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DisneyGuy2006 · 02-02-2009, 02:46 PM

Those are VERY Valuable in my opinion...got any more???

eeyoresnr · 02-02-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DisneyGuy2006

Those are VERY Valuable in my opinion...got any more???

any more what?

Littleladybug · 02-08-2009, 05:44 PM

I was just recently telling my husband about Belisle's restaurant when he informed me that he would be going to California on business! OMG...I loved that restaurant and grew up going there. I grew up in Garden Grove and now live in the Seattle area, but I can tell you I have never found a teriyaki steak that has ever been able to touch the one served there. Not to mention it is almost impossible to find any restaurant that offers cheese sauce to put on your baked potatoe any more! We loved it too when they started trying some of the "exotic" meats, and my husband who is a hunter, thought if he was going to be there longer than overnight he would have loved to have gone with some of his coworkers...oh well...guess I'm glad it ended up being an overnight trip. It just breaks my heart that the restaurant is gone along with so much of what I remember of a magical area to grow up in at the time.
If I am right...the restaurant Kono Hawaii is probably gone too...I have never found food that compares to theirs either...sigh!

Thanks to y'all for the pictures and memories...Would love to know how to make that teriyaki steak though...along with the chicken fried steak...the cheese sauce...
pies...and on and on....lol Mmmmmmm:

eeyoresnr · 02-08-2009, 06:08 PM

remember their strawberry pies! they had to be a foot tall! yummm

DisneyGuy2006 · 02-08-2009, 06:42 PM

ummm like Images.

eeyoresnr · 02-08-2009, 06:56 PM

I'll have to scan them...give me a couple days

eeyoresnr · 08-18-2009, 08:23 PM

bump

DocJerry · 10-06-2009, 04:19 PM

I was a Pulmonary Fellow at UCI (the old Orange County Medical Center) early in the 1970s. We would go to Belisles after a long night on call and chow down. We did not worry about our weight back then and the portions served were huge..I especially remember the largest strawberries I had ever seen--Sorry to see that is it closed, although these days we do think more about dietary matters..JB

eeyoresnr · 10-07-2009, 07:31 PM

yes they were also known for their huge strawberries...the pies were like a foot high

jlima · 10-22-2009, 10:29 PM

Five out of four eat here

lwanthony · 11-03-2009, 04:32 PM

I remember I ordered a meatloaf sandwich, and it was as big as my head. You had to cut it into quarters then eighths to even start to think about eating it. yummmmmmm

eeyoresnr · 09-19-2010, 11:53 PM

bump

RevDrJBTDDPhD · 10-24-2010, 07:46 PM

I was born in Anaheim (the former Martin Luther Hospital near Euclid and Orangethorpe). Grew up in Anaheim (first home for a couple of years after our apartments was 6831 Blue Ridge Court in Yorba Linda, until we moved across Esperanza to the "flats of the Santa Ana Canyon part of Anaheim Hills" where we lived at 7761 East Northfield Avenue in Anaheim Hills).

When I was growing up, and we were hungry, we went to Besliles to fill up and we left with full stomachs.

Whenever we went to "Visit the Mouse" at Disneyland, we always ended our day after the fireworks at Besliles.

When I worked for Disney Imagineering and I had to bring clients to Disneyland all the time. We would do the Club 33 bit, but to end the day, after the fireworks I would always get everyone well fed at Besliles.

When I went on Disability back in February of 1989, after a heart attack at age 20 (on top of my being a paraplegic due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome), I went to Besliles less, but was there whenever I could afford it.

I really miss Besliles, and I am so sorry that the "grandkids" did not want to continue the business. It was a "cash cow" and had a perfect location and was always busy, and making a lot of money. It was a shock in 1995 when they closed it after 40 years of wonderful service.

God Bless,

John

Dan Moreno · 04-19-2011, 11:54 PM

I went there for my Honeymoon in 1974. Never forgot the place because it was so cool. I was just researching the restaurant to find out what happened to it. The one thing I remember vividly was the they also served RABBIT, yes Rabbit was on the munu there! Cool Huh? I have never seen Rabbit on any menu since.

Thanks for the Posts and the memories!! Glad to see I am not the only one who was "smitten" by this fantastic place!!!

woody73 · 04-22-2011, 01:09 AM

I can still picture the dessert display case, with massive pies. Priceless!

Woody

02-08-2009, 05:44 PM	#33
Littleladybug Earning My Ears Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1	I am soooo sad!!! I was just recently telling my husband about Belisle's restaurant when he informed me that he would be going to California on business! OMG...I loved that restaurant and grew up going there. I grew up in Garden Grove and now live in the Seattle area, but I can tell you I have never found a teriyaki steak that has ever been able to touch the one served there. Not to mention it is almost impossible to find any restaurant that offers cheese sauce to put on your baked potatoe any more! We loved it too when they started trying some of the "exotic" meats, and my husband who is a hunter, thought if he was going to be there longer than overnight he would have loved to have gone with some of his coworkers...oh well...guess I'm glad it ended up being an overnight trip. It just breaks my heart that the restaurant is gone along with so much of what I remember of a magical area to grow up in at the time. If I am right...the restaurant Kono Hawaii is probably gone too...I have never found food that compares to theirs either...sigh! Thanks to y'all for the pictures and memories...Would love to know how to make that teriyaki steak though...along with the chicken fried steak...the cheese sauce... pies...and on and on....lol Mmmmmmm:

02-08-2009, 06:08 PM	#34
eeyoresnr DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 9,669	remember their strawberry pies! they had to be a foot tall! yummm __________________ 1963-1999 Disneyland... Too many to list /Feb 2003 WDW All Star Sports- (Honeymoon- 1st WDW trip) / Jan 2004 WDW CSR (1st Anniversary) Aug 2004 Disneyland (Home-Sweet-Home) / Aug 2005 WDW CSR & POR / Dec 2005 CBR (MVMCP) March 2006 WDW CSR (Braves / Dodgers) / April 2006 POR (Daughters 21st Birthday)Dec 2007 WDW ASMusic & Villas @WL (My Birthday & Our 5th Anniversary & 2 MVMCP) Feb 2008 Pop Century / April 2008 ASMovies / Dec 2008 ASMusic, CR & OKW & AKL-(CL) MVMCP/Steam Train & Keys to the Kingdom Tours...May 2009 CSR / Dec 2009 CSR & AKV Kidani SV / Bay Lake Towers / Boardwalk Villas (Backstage Magic Tour) / April 2010 AKV Kidani SV & FW Cabins / May 2010 CBR / Sept 2010 OKW / Dec 2010 CSR (My 50th Birthday) April 2011 A.S. Sports/Bonnet Creek / May 2011 Bonnet Creek / Dec 2013 Bonnet Creek Working on my ROAR! Jaxon's First trip to meet Mickey Mouse PTR http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2988090

02-08-2009, 06:56 PM	#36
eeyoresnr DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 9,669	I'll have to scan them...give me a couple days __________________ 1963-1999 Disneyland... Too many to list /Feb 2003 WDW All Star Sports- (Honeymoon- 1st WDW trip) / Jan 2004 WDW CSR (1st Anniversary) Aug 2004 Disneyland (Home-Sweet-Home) / Aug 2005 WDW CSR & POR / Dec 2005 CBR (MVMCP) March 2006 WDW CSR (Braves / Dodgers) / April 2006 POR (Daughters 21st Birthday)Dec 2007 WDW ASMusic & Villas @WL (My Birthday & Our 5th Anniversary & 2 MVMCP) Feb 2008 Pop Century / April 2008 ASMovies / Dec 2008 ASMusic, CR & OKW & AKL-(CL) MVMCP/Steam Train & Keys to the Kingdom Tours...May 2009 CSR / Dec 2009 CSR & AKV Kidani SV / Bay Lake Towers / Boardwalk Villas (Backstage Magic Tour) / April 2010 AKV Kidani SV & FW Cabins / May 2010 CBR / Sept 2010 OKW / Dec 2010 CSR (My 50th Birthday) April 2011 A.S. Sports/Bonnet Creek / May 2011 Bonnet Creek / Dec 2013 Bonnet Creek Working on my ROAR! Jaxon's First trip to meet Mickey Mouse PTR http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2988090

08-18-2009, 08:23 PM	#37
eeyoresnr DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 9,669	bump __________________ 1963-1999 Disneyland... Too many to list /Feb 2003 WDW All Star Sports- (Honeymoon- 1st WDW trip) / Jan 2004 WDW CSR (1st Anniversary) Aug 2004 Disneyland (Home-Sweet-Home) / Aug 2005 WDW CSR & POR / Dec 2005 CBR (MVMCP) March 2006 WDW CSR (Braves / Dodgers) / April 2006 POR (Daughters 21st Birthday)Dec 2007 WDW ASMusic & Villas @WL (My Birthday & Our 5th Anniversary & 2 MVMCP) Feb 2008 Pop Century / April 2008 ASMovies / Dec 2008 ASMusic, CR & OKW & AKL-(CL) MVMCP/Steam Train & Keys to the Kingdom Tours...May 2009 CSR / Dec 2009 CSR & AKV Kidani SV / Bay Lake Towers / Boardwalk Villas (Backstage Magic Tour) / April 2010 AKV Kidani SV & FW Cabins / May 2010 CBR / Sept 2010 OKW / Dec 2010 CSR (My 50th Birthday) April 2011 A.S. Sports/Bonnet Creek / May 2011 Bonnet Creek / Dec 2013 Bonnet Creek Working on my ROAR! Jaxon's First trip to meet Mickey Mouse PTR http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2988090

10-06-2009, 04:19 PM	#38
DocJerry Earning My Ears Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1	Belisles I was a Pulmonary Fellow at UCI (the old Orange County Medical Center) early in the 1970s. We would go to Belisles after a long night on call and chow down. We did not worry about our weight back then and the portions served were huge..I especially remember the largest strawberries I had ever seen--Sorry to see that is it closed, although these days we do think more about dietary matters..JB

02-02-2009, 02:46 PM	#31
DisneyGuy2006 Earning My Ears Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 12	Those are VERY Valuable in my opinion...got any more???

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02-08-2009, 06:42 PM	#35
DisneyGuy2006 Earning My Ears Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 12	ummm like Images.

10-07-2009, 07:31 PM	#39
eeyoresnr DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 9,669	yes they were also known for their huge strawberries...the pies were like a foot high __________________ 1963-1999 Disneyland... Too many to list /Feb 2003 WDW All Star Sports- (Honeymoon- 1st WDW trip) / Jan 2004 WDW CSR (1st Anniversary) Aug 2004 Disneyland (Home-Sweet-Home) / Aug 2005 WDW CSR & POR / Dec 2005 CBR (MVMCP) March 2006 WDW CSR (Braves / Dodgers) / April 2006 POR (Daughters 21st Birthday)Dec 2007 WDW ASMusic & Villas @WL (My Birthday & Our 5th Anniversary & 2 MVMCP) Feb 2008 Pop Century / April 2008 ASMovies / Dec 2008 ASMusic, CR & OKW & AKL-(CL) MVMCP/Steam Train & Keys to the Kingdom Tours...May 2009 CSR / Dec 2009 CSR & AKV Kidani SV / Bay Lake Towers / Boardwalk Villas (Backstage Magic Tour) / April 2010 AKV Kidani SV & FW Cabins / May 2010 CBR / Sept 2010 OKW / Dec 2010 CSR (My 50th Birthday) April 2011 A.S. Sports/Bonnet Creek / May 2011 Bonnet Creek / Dec 2013 Bonnet Creek Working on my ROAR! Jaxon's First trip to meet Mickey Mouse PTR http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2988090

10-22-2009, 10:29 PM	#40
jlima Beep Beep! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,392	Five out of four eat here __________________ DS17 & DS11 on the Teacups at DL! Port Orleans Nov 91 (Honeymoon!) • Dolphin Nov 99 • Dolphin & 7 day Magic cruise July 01 • HRH & Poly June 04 • HRH May 05 • West Coast Magic Cruise June 05 • HRH Sept 06 • Wilderness Lodge July 07 • West Coast Magic Cruise June 08 • HRH & Coronado Springs Dec 08 • HRH, Wilderness Lodge & 6 day Christmas Magic Cruise '11 • DL AP holder since 1989!!

11-03-2009, 04:32 PM	#41
lwanthony Earning My Ears Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15	I remember I ordered a meatloaf sandwich, and it was as big as my head. You had to cut it into quarters then eighths to even start to think about eating it. yummmmmmm

09-19-2010, 11:53 PM	#42
eeyoresnr DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 9,669	bump __________________ 1963-1999 Disneyland... Too many to list /Feb 2003 WDW All Star Sports- (Honeymoon- 1st WDW trip) / Jan 2004 WDW CSR (1st Anniversary) Aug 2004 Disneyland (Home-Sweet-Home) / Aug 2005 WDW CSR & POR / Dec 2005 CBR (MVMCP) March 2006 WDW CSR (Braves / Dodgers) / April 2006 POR (Daughters 21st Birthday)Dec 2007 WDW ASMusic & Villas @WL (My Birthday & Our 5th Anniversary & 2 MVMCP) Feb 2008 Pop Century / April 2008 ASMovies / Dec 2008 ASMusic, CR & OKW & AKL-(CL) MVMCP/Steam Train & Keys to the Kingdom Tours...May 2009 CSR / Dec 2009 CSR & AKV Kidani SV / Bay Lake Towers / Boardwalk Villas (Backstage Magic Tour) / April 2010 AKV Kidani SV & FW Cabins / May 2010 CBR / Sept 2010 OKW / Dec 2010 CSR (My 50th Birthday) April 2011 A.S. Sports/Bonnet Creek / May 2011 Bonnet Creek / Dec 2013 Bonnet Creek Working on my ROAR! Jaxon's First trip to meet Mickey Mouse PTR http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2988090

10-24-2010, 07:46 PM	#43
RevDrJBTDDPhD Former Imagineering Disability Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Currently in Mansfield, Ohio, USA Posts: 1	I miss Beslilies I was born in Anaheim (the former Martin Luther Hospital near Euclid and Orangethorpe). Grew up in Anaheim (first home for a couple of years after our apartments was 6831 Blue Ridge Court in Yorba Linda, until we moved across Esperanza to the "flats of the Santa Ana Canyon part of Anaheim Hills" where we lived at 7761 East Northfield Avenue in Anaheim Hills). When I was growing up, and we were hungry, we went to Besliles to fill up and we left with full stomachs. Whenever we went to "Visit the Mouse" at Disneyland, we always ended our day after the fireworks at Besliles. When I worked for Disney Imagineering and I had to bring clients to Disneyland all the time. We would do the Club 33 bit, but to end the day, after the fireworks I would always get everyone well fed at Besliles. When I went on Disability back in February of 1989, after a heart attack at age 20 (on top of my being a paraplegic due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome), I went to Besliles less, but was there whenever I could afford it. I really miss Besliles, and I am so sorry that the "grandkids" did not want to continue the business. It was a "cash cow" and had a perfect location and was always busy, and making a lot of money. It was a shock in 1995 when they closed it after 40 years of wonderful service. God Bless, John

04-19-2011, 11:54 PM	#44
Dan Moreno Earning My Ears Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Belisles I went there for my Honeymoon in 1974. Never forgot the place because it was so cool. I was just researching the restaurant to find out what happened to it. The one thing I remember vividly was the they also served RABBIT, yes Rabbit was on the munu there! Cool Huh? I have never seen Rabbit on any menu since. Thanks for the Posts and the memories!! Glad to see I am not the only one who was "smitten" by this fantastic place!!!

04-22-2011, 01:09 AM	#45
woody73 Enjoyed the Pumpkinmen Never liked the idea of using a snorkel after someone else Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 8,650	I can still picture the dessert display case, with massive pies. Priceless! Woody

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