Pacific Beach Bar and Grill- Brunch

Today Cathy is "blogging" on mmm-yoso!!! Kirk is "working".  ed(From Yuma) is "recovering".

Hi.  I've posted on Pacific Beach Bar and Grill a few times. They have really good food, lots of beers on tap, televisions everywhere...
 
and technically, the front area is an outdoor patio, covered with a sturdy tarp.

It's been a while since we had Brunch here. It's a buffet.  $7.95 on Saturday from 9 until noon and a bit more on Sunday, but then there are more items to choose from. Coffee is $1.95 and a very good French Roast.  I don't take photos of people and today it was kind of busy, so only have photos of our plates.
From 12:00: Eggs Benedict, thick cut maple bacon, skin-on breakfast sausage (just the right amount of spice; really good), biscuit with gravy (the gravy needed pepper added), a potato cake (not greasy), a banana nut muffin (still warm and with vanilla in the batter), a 'spicy' burrito (it was chorizo and egg filled and very good).
The Mister had a cheese/tomato/spinach/mushroom omelet made to order and also picked up a still warm, buttery, crispy chocolate chip cookie.
(Counterclockwise from 9:00) I picked up some " scrambled eggs Florentine" which had bacon, onions and spinach in it, some "home fries" made with onion and lots of cheese and a  "Jose Benedict"-slice of avocado, Hollandaise sauce, good, runny poached egg and carne asada on a biscuit.
See? Poached egg and carne asada. I could eat three of these as my breakfast. Easily. 
Later (we were watching a *very long* football game), I went back and got some of the omelet add- ins and made myself a salad of spinach, tomatoes, chopped bacon and mushrooms.  I also got more of the eggs Florentine and a good selection of tasty fresh fruit.  
The Mister ordered a Bloody Mary ($3.50).  I could taste every flavor in this- the tomato juice, the vodka, the black pepper, the Tabasco...and the olives were marinated in something. Like vodka.  It was good, but very strong.  I only had a few sips.
Then The Mister went back and had a waffle made to order.  That strawberry topping is the frozen, sugared, memory triggering childhood strawberries-in-Winter stuff I grew up with.  At least He took some pieces of  fresh watermelon...

Pacific Beach Bar and Grill  860 Garnet Avenue San Diego 92109 Website (warning: LOUD! website)

Comments

[caninecologne]

hi cathy
although i've never had a bloody mary, your picture of it sure looks good!

i love fried potatoes in any shape or form!

i also like the way that you had the SD Reader article open to uh, a certain page.... :)

[sawyer]

wow, i miss this kind of breakfast so much. i need to find a breakfast buffet around here. the banana and yogurt i have just dont' cut it. also a bloody mary would be nice too to start my day ;) or two or three...i've never had one before actually but they sound delicious

[bill]

Now that's what I call a brunch buffet.

[ed (from Yuma)]

It's been years since I brunched there. Looks as good as ever. Now I am so hungry and it's 7 am in Yuma and that's just not fair.

[Faye]

I haven't been to PB Bar and Grill since my after-college-trying-to-be-cool days! That place use to be hustling and bustling at night time to the college kiddies.

The buffet looks really good! Made to order waffles? And did you say made to order omelettes too?! Was the Jose Benedict part of the buffet as well?

Thanks for the post - this might be a nice place to go for Sunday morning football.

(PS- how was the traffic around the time you ate?)

[Cathy]

I had occasion to fly weekly in 2001 and tried every beverage which was free, cc. Bloody Mary Mix, Margarita Mix and hot tea with a glass of ice became my automatic beverage requests. The potatoes here are really good. I was being subtle...(;
Hi Sawyer! Find a buffet near you, don't wait for a Holiday when it will be more crowded (and expensive). The Bloody Mary here was very good.
This buffet has very good quality food, bill.
I think Bar Food doesn't get the credit it deserves, ed. We all liked it way back when...just with adult beverages. Now, one adult beverage, shared, is enough for me.
Hi Faye. Made to order waffles, pancakes, quesedillas, crepes and pancakes. Yes, the serving tray is half 'regular' Benedicts (with a good ham, also on a biscuit)and Jose on the other half. It is still hustling in the evenings with very young looking college kids. We go here for college football games which start at 9 a.m and so traffic and parking is good. When we leave at about noon, the streets and parking are packed.