Beef 'n Bun (revisit)

Welcome back to mmm-yoso!!!, the food blog.  Kirk's been in a rut, working long hours to be able to get up and leave it soon.  Ed(from Yuma) is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and working as quickly as he can to get out of it. Cathy's finally out of her cave and is enjoying being able to share yet another meal involving chicken and fried zucchini.

I wrote a post about Beef 'n Bun back in 2006, have returned to this 40 year old East County institution regularly without taking photos or writing posts.  It's about time to remind you of the consistency of a menu of good food served here.

It's always fun to drive over to Beef 'n Bun to see the changing window designs.

 

Since my 2006 post, the interior has been upgraded to include a bar height table in the middle, complete with non-bolted down chairs.

Here's a better view of the inside menu.

This is a photo of either a banana shake or a chocolate-peanut butter shake; the only two I order here ($3.19).  I do occasionally order a peanut butter coke float, but that's only when I'm feeling all wild and crazy.

Here's the grilled chicken sandwich ($4.05) served on the wonderfully soft, fresh, lightly toasted bun and accompanied with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. The chicken is lightly marinated and always moist.

Since my most recent posts included chicken as well as fried zucchini... 

This is a side order of fried zucchini ($2.79) (not a typo).  There are FIVE pieces in this basket.  You can see the standard cup of accompanying ranch dressing for a size comparison. This IS a meal in itself. The zucchini is freshly fried in a light batter.  Crispy and topped with Parmesan, the inside pieces of this fresh vegetable are hot if you try to bite in right away.

Here's a bacon cheeseburger ($3.69). It's served on the same lovely, soft cornmeal topped bun which is, again, lightly toasted.  The combination of flavors is really nice.

You may have noticed the 'breakfast' part of the menu.  Beef 'n Bun opens at 7 a.m. daily.  The above biscuits covered in homemade country gravy, served in a quite large styrofoam box ($2.89) consists of three half biscuits topped with a nice, smooth peppery gravy mixed with a lot of chopped breakfast sausage.  Another meal in itself. 

The bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich ($2.89) along with a side of Monterey potato cakes ($1.69) is an inexpensive, wonderful meal.

The Monterey potato cakes are cheesy, herb infused hash browns and *really* good.

Here's a cross section of my breakfast sandwich.  You can see the cheese and bacon...and that perfectly cooked, orange, not runny egg yolk...

An East County institution.  3rd Thursday of every month, this is a meeting place for the Motorhead Misfits and their classic, custom, muscle, lowrider cars as well as scooters and many old friends. (Link)

Beef 'n Bun 2477 Fletcher Parkway El Cajon 92020 (619)465-0767 (nope, no website) 7a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sun-Thurs, open to 11:30 p.m. Fri and Sat.

Comments

[caninecologne]

I totally want those potato cakes and the fried zucchini too! I've heard good things about this place and that it's been there FOREVER! :)

[Cathy]

Yep, the fried items here are properly made, cc. The limited menu helps the kitchen to concentrate on quality-It's a great local standby.

[Soo]

I can't resist anymore! Road trip to your hood next weekend for fried zucchini! :-) Guess I'll need a banana shake to wash it down with too... :-)

[ken]

And, if you're still hungry, there are two other long-time food places practically next door: BBQ Pit and Flour Power Bakery. The latter offers individual sized portions of some of their cakes, and excellent macaroons. Maybe there should be a Taste of the Parkway?

[Cathy]

You'll find something to eat out here, Soo. People from East County don't drive around the County as much as I do to find good food.
Very true, Ken- just cross one street to get to Flour Power and then pop straight across to BBQ Pit. (I have posts on both of those places started and usually try to vary my sequential posts in food type as well as location; there has been an unusual situation going on with the blog.). "Taste of Fletcher Parkway"-a great idea!

[Faye]

I heard about the zucchini here from Soo and you ! I LOVE fried zucchini. All those items looks delicious (and cheap!). But it would be ALL about the zucchi if I go :)

[nhbilly]

Nice little gem and the price is ridiculous.

[Cathy]

You can see I did three fried zucchini posts in a row, Faye and the style here is, again, different...no herbs in the batter and just big pieces of zucchini, fresh (and hot) and always great. A friend and I used to drive thru here and that was all we'd order. You must try a shake or float or freeze!
It's a great place, Bill. Nothing fancy, always good.