Mémo's Bagel Cafe (Rancho San Diego)

mmm-yoso!!!, the food blog you are reading, is a compilation of varied meal experiences. Today, while Kirk (and His Missus) are vacationing in another part of the world, Cathy is writing about a local place where She and Her Mister had a quick breakfast.

In late 2014, I told cc about a place with an intriguing name. It was a busy time of the year for me, but she went to the small storefront, next to a 7-11 named Pistachios, in Rancho San Diego and posted about it three times.  When I had the time, late in the Summer/early Autumn of 2015, Pistachios was a monthly stop.  When finally ready to post about it, I went for a final visit (to confirm current prices), it was closed.  

I had heard it "was moving just across the street", but when I had the time to look, there never was a 'Pistachios' storefront anywhere.  Fast forward to last week when The Mister and I were driving around with no plan except to find breakfast.  We stopped here- Memo's Bagel Cafe. 
The bagel display looked the same as Pistachios had. 
So did the items being sold from the inside refrigerated section(although Pistachios had some of those items, notably the Middle Eastern flat breads, sold fresh and warm). There were pre-packed boxes of baklava next to the cash register- with the Pistachios label! We found it.  The storefront is smaller, but one of the main draws for me-housemade bagels-were back.
Egg, cheese, sausage on an everything bagel ($4.75) was great- a good, thick, quality sausage, Swiss cheese, fluffy egg and the fresh, toasty bagel.  It was perfect and as I remembered it. 
"The Works" ($5.75)- egg, cheese, bacon, turkey and ham on a spinach parmesan bagel.  So good, so tasty, so much (quality) meat. You can see the bagel itself has a green tinge from the spinach.  By itself, this bagel is tasty.  

The similarities between here and my favorite bagel place, PL Bagel are that both are family owned, the bagels are not overly large and the whole bagel is covered- 
 with the toppings- the bottoms aren't 'plain'.

Mémo's is a lot closer than Point Loma...so there will be further exploration of the menu. 

Mémo's Bagel Cafe 2650 Jamacha Road, Suite 163 El Cajon, CA 92019 (619)660-1300 Mon-Sat 6-4, Sun 7-3

 

Comments

[kat]

sounds reasonably priced and looks great!

[Soo]

That's good you found a great bagel place like the old one.

[Cathy]

Prices are great here, Kat-we've been using gift cards for a local chain, but only when they have a coupon or email deal...I like Mémo's bagels more than those. Also, you may notice the Boars Head umbrellas- only given to stores which sell Boars Head brand-very high quality.
You don't know how happy we were to find this, Soo. Since Pistachio's was a regular stop, but not close by, not knowing it was going to close was sad. The quality is still there.

[caninecologne]

I haven't been to this new iteration. But now I must. Their baklava selections are wonderful.

[Cathy]

I'm sure you'll find a reason to be in this part of town again, cc. Although you can't pick individual baklava from a large case, the final price won't be a surprise.