Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Breakfast in the South Bay

Breakfast. It is often toted as "the most important meal of the day". It is deceptively simple. For some reason, it's also so easy to do incorrectly. In the South Bay, food is much less ritualistic than in the North and West. It is easy to find ten bad places for every good one. Here are some of the shining stars for the day's first meal:

Stacks, Campbell - Stacks serves delicious plate after delicious plate of amazing food. They cook every dish to perfection, and they dole out quite a bit of food for even the smallest budgets. Pancakes are their specialty, but they do almost anything else you could want for breakfast. The Crab Melt - fresh Dungeness Crab meat loaded onto a piece of French Bread and covered in melted cheese and avocado - is to die for. Also, they have great service and are very good at controlling crowds.

Scramblz, San Jose - Scramblz, with walls covered in yellow and plates covered with food, is a sure stop for a great breakfast. There are plenty of options, and deals are abound. They serve four pieces of bacon, two eggs, french toast and strawberries with whipped cream for a great price. That's all one meal! Adding to that, nothing they make disappoints - it's too good to.

John's, San Jose - John's is much better known for Greek and Italian fare, but they serve a mean "American" breakfast, too. Pancakes, French Toast, Eggs Benedict - they have it all, and at a reasonable price. While not as good as the first two options, John's is still sure to please any restaurant goer.

So there you have it. To my, albeit, limited knowledge, these are some of the best stops in the South Bay for breakfast. Still, I'm sure you can find many, many other places to munch in the morning, even ones that fail to serve a "traditional" American breakfast.