Stockade Grub and Whiskey

It’s been a long time since I’ve driven up Hwy 18, along the Rim of the World Hwy, and into Crestline. I still own some property, but everyone I knew up there has since died or has moved away and all that remains are the memories. The Stockade Grub and Whiskey has it’s got a spot reserved in my memory, and will probably still be in business long after I’ve retired and/or expired.

It’s a bit bigger inside than it looks from the outside. The inside front, facing Lake Drive is the bar with pool table. Towards the rear are tables, as there should be when you’ve added the word “Grub” in your name. The bar is good, and appeals to me as I favor the roadhouse, mountain, rural and rustic look. That’s the “Whiskey”. You really can’t go wrong on the whiskey side.

As for the “grub”, I only went at dinner, but I understand the breakfast is good. The dinners were great. I can only speak for the steak smothered with mushrooms. Smothered so that the little life this steak might have had left by ordering it medium rare, had been extinguished by a huge portions of sauteed mushrooms covering it. Each visit, this was how the steak came time and again.

It’s time to point the truck north and take a drive up to Crestline. The original “Roadhouse” on Hwy 18 up towards Running Springs doesn’t exist anymore, but I know by taking Lake Drive, the Stockade is still standing on the right. If you go but have trouble finding it, just look for the Skull and Crossbones flying under the Stars and Stripes.