where can i get some good breakfast on a saturday in the bay area?

Answer 1

crepes a go go in sfo, berkely, or wc

Answer 2

Forget the chains, forget the tourist traps on Fisherman's Wharf. Go to the hidden little treasures where the locals go. The best in town are:

1. Dottie's True Blue Cafe (Tenderloin) - the most amazing, creative, and absolutely delicious home-cooked breakfasts I have ever seen. Fresh coffee cakes baked right there that melt in your mouth, a blackboard of specials that might include things like lemon-ginger blueberry pancakes, sweet potato frittata, fabulous savory omelettes with homemade biscuits. The locals literally line up down the block for this place. If you get there later than 8:00 a.m., bring a cup of coffee and the newspaper and be prepared to wait in kind of a grungy neighborhood, but you will not regret it. And, the prices are unbelievably reasonable.

2. Citizen Cake (Hayes Valley) - Pricier than Dottie's, this is more upscale cuisine. Known throughout the city for their superb baked goods, CC also turns out a very decent breakfast menu on the weekends. Gotta start with an order of fresh home-made beignets at CC.

3. Ella's (Pacific Heights) - Another place where the locals line up down the block, Ella's serves terrific, very abundant, All-American cuisine. Try the chicken hash with eggs and their home-made biscuits. Yum.

4. Mama's (North Beach, on Washington Square) - The line will be down the block here also. You have never seen a stack of pancakes like Mama's serves.... a mile high with the fluffiest cakes, covered in fresh strawberries and blueberries, and served with a lingonberry syrup. Their variations on eggs benedict are famous throughout the city.

Everyone of these places makes the chains like Denny's and Stacks look and taste like cardboard trash. This is real gourmet home cooking... except you don't have to do the dishes.

Answer 3

There are some great suggestions already: here are several of my favorites- some you may have seen previously and in no order of preference.

Any Buttercup Kitchen in the East Bay.
Sam's Log Cabin in Alberny... Sam is in high school or middle school now I think. Good kid.
Bette's Diner in Berkeley-- try the belgian waffles- if the line is too crazy long, try the Monkey place over on Gillman.
Can't Fail Cafe in Emeryville
The Ramp in China Beach, San Francisco- south of the ballpark
Mama's in North Beach--- try the grass juice for kicks.
Any Dim Sum place on Clement in the Richmond.
Any noodle shop in Oaklan Chinatown... especially ones where you need a translator to read the menu.

Skip's in Belvedere in Marin... a pseudo scene but cheap and cheerful all-around.

Answer 4

The best place is Sears restaurant (not the Dept store) located on Powell Street in San Francisco (across from Saks 5th Ave)
In Oakland, there are several great places
Blackberry Cafe on Park Blvd
Oakland Grill in Jack London Square
Prospect Park Cafe on Broadway (Spend $5.75 and you will have 2 huge plates of food)
Bette's Oceanview Diner in Berkeley( near Spengers on 4th Street)
Also Nations Burgers (see website for location near you)has a great breakfast menu that is cheap and quite filling

Answer 5

In the City, it would be Sears. Going down the Peninsula, I would try Nini's in Burlingame--a bit hard to find as it's in a residential area but great pancakes and omelets.
Stacks for the pancakes.
For good breakfast with a Danish twist, Copenhagen Bakery on Burlingame Ave is great when the weather is nice and you can sit Al Fresco.

Answer 6

Nikko's in Oakland. It's right on the Oakland anchorage of the Park Street Bridge to Alameda. Open 24/7, conveniently next to a Seven Eleven. Good enough food.

Answer 7

In Alameda: Jims Coffee shop or Oleys waffle house

In Oakland: Lois the Pie Queen or Merrit Bakery

In Castro Valley: Dougs

Answer 8

Sam's Log Cabin in Albany, CA.
Meal Ticket in Berkeley.
Cheap Sunday brunch, Hs Lordship by the Berkeley Marina.

Answer 9

There are some really good bay area chain restaurants that serve breakfast/brunch. One of them is called "Stacks" and I reccomend going there if you like pancakes. But if you want eggs, omlettes and that sort of thing I reccomend "First Watch". I think that they might have recently changed their name to "Bay Watch" (i know, funny name LoL) but i'd look it up on the internet for locations. They have excellent bacon and eggs, and they have some pretty creative omlettes.

Answer 10

Sears Fine Food in San Francisco 1/2 block north of Union Square is nice.

Answer 11

Rings in Napa is also quite a good place for brunch. ABC Bakery near downtown is also a good little spot for breakfast. So is Buttercream Bakery which is like an old-school diner.