The Story of Guasti
From the 1890s into the mid-1950s the Cucamonga-GuastiOntario Wine District was considered California’s largest winegrowing and wine-producing district. Much of our valley’s
grape and wine prosperity is owed to Secondo Guasti, who
founded the Italian Vineyard Company in 1883 and built it into
a gigantic wine enterprise prior to Prohibition.
Guasti, a farm laborer, had come to Southern California
from Asti, in the Piedmont region of his native Italy via Mexico.
After coming to Los Angeles in 1878 he hired on as a cook in an
Italian restaurant. There he fell in love with and married the
daughter of the proprietor.
Before purchasing the land, Guasti and his wife would
quite often travel to the dry, sandy area which sprawled below
the beautiful foothills of Cucamonga. On each of his visits he
would consider the possibility of turning this expanse of desert land into a great, thriving vineyard. Others thought it crazy
but Guasti knew it could be done.
Guasti noticed that the heavy winter rains flowed from the
mountains and then disappeared. After discovering that water lay beneath the valley’s sandy/gravel floor, he organized
the Italian Vineyard Company, purchased eight square miles
and planted numerous varieties of premium wine grapes. He
brought in cuttings from Italy and France. This vineyard eventually grew to be over 5,000 acres in size.
Guasti brought whole families from Italy to till the land,
build the winery and an Italian town that he named “Guasti.”
A “company town,” it had its own school, inn, general store,
fire house and church. The
church was beautifully constructed in 1924 to resemble
the one he had attended in
Asti. The Guasti vineyards were
advertised as “The World’s Largest” — over 5,000 contiguous
“vine to vine” acres. Secondo
Guasti also made sure that the
educational and physical needs
of the families were taken care
of. He established a school for
the children and made arrangements for a doctor to visit the
company town about every
two weeks.
The stone winery buildings in the town of Guasti have been
associated with a number of different business names over
the years. Erected first in 1904 as part of the Italian Vineyard
Company, they were used during Prohibition by Fruit Industries, Ltd. (later to become California Wine Association). In 1945
they were acquired by Garrett & Company and in 1956 the Biane family moved their giant Brookside Vineyard Co. to the
location.
Corporate development necessitated a move to our new
location, where we hope you enjoy your historically good
breakfast and lunch!
(10 & under)
Kids Breakfast
Served with two bacon or sausage links
and small milk or juice
1 Egg, Potatoes & Toast
French Toast
Kid’s Pancake
The “Daniel Sandwich”
Your Choic
only
Kids Lunch
Served withsmall fries, fruit or applesauce
and a small drink
Your choice:
Hamburger
Grilled Cheese
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
Chicken Strips
Quesadilla
e
$ 639
(2) Grilled bread with over easy eggs in the center
Drinks
Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.55
Fresh-Brewed Iced Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.65
Hot Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.55
Hot Chocolate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10
Soft Drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.55
(Coke, Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Sprite, Mr Pibb, Root Beer,
Raspberry Tea, Pink Lemonade)
only
$ 639
Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45
Chocolate Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.55
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice . . . . Sm: 3.45 Lg: 4.65
Apple Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45
Grapefruit Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45
Tomato Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.45
Cranberry Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45
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Breakfast & Lunch Served
6:00 am – 2:00 pm Monday – Friday
6:00 am – 3:00 pm Saturday & Sunday
13526 Central Ave. • Chino, CA 91710
(909)627-5970
Eggs
Breakfast
All egg breakfasts served with 3 eggs, home fries or hash browns
or fruit and your choice of toast or homemade biscuits & gravy
3 Egg Breakfast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.19 Corned Beef Hash & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . 9.99
Bacon & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.79 Fried Bologna & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.79
Sausage Links & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.79 Hamburger Steak & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Sausage Patty & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99 Chicken Fried Steak & Eggs. . . . . . . . 10.99
Diced Ham & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99 Polish Sausage or Hot Links & Eggs.10.59
Ham (Over a Full Pound!) & Eggs. . 12.59 Top Sirloin Steak & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . 12.69
Pork Chops & Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.59
Breakfast Croissant scrambled eggs, with choice of bacon or ham with cheese. . . . . . . . . . . . 8.49
Omelettes
All Omelettete breakfasts are made with 5 eggs,
home fries or hash browns or fruit and
your choice of toast or biscuits & gravy
Cheese Omelette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.79 Spanish Omelette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
(Our cheese Omelette with
Mushroom & Cheese Omelette . . . 9.49 Spanish sauce & sour cream)
Bacon & Cheese Omelette. . . . . . . . 9.99 Homegrown Omelette. . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Sausage & Cheese Omelette. . . . . . 9.99 (Onion, bell pepper, mushroom,
tomato & cheese)
Ground Beef & Cheese Omelette. . 9.99
Denver Omelette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
Ham & Cheese Omelette. . . . . . . . . . 9.99 (Ham, bell pepper, onion)
Chili and Cheese Omelette. . . . . . . 10.59 Avocado, Bacon
Ortega Chile & Cheese Omelette. . 9.49 & Jack Cheese Omelette. . . . . . . . . 10.59
Chili Verde Omelette. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59 California Omelette. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
(Avocado, sour cream & jack cheese)
Add additional items: mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers,
ortega chiles, or sour cream to any Omelette: $1.09 each
Skillets
All skillet breakfasts are made with 4 eggs on a bed of hash browns or
home fries, with choice of toast, muffin or homemade biscuits & gravy.
Meatlovers Skillet (Bacon, sausage, ham & ground beef and cheese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
Hobo Skillet (Ham, bacon, sausage, onion, bell pepper, mushroom,
tomato, ortega chile and cheese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
Santa Fe Skillet (Grilled chicken, onion, ortega chile, tomato and cheese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
Polish Skillet (Polish sausage, onion, bell pepper and cheese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
Guasti Skillet Everything and the Kitchen Sink!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.99
Pancakes & French Toast
Short Stack (2). . . . . . . . . 7.99
Stack (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99
Cake (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.99
House Combo. . . . . . . . 10.59
Half Loaf (6 half slices). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.39
Full Loaf (8 half slices) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.39
Loaf Combo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
(6 half slices, 2 eggs, 2 bacon or sausage)
(2 pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 bacon or sausage)
Blueberry Pancakes (2). . 8.79
Blueberry Combo . . . . . 10.99
(2 pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 bacon or sausage)
Cinnamon Swirl French Toast. . 8.79
Cinnamon Swirl
French Toast Combo. . . . . . . . . 10.99
(2 eggs, 2 bacon or sausage)
Biscuits and Gravy
Two Biscuits with Gravy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Four Biscuits with Gravy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.99
Breakfast Burrito (Scrambled eggs, hash browns,
bacon, sausage and cheese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.99
Chorizo Burrito (Scrambled eggs,
hash browns, chorizo and cheese). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.49
Chorizo and Eggs (Scrambled with cheese,
served with hash browns or home fries
and corn or flour tortillas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.79
Machaca and Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
The Guasti
Omelettete
Ham or Ground Beef, Cheese,
Mushrooms & Sour Cream
10.59
Side Orders
Egg (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Bacon (5 pc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.79
Sausage:
Links. . . 3.79 Patty . . . 4.19
Ham 1/2 Slice. . . 6.79 Full Slice . . . 8.89
Corned Beef Hash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.89
Polish Sausage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Hot Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Hash Browns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Home Fries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Steak Fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Gravy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Toast or Biscuit or Bagel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Potato Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Cottage Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Sliced Tomatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Cold/Hot Cereal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Side of Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Extra Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
Lunch Menu
Served Monday – Friday all day.
Saturday and Sunday after 11 a.m.
Sandwiches are served on your choice of
White, Wheat, Rye, Sourdough or French Roll
Cold Sandwiches
Hot Sandwiches
Served with french fries, onion straws, side salad,
potato salad, or cottage cheese.
Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.39
Tuna Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.39
Deli Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.39
Served with french fries, onion straws, side salad,
potato salad, or cottage cheese.
Grilled Cheese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.39
Grilled Ham & Cheese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.89
Tuna Melt on Grilled Sourdough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Turkey Melt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.29
Ham, Turkey or Roast Beef, with cheese
Meat Loaf Served on French Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
Turkey, Bacon & Avocado Croissant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
Guasti Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
(Cold Roast Beef, Bacon, Turkey, Swiss & American)
Soup & Chili
(Turkey, bacon & American cheese on grilled sourdough)
Roast Beef Melt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.29
(Roast beef & American cheese on grilled sourdough)
Patty Melt on Rye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
(1/2 lb. hamburger patty with grilled onion & cheese)
Beefeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
(Roast beef, jack cheese, ortega chile on grilled parmesan cheese bread)
Ask your server for the “Soup of the Day”
Cup of Soup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.09
Bowl of Soup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.19
Bread bowl of Soup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99
Cup of Chili with cheese & onion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.09
Bowl of Chili with cheese & onion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.19
Bread bowl of Chili with cheese & onion. . . . . . . . . . 9.39
Beef Dip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99
Pastrami. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Soup and 1/2 Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.49
Santa Fe Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
Cup of soup and choice of tuna, ham or turkey
Grilled chicken sandwich, with mayonnaise, ortega chile, jack cheese and avocado
(served on habit roll with mustard & pickles)
Philly Cheese Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Steak Sandwich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.19
Mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion, jack cheese and avocado
Grilled Chicken Breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
(Lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard and mayo on a bun)
Fish Sandwich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Fresh Salads
Chef’s Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.49
(Ham, turkey, bacon, egg, tomato and cheese)
Chicken Caesar Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.49
Grilled Chicken Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.49
(Grilled chicken, cucumber, tomato, pepperoncini & cheese)
Side Garden Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.79
Soup and Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99
Dinner salad and bowl of soup served with french bread
Hand Breaded Chicken Strips & Fries . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
Side Orders
Side Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.79
French Fries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Onion Straws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19
Potato/Macaroni Salad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Cottage Cheese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
Burgers
All burgers come with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles
and dressing, served with french fries, onion straws,
potato salad, side salad, or cottage cheese.
1/2 lb. Hamburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.39
1/2 lb. Cheeseburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99
Bacon Cheeseburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.49
Double Cheeseburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99
Double Bacon Cheeseburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
California Burger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.39
(Avocado, swiss, bacon, tomato and mayo)
Western Bacon Cheeseburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
(1/2 lb. burger with cheese, bacon, onion straws and BBQ sauce)
Chili Size Open-Faced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.39
(1/2 lb. burger smothered in hot chili and cheese, & onion)
Messina Burger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59
(1/2 lb. burger with fried egg, slice of ham and jack cheese, served with lettuce and
tomato)
Vegetarian Burger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.99
Add cheese, mushrooms or grilled onions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.95