Dine and Dish: Country Hub Cafe in Riverdale

RIVERDALE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Along Highway 41 and Excelsior Avenue successful Fresno County, diners are blessed to person travel crossed the Country Hub Cafe successful Riverdale.

Sometimes, they're headed to oregon coming from the coast.

"I've had radical from Australia, Ohio, United Kingdom. It's beauteous darn cool, you know?" said proprietor Ryan Gates.

Locals emotion the grilled burgers and BBQ.

The bacon burger starts with a half-pound patty, mild cheddar food and applewood-smoked bacon.

"To me, they're an creation portion due to the fact that if you tin emotion it with your eyes, past you're gonna emotion it erstwhile you devour it," Gates explained.

They besides spell for the cowboy burger, which has 3 bulb rings and homemade BBQ sauce.

The treble cowboy burger is for the other hungry.

"Then we person our buffalo rooster ribs."

"Rooster" is David Ross, who handles the tri-tip and ribs and offers a grilling tip.

"People doing what I telephone backyard BBQ, they support lifting the happening up to cheque the meat. I enactment 'em on, I don't interaction them for 2 hours," said Rooster.

Locals besides curse by the Swicyaki sauce, made by a person of Gates.

"It's similar a teriyaki condiment with a small footwear to it with immoderate spices successful and herbs," said Gates.

The swicyaki condiment is drizzled implicit chickenhearted sandwiches, burgers and ribs.

Here's thing with a small much vigor for those of you up for a challenge.

"That's our nacho cheese, Hot Cheetos bacon cheeseburger," Gates said.

The location, which includes a bar, has agelong been known arsenic a assemblage hub.

Ranchers carved their cattle brands retired front.

"This spot has been present since astir 1961," said Gates.

"This is the people's place. I'm present for them."

Gates' anticipation is that much radical volition instrumentality that abbreviated thrust to sensation what they didn't cognize what they've been missing.

"My nutrient speaks for itself erstwhile they're trying it. Then they spell archer radical astir me, and the connection of rima is traveling," said Gates.

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