Bob's Airport Cafe- Corona Airport

Step back in time at this great lunch spot located at the Corona, CA airport (AJO). From the aircraft memorabilia on the walls (including the obligatory Blue Angels autographed photo and the tail rotor from a UH-1 helicopter) to the clientèle, this hideaway drips with the nostalgia of hundreds of similar small town airport gathering places that are now long gone.

The waitresses call most patrons by name and know what they like to eat. The service is quick and the food is tasty. I had a friend who traveled the US for business nearly 100% of the time. He told me that his secret for good food in a unfamiliar city was finding that "hole in the wall" place in each town that the locals know. These places, he said, eschew fancy trappings for great food and hospitality. Bob's Airport Cafe is such a place.

The purpose of the trip was to have my plane's bi-annual pitot-static certification at Ross Aviation. Gil Ross does a very thorough job and the price is reasonable, about half of what a large airport avionics shop would charge. Gil loaned me the golf cart and off I went to the Cafe. An added surprise, while savoring my Ortega Beef sandwich with fries, was open access to the Internet courtesy of "Fly Corona" FBO next door. Not sure if they know their signal is accessible in the Cafe, but I, for one, would like to express my appreciation.