El Ruby Cafe
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El Ruby.... A Tradition. I remember going to El Ruby as an elementary student in the early 1960's when I lived in Southern Glendale. It was a larger r…
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El Ruby…. A Tradition. I remember going to El Ruby as an elementary student in the early 1960’s when I lived in Southern Glendale. It was a larger restaurant then, and it served the best salsa fresca I have ever eaten with hints of garlic, cilantro, and oregano in a sweet, spicy, thick tomato sauce . The tacos deshebrada had stringy, beefy tasting meat with crumbles of excellent cotija cheese. I went back to El Ruby almost 40 years later. The old time restaurant was gone, and in its place was a small strip mall, but El Ruby’s was still there. The older lady who ran it said she worked at the El Ruby of old. The salsa had changed, but the taco deshebrada was still intact. The older lady retired sometime in 2003 or so, and so I hope the new cooks are carrying the torch. This tiny restaurant has great nostalgic value for me. It is the first place where I sampled truly wonderful Mexican cuisine. I have yet to find another northern Mexican restaurant that can equal El Ruby of the 1960’s.