Lucy's Place — Restaurant in Altadena

I went in on a Sunday, with my family. I walk in and it took a couple minutes for the server/host/cashier to acknowledge me (she had her back turned). When she did turn around to look at me (uninterested) I waived at her and no reaction. Then a few minutes later, when she finally acknowledged me, service was less than mediocre. We ordered a Cheese burger with fries, 3 chicken tacos, a fried chicken sandwich on sourdough. Then we sat, food came out rather promptly, maybe because there was nobody else in there besides us? Anyway the chicken tacos... the chicken was literally the chicken taken out of a caldo de pollo (chicken soup) and put into tortillas, I kid you not! The burger with fries was decent at most. The fried chicken sandwich on sourdough...the chicken itself was slimy and smelled rotten!! It was super greasy and to the point if like being over fried to mask the fact that the chicken was bad. I even took a small piece of the chicken itself and tasted it and yes it was rotten. My wife tasted a tiny bit and confirmed it was rotten. My daughter just smelled it and didn't care to taste it (It smelled really bad). I immediately returned it, and explained to the chef kindly that it was rotten. He offered to make me anything else. At this time I had lost my appetite and told him no thank you! He didn't even apologize and threw it into a garbage can right in front of me. He had no manners, and no remorse for selling food that can potentially make anyone at the least sick. This is my experience, hopefully this helps you, I am definitely not coming back and will tell my friends and family to watch...

While this little restaurant had an dirty interior about a year and a half ago from this post, the quality has drastically gone up to a fun local place to get a bite. The food is enjoyable, especially from its pricepoint. Would advise against coming between the hours of 3 and 4 pm, as thats when the students from a nearby middle and high school are released, adding to more demand for the restaurant (still relatively...

I thought the guy in a previous review might have been exaggerating when he said it took a minute for the person taking orders to even acknowledge him, but I like to patronize very local businesses and I went in this morning. The guy at the counter was watching a program on his phone, never even looked up. I stood there for a full two minutes before turning around and walking out. He never moved his gaze from his...