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Dottie's True Blue Cafe

522 Jones St, San Francisco, CA | Map it  

94102 37.786001 -122.412801

(415) 885-2767

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Neighborhoods:
Northeast, Tenderloin
Categories:
Diners, Restaurants
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Restaurant Special Features:
Cheap Eats, Brunch, Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Breakfast

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Reviews for Dottie's True Blue Cafe

coolray

Member since Dec, 2011 View Profile
5Reviews
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Joined 5 months ago
5.0
December 11, 2011

A real farm breakfast in the heart of of SF. I don't think I've ever had a better breakfast...EVER, even with a 1/2 hour wait on a Thursday morning at 9:30am. I had the True Blue plate for $9.95 - 2 eggs over easy (the hens must've just laid them), mild Italian Sausage (Italian? what, but I'm a convert), hash browns (another fresh off the farm, flavorful, cooked where the inside was soft and outside perfectly crisped), toast (did I say buttermilk dill with fresh raspberry jam).

I would eat breakfast every day if I could have Dottie's!

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Lauren Hannah

Member since Jun, 2010 View Profile
59Reviews
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Joined 2 years ago
5.0
September 20, 2010

Best breakfast. Ever.. I'm a breakfast lover. I could probably eat breakfast foods all three meals, every day. But this? This tops all I've ever eaten. Totally worth the wait. Black plum crumb cake. Whole wheat pancake, cinnamon and Ginger. Chorizo scramble, salsa. DIVINE.

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Julie Dyer

Member since Feb, 2010 View Profile
10Reviews
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Joined 2 years ago
4.0
February 01, 2010

Diner-dive Heaven. Like a healthy helping of grease in your morning diner cuisine? You've lucked out. Follow the line of people waiting around the corner to the bold blue awning. Should you find the luck gods on your side, walk right in, and you'll be welcomed with the trashiest of diner decor (it is in the TL, after all!). You'll get water in gigantic, unmatched tumblers on top of tacky tablecloths, and the waiters (and waitresses) are as greasy as the food. Should this all sound like a negative thing, think again. The rotating specials menus holds the key to some of the best breakfast options in the City (pulled pork scramble, blueberry cornmeal pancakes, or a lamb sausage scram...I could go on for days). If you haven't been yet, take your taste palates straight down to Dottie's before the day is through.

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citron23

Member since May, 2006 View Profile
19Reviews
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Joined 6 years ago
5.0
September 01, 2009

So worth the wait!. I saw this place on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and when it was time to go to SF on vacation, this place was a must. We did wait about an hour and the place is very small but it was worth every minute. I think it was the best breakfast I had in years. In fact, it trumped Mama's in Washington Square and that is not easy. Recommend for the undecided to go during the week to avoid the crowds. Don't listen to the putz who said it was so-so below me. People would not be waiting up to an hour if it was just so-so.

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SassyMom

Member since Aug, 2009 View Profile
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Joined 3 years ago
3.0
August 05, 2009

Unique place but so-so food. The food is not as great as many reviews out there claimed. But the restaurant is worth a try, if you don't have to wait more than 20 minutes. If you have to wait an hour or two to get in, it's really not worth your time & money, because there are other neighborhood restaurants that serve better food at the same or even lower prices. Besides, the homeless people loitering around can really become a nuisance.

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