Looking for a good place for Sunday Brunch.

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> Bob K. wrote:
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> >That sounds good, 'cause the food has gone from worth waiting for to definitely
> >not worth waiting for. Then again, I've never been offered coffee cake
> >while waiting, only coffee.
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> I'm no fan of Hobee's either. Perfectly adequate breakfast and
> I go there once in a while, but there are better places around.

If you are looking for a fancy Sunday Brunch, then Hobee's is NOT what you are looking for.  Hobee's is a great meal, *for the price*.  If you want to go out for Sunday (Breakfast or Lunch or Brunch), and you don't want to spend more than ~$10 per person, you can easily do this at Hobbees, and get served something more interesting than you will get at, say, Denny's.

> Still looking for a good brunch place since Duck Club in Menlo
> Park raised its prices yet again. Probably should try that
> Squadron place I keep hearing about.

I didn't partake but I saw the brunch spread at the SJ Doubletree on 10/18, and it looked excellent.  Given the atmosphere at each venue, I personally would try the Doubletree before I tried the Squadron.  I
*hate* the canned airplane sounds that they play at regular intervals. It appears that the only people who really love the place are people who really love planes.

YMMV

jc

Geoff M. wrote:
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<standard Geoff rants snipped>

>So what's the consensus on Coco's versus Lyon's?  Anyone?
>Anyone?  Bueller?

I personally LOVE Coco's for breakfast. It's one of a handful of things that makes me sad I moved to Oakland a year ago( no Coco's in the East Bay). When I lived in west San Jose, the Coco's on Kiely at Saratoga was a haunt of mine. The waitrons seemed to view me as a regular. The reasons I went there so often, aside from its proximity, were the baked goods. They werent Like Mom Makes, but damn good for commercial cafe products. I like having the alternate choice of 3 or 4 tasty muffins as well as toast et al. for my bread with eggs & meat. Their blueberry muffins were the best, IMHO. They also had this great cinnamon-roll french toast plate that was fantastic, though sure to make the blood sugar rise. Oh, and the coffee never tasted like road primer, no matter what time of day I went. Lyon's makes good cheap dinners and late-night munchies, but each time I went there for breakfast I was sorry I didn't just go to Denny's. As a tip, if you're ever in Oakland at breakfast time and don't want to be squished into a table with about 2 inches between your chair and that of the people at the next table at any of the trendoid granola-cafe spots like Fat Apples, go to Buttercup Kitchen in downtown Oakland, just 2 blocks up Broadway from Jack London Square. They have a seriously varied menu, including a $7.99 fruit platter that is actually worth the money. And they don't call their omelettes 'ommies' but they do have an omelette named after the 49ers, as apparently the place is popular with the team. You can tell it's good eatin'...all of the Oakland Police eat there. :)

Melissa, a serious breakfast-food maven.

>Geoff "Yes -- inside!" Miller
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I'm not one for Sunday Brunch but was given a few at the Holiday Inn in Foster City. I was very impressed w/ the food, along w/ the standards they had oysters, crab legs etc...

Someone wrote:

> Geoff M. wrote:
> >Dave E. wrote:
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> >> Hobee's is an *adequate* meal for the price.
> >
> >Oh, Dave, your tastes are *so* refined!  <swoon>  Maybe someday
> >I can learn to be a hoity-toity gourmand like you.
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> Man. Hadn't been flamed by you for months.
>
> I don't see why I have to like the same food you do. And
> I know there others, people I've gone to Hobee's with, who
> agree with me.
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> Now one strike against them is their hash browns. They
> tasted like they came out of a bag of frozen grated potatoes
> and then fried. They used to have good potatoes, these were
> awful. Maybe they've since gone back to their old standard.
>
> And. Something you might agree with, although others here
> won't. My girlfriend at the time was absolutely livid when
> we went there around Christmas and they had all kinds of
> signs up for their pet food drive. People homeless and starving
> all over the bay area and the management of Hobee's cares more
> about an underfed schnauzer. She refuses to go back to Hobee's
> because of this.
>
> Course this is now why I'm not crazy about them. I just don't
> think the food is very good.
>
> >(What's the difference between a "gourmand" and a "gourmet?"
> >I RTFM'd, but the definitions are essentially paraphrases
> >of each other.)
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> Gourmet knows something about food and has a refined palate,
> whatever that means. Gourmand is a glutton.
>
> >So what's the consensus on Coco's versus Lyon's?  Anyone?
> >Anyone?  Bueller?
>
> Never been to Coco's. Lyon's is the worst. Denny's quality
> food at real restaurant prices.
>
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