Imagine walking into a snow-covered log cabin in the middle of Southern California, where the aroma of sizzling steaks mingles with the sweet promise of decadent desserts waiting in the wings.
This isn’t a mirage caused by hunger pangs – it’s Clearman’s North Woods Inn in San Gabriel, a culinary time capsule where the desserts might be even more legendary than the prime cuts.
The sight of this massive timber lodge with its perpetually snow-dusted roof (yes, even in August) stands as a delightful anomaly amid palm trees and suburban sprawl.
It’s like someone plucked a grand hunting lodge from the Adirondacks and dropped it squarely in the San Gabriel Valley, creating a delicious portal to another world entirely…