2019 Tournament of Roses Rose Parade Road Test #6; Breakfast at Bravo Burgers (Chino)

mmm-yoso!!! is primarily a blog about food.  There are so many reasons we discover the food.  Cathy is writing today's post, because she did this drive and saw this stuff and discovered another restaurant on the way home.  Kirk isn't in town.

Yesterday was the sixth 'official' road test for floats participating in the 2019 Tournament of Roses Rose Parade built by Phoenix Decorating Company. { Here are links to road tests #1 and #2, road test #3 and here is road test #4 and #5} (There are three other decorating companies and six floats are 'self built'; we volunteer with the Petal Pushers when we decorate floats.  You can, too!).     
The first float you will see in the parade, "Theme Float" will have the theme banner right there on the front (where the rectangle is cut out for the float 'spotter' to look out onto the parade route (each float has a 'driver', who basically looks down onto the rose colored line drawn on the street to know he/she is driving along the center of the route and a 'spotter' who communicates to the driver via a headset if the pace needs to be slowed, stopped or sped up)(look for other 'spotter' rectangles in the next two float photos)). The theme of "The Melody of Life" is reflected on that swoop going up behind the float- see the small music notes?
 The closing float this year will remind viewers of what is to come- the Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl Game.  The float is designed like the Rose Bowl Stadium and a larger than life replica of the winners trophy is prominent. 
 Western Asset's entry is simply titled "Yellow Submarine"..and we can all guess which song we will hear when it passes on the television screen (or in front of you if you are fortunate enough to have a seat on Colorado Boulevard on January 1). 

The American Armenian Rose Float Association's entry of "Chanting Stones" Is proving to be again, another educational entry: KARAHUNJ “Armenia’s singing stones full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and simplicity.”
Located on a mountain plateau in Sisian in the Syunik province, also called Zorats Karer in Armenian which literally translates to Army Stones, Karahundj (meaning Speaking Stones probably related to the fact that on a windy day the stones make whistling sounds because of holes in the stones. According to the scientist’s findings, a temple consisting of 40 stones built in honor of the Armenians’ main God, Ari, meaning the Sun, is situated in the central part. It also had a large observatory and a university. In total 223 stones or so were registered.
These basalt stones range from 0.5 to 3 m high and weigh up to 10 tons.
It is even suggested based on findings that it predates the Stonehenge by 3500 years.
Honda- the sponsor of the parade had a road test of "Celebration of Dreams".  The main float is way up front, followed by five 'satellite' floats. Here is a link to artist renditions of the Phoenix Decorating Company floats for the 2019 parade.

 

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We now move to the food portion of this post.  Long story short, last Saturday we arrived before Cravings by 99 Ranch opened (at 10 a.m.) and drove around looking for a non-chain breakfast place.  We ate here then and again the following Saturday.
  Under the 71 and turning down the parallel road, we saw this.  Turns out there are four locations of Bravo Burgers, none in San Diego. 

The menu is there on the wall behind the cash registers, along with some supplemental menu specials on the counter.  


The ham and egg sandwich ($6.29) is quite large, with a large piece ham steak, plenty of eggs and lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.  What a breakfast!
On the countertop Specials board, the waffle with two eggs and two sausage ($7.79) looked interesting.  The waffle was sweet, crispy, fluffy with perfect over easy eggs and wonderful  skin on breakfast sausages. Coarse grind and great flavor. 
The bacon egg burrito ($6.29) is hefty.  Eggs, bacon, cheese and hash browns (see next photo).  This was a good choice. 
Steak and eggs ($11.15) came with more of those crispy hash browns.  The eggs, again cooked perfectly and the steak a definite medium rare.  Plenty of food and I think the first item (the ham and egg sandwich) was enough for a meal.  We'll try more menu items next time...maybe even a Bravo Burger. 

Bravo Burgers 14698 Pipeline Avenue Chino Hills, CA (909)393-5595 website Open 6 a.m.-10 p.m. daily 
 
 There's a salsa bar set up all day next to the beverage machine. Great salsas, great chips.

Comments

[Caninecologne]

I like the look of those sausages. Also, great non-hipster prices!

[kat]

the food & floats...looks great!

[Cathy]

A great find out here in "Chain-o" (get it? Chino- Chain-o) Seriously there weren't any original or new to us places (other than an ice cream place) in the Chino Spectrum other than the Cravings by 99 Ranch and Bravo, about a mile away, cc.
The floats are going to be magnificent, Kat...we signed up in August for Detail Decorating in December. The food was a wonderful surprise. There were lines inside and through the drive through both times we were here (before 10 on a Saturday).

[Soo]

Submarine looks great! So does that ham steak.

[Cathy]

The submarine is so colorful, Soo. See the little butterfly on the front- the appearance of that will be like stained glass; we did that on one of the Lutheran Hour floats a few years ago...there will be dry flower petals and glue and the sun will still go through, you'll get that stained glass effect. Sadly, the steak and eggs were not as good as from other places lately and the ham was great.