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• I used to love this place too! I enjoyed the food, but mostly just the atmosphere of the wonderful old building.
  
  The 88-year old building -- formerly the Francis Citrus Packing House on Irvine Ranch property -- was demolished in 2002, and a retail center is in the works for the site (source: The Orange County Register).
  
  Yet another example of the little regard our communities have for their own heritage.

  By  Colleen, at January 23, 2006 10:22 AM  

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• I worked at The Barn in the mid-80's. I always liked the pull chain toilets. The bar upstairs was great with the double staircases. There was a gambling circle run by the head bartender that was eventually busted up by the police and that was probably the beginning of the end.
  
  The only thing that I didn't like was when they'd serve you the "fixins" for your baked potato in those silver cups. After the place closed they'd scrape all the leftovers into a big vat and serve them again the next day.
  
  It was a fun place to work but the place was huge! It had all those themed rooms (car room, toy room, stables, blacksmith room, etc.) and was a great place for a private party.

  By  Anonymous, at January 29, 2006 6:45 PM  

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• The Barn was actually dismantled and the wood was sold in individual pieces. Apparently it was a real barn at one time that was dismantled and moved from its original location and reassembled in the Tustin location on Red Hill.

  By  Anonymous, at March 10, 2006 2:26 PM  

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• I've driven past it many times but never actually been inside. I can't believe I never ate there!! Shame it's gone now.
  
  There was another place similar to it down the street. I can't seem to remember the name but it was off the 55 and Edinger. The had big country acts play there. It finally closed down and they moved to the Irvine Spectrum.
  
  I don't particularly care for the Spectrum... A little to plastic for me...

  By  Chris, at May 08, 2006 11:54 PM  

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• the barn in costa mesa was the best

  By  Anonymous, at June 21, 2006 9:10 AM  

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• The place you are thinking of was the Crazy Horse. It was off the 55 Frwy between McFadden and Dyer. They moved to the Spectrum and I believe I read somewhere their lease was not renewed so they had to close?

  By  Anonymous, at June 22, 2006 4:17 PM  

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• there was a Barn steakhouse in Costa Mesa on Harbor Blvbd that I used to love to go to when I was young! I imagine that this was affiliated! Great steaks.

  By  Anonymous, at October 09, 2006 12:03 PM  

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• Our family loved The Barn, in fact that is where my oldest son who is now 28 would want to have his birthday dinner. We still use the 'boot' glasses they would give him with his Roy Rogers on a daily basis. Great memories.

  By  Anonymous, at December 27, 2006 6:38 PM  

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• Does anyone remember the band that used to play there most weekends? The lead singers name was Bob Gully and the other leads name was Bobby (can't remember last name). They were such a great cover band. I wonder what ever happened to all of them.

  By  Anonymous, at January 15, 2007 12:21 PM  

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• Bob Gully plays in San Juan now occasionally at the swallows. A great cover artist. He gets the Clapton strat screamin. The Barn in costa mesa did have the best steaks. Anybody know where it was before? Before Costa Mesa it was in newport along PCH believe it or not.They used to give you your change in silver dollars. Cool but heavy. Memories...Oh yeah the one in Costa Mesa used to be a Chuck E cheese and they converted everything to a western theme but they did keep some of the animatronics up above for a while.

  By  Anonymous, at April 03, 2007 10:12 PM  

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• I helped build the interior of "The Barn", It had an original Brunswick bar which we refinished. If memory serves me correctly, the owners name was Michael Gravett. He collected everything inside and out and had it stored prior to building in Santa Ana. I believe it was around 76-78 when we helped on this project.

  By  Anonymous, at July 24, 2007 8:41 PM  

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• so was the Barn out there on Edinger owned by the same people who ran the one in the back of the old Harbor Center (by Nick's Pizza)? I remember going to the one on Harbor several times and it was funky but fun - the entrance was in the back of the shopping center - most bizarre.
  
  And does anyone else remember taking out pizza from nick's pizza when he was in the back of the old shopping center? Back in the 1970s his pizza was pretty decent, and you always got a show when you'd go over there to pick it up. Most nights, he would be screaming his lungs out over some mistake or slight by a staff member. really amusing. the "new" nicks trattoria is in my opinion, bland and the pizza really changed. too bad for us

  By  hungry_i, at January 27, 2008 10:41 AM  

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• Another placed I loved to go to. I worked in Santa Ana and we used to go there for lunch quite often. No one makes a Monte Cristo like they did. I still drive by that corner and can't get used to the shopping center that's there now.

  By  DD Swenson, at March 10, 2008 6:24 PM  

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