Wood
Ranch Ventura:
Down Home Hospitality & Divine BBQ
Dining
Detectives
By Carol & Joe Davis
With
a collection of venues throughout California and the US, Wood
Ranch has become a household name when it comes to great
BBQ and grilled delights top enjoy in a comfortable atmosphere
where service really matters.
Guacamole & Chips
Wood
Ranch is an ideal place for family dinners or business
meetings, and offers something to appeal to every taste. Their
menu "The Food That Makes America Great!" is award winning,
high quality and includes plates such as baby back pork ribs,
Angus beef steaks, prime rib, shrimp, burgers, USDA choice tri
tip roasts, fresh fish and chicken, with pasta. The salads and
appetizers are full sized and delicious, and the sinful ending
desserts are almost a meal on their own. The keylime pie is a
perfect dessert for two.
Keylime Cheese Cake Dessert
Recently
the restaurant bar group designed a new line of great tasting
cocktails, and they offer all the full bar favorite's guests enjoy
before or with dinner. The guacamole and margarita is a great
win-win before dinner. They have nice wine choices and great coffee
for java lovers. Wood Ranch offers a happy hour Monday - Friday
from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Wood Ranch Veggie Burger
BBQ
items are prepared with their unique two-step cooking process
in state-of-the-art smokers. Baby back ribs are slow roasted overnight
and then grilled with their signature sauce over mesquite fire.
This food was described by restaurant critic Merrill Schindler
of KABC Radio as "Ecstasy" food.
Onions & Sweet Potato Fries
The
brisket burger with fries is outstanding, as is the BBQ chicken
& ribs, baby back ribs, top sirloin steak, pulled pork sandwich
and tri tip.
Appetizers
not miss include spinach-artichoke dip, and more. The home-made
champagne vinaigrette dressing on the Tuscan kale or Caesar salad
is fantastic. They also offer a healthy Quinoa salad and a delicious
house-made vegan burger of lentils, bulgur, cashews, leeks and
avocado on a toasted honey wheat bun for health minded patrons,
along with great soups that change daily.
Wood
Ranch Ventura
Pacific View Mall
3449 E. Main Street
805-629-4500
http://www.woodranch.com/restaurants/Ventura
By Bonnie Carroll & Mary Hilton