Lucille's, a chain barbecue joint done up to resemble a Southern roadhouse, opened in September in the new Tempe Marketplace. {READ MORE}

I had to giggle when I spied Lucille's from Lonetree Boulevard in Rocklin. Situated in front of a shopping center designed with the muted earth-toned Southwestern architecture seen all around the region, Lucille's springs impudently out of the ground like the irreverent faux roadhouse that it is, its multilevel, shiny aluminum roof winking mischievously at its staid neighbors. {READ MORE}

Lucille's puts savory barbecue front and center, even in salads.

Taking someone you want to impress to a new restaurant can be double trouble. What if he or she hates the restaurant you rave about over dessert? But fortunately for me that didn't happen when I took a friend to eat at Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que in Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga. {READ MORE}

The main dining room at Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, on the western edge of the sprawling Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance is jammed just about every night with family groups, hungry for a feed of fried okra, fried green tomatoes, fried green tomatoes and long-cooked, smoky meats. {READ MORE}