes, next time, definitely.