September 28, 2008
Hidden City Cafe
Contra Costa county was running an electronics recycling event, so it was finally time to dispose of our ancient Macs. Even though the Smurf-blue G3 and the Powerbook 1400 were still in working shape, they've outlived their useful lives and mom ordered me to cut down on the electronic junk stacking up in the closet. Dad and I loaded up the car to head out to the county dump in Richmond, but on a fine Sunday morning it seemed a shame to go straight to the dump and back. So I brought the wife along for a breakfast detour.
Tucked snugly in Point Richmond, Hidden City Cafe is true to its name, a popular breakfast/lunch spot hidden a world away from the gritty streets of Richmond proper.
We got there just in time to get a table for four in the front room. Soon after the weekend brunchers were packing both dining rooms and lining out the door. The wife appreciated the rustic-French decor, with kids' art hung on the walls for that down-home touch.
The omelette was well-stuffed with tomato, cheese, shrooms, and smoked bacon which all melded together as a good American omelette should. The toast was thin and limp, like Safeway bread, but the home-fry potatoes weren't bad. I had fig-topped buttermilk pancake short-stack. The fresh-cut figs showed up beautifully on the pancakes. Dad had breakfast earlier so he was content to share some of the SO's omelette with a glass of sweet fresh-squeezed blood-orange juice.
So we went on to responsibly dispose of our high-tech junk, and still got home in time for the first half of the early NFL games. Now that's a good Sunday morning.
Hidden City Cafe
109 Park Place
Richmond, CA
(510) 991-6746