For places like this the safest (i.e., most predictable) meal would probably be breakfast. Rather, the food is typical of any American family-style restaurant (like, say, a Denny’s). If you’re looking for contemporary, cutting edge farm-to-table cuisine, you won’t find it here. The important thing at a place like this is to keep your expectations realistic. The large vinyl booths, the rotating pie display and the numerous keno-style monitors showing the latest lottery results (hence the name “Keno’s”) are truly reminiscent of a 60’s- and 70’s-era Las Vegas hotel coffee shop. What differentiates Keno’s operationally from those cafes is the fact that they also have a separate sports bar, which I have not visited. Located on La Palma Avenue between Dale and Magnolia Streets (not far from Knott’s Berry Farm), Keno’s Sports Bar and Grill is a throwback to roadside coffee shops that once dotted the United States. Before the rise of specialty coffee shops like Starbucks, the term “coffee shop” referred to casual, diner-style family restaurants.
