Dottie's True Blue Cafe

12/11/11

A real farm breakfast in the heart of of SF

by coolray at Citysearch

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!

09/20/10

Best breakfast. Ever.

by Lauren Hannah at Citysearch

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.

02/01/10

Diner-dive Heaven

by Julie Dyer , Citysearch Contributor at Citysearch

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.

• Pros: The most delicious specials menu known to man
• Cons: Wait is usually over an hour, no matter what day or time

09/01/09

So worth the wait!

by citron23 at Citysearch

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.

• Pros: Amazing breakfast
• Cons: Not many tables

08/05/09

Unique place but so-so food

by SassyMom at Citysearch

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.

• Pros: cozy, clean, & friendly service
• Cons: always a line, even before restaurant opens