mmm-yoso!!! is the name of this blog. Kirk is not posting today and neither is Ed (from Yuma); Cathy has free time.
There are several diners that The Mister and I tend to frequent. I wrote a short post about Gus's in 2011 and we've been here many times since then. You'll see menu specials on the exterior windows and there's a sandwich board at the door...along with the menu above the cash register, which mirrors the one handed to you and there are more specials listed on an inner wall.
We seem to be here for breakfast most of the time. The Top Sirloin and Eggs (now $10.99) is (still) a good deal, served with home fries or hash browns and toast or pancakes.
French toast with eggs and sausage (that is a very large, very flavorful sausage) or bacon ($8.25) is also a tasty choice.
Most of the lunches come with a choice of soup or salad and the house made pea soup is always a choice.
Liver and onions ($8.95) is also a choice of mine at many lunches. The calves liver here is prepared nicely: tender with a floured/light crunch.
The gyros topped Greek salad ($9.25), served with garlic toast and a very good (house made) dressing usually results in leftovers and my enjoying another meal later that day.
One of the exterior window specials is for a large (one topping) pizza and salad ($11.99) and that is a definite meal with leftovers for us. The pizza over here is cheesy and is nicely crispy. The crust sometimes seems a bit 'fluffy' and tastes better the next day, but really I have no complaints. The sausage topping is, again, unique in flavor and texture; really good.
The pastrami sub (12 inches, $12.75) is one of the best we've ever had. Fresh bread, toasted and brushed with mustard and layered with a plentiful amount of quality smokey pastrami, griddled thoroughly, with crisped edges and melted provolone which is then pressed before serving...it is perfection. Taking home half results in enough meat for two omelets the next morning.
Ending this post with a rather sloppy set of photos is not intentional. A 1/2 lb chili cheese burger with fries ($9.95) is a comfort meal sometimes. The chili is made with beans and has a good spicy kick. The charred part of the burger went with the chili. The fresh, toasted bun and side of fries made from gigantic potatoes is, again, more than enough food for a single meal.
Gus's Subs and Pizza 5620 Baltimore Drive La Mesa 91942 (619)462-4877 Open 7 a.m.-9 p.m. 7 days
Mmm... So many tempting choices. I haven't had liver and onion in a long time but the sausage and french toast look so good...
Posted by: Soo@hungryones.com | Monday, 16 January 2017 at 07:56 AM
Bert would love that pastrami sandwich and the chili burger. As for me, the sausage.
Posted by: caninecologne | Monday, 16 January 2017 at 04:05 PM
Looks delicious - ALL OF IT!!
Posted by: James | Monday, 16 January 2017 at 09:19 PM
Liver and Onion as well as pea soup are almost always a choice, Soo; stuff I can't make as well (or easily) at home. The breakfasts here are better than average too.
All three of you could find something good here, cc.
It is really good, James. I miss the original location in Point Loma, though.
Posted by: Cathy | Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 03:43 PM