Summit Inn Cafe

5970 Mariposa Rd. (I-15 Oak Hill Rd. exit 138), Hesperia, CA
Phone: N/A

East < GO > West

Going west this spot is easy to miss. Take the I-15 Oak Hill Rd. Exit 138 and head for Mariposa Rd. on the east side of the freeway, then south to the sign.

The landmark cafe here was destroyed by the Blue Cut fire in 2016. The huge neon sign is all that was left on the site when we went by in 2019. The sign is visible from the freeway, but if you see it going west, you've missed the exit. This location was established in 1952. Cecil "C.A." Stevens bought the Texaco station and restaurant from the original builder, Burt Riley, in 1966. He apparently wanted just the filing station but purchased both when the restaurant manager agreed to stay on to run the place. She retired in 2002.

We had a very nice lunch here in 2015 which allowed plenty of time to look at all the memorabilia packed into the place. The original cafe was lost to a Route 66 realignment project.

The old Texaco gas station building was still there in 2015, but not selling gas anymore. Like everything else associated with the cafe it burned down and the ruins have been removed.

Photo(s): 2015