Christie's

For those of you who are San Francisco-centric, you can ignore this next entry. Christie's breakfast/brunch is located on California street in Burlingame right next to the hussle and bustle of the main drag of Burlingame shopping, Burlingame Ave. G and I hit up the gym prior to hitting up Christie's; knowing the portion sizes match what one would find when visiting the Cheesecake Factory. We got there close to the restaurant closing, 2:30pm on weekends. There was no line and we sat right down and ordered. Let's get this party started......or more, I'm hungry.

Christie's is one of those places that you always say, oh I'm going to order something new this week, and you end up ordering what you always do, week after week. With that said, I got the vegetarian scramble which comes with fresh vegetables including avocado and broccoli, home fries and toast. I washed it down with freshly squeezed OJ. I love when places give you the freshly squeezed stuff. It's a nice touch. G got the American scramble which looked delicious. I wish I could offer you some to try from his plate but it was allllllll gone in record time. As G says, you know it's good if there is not a lot of talking and he had a point. It was not an overly chatty meal for either of us. We were happy.

There's not much to say regarding the atmosphere, but it's clean and has a home-cooked charm about it. They provide salt and pepper, cream with your coffee, ketchup for your potatoes and there is a nice selection of jams ready and waiting to be sampled with your morning toast. You know, breakfast stuff. The staff is friendly, accurate and efficient. I think Christie's is family-owned and run. If I'm wrong, I would guess the staff are really, really close friends. They always seem to know a lot of the customers and are in no rush to leave the restaurant even when their shift has ended. SO friendly in fact I was once asked by a waitress if I was pregnant due to my ordering of decaf coffee. Decaf coffee=Prego? W-H-A-T-E-V-E-R. No, I just don't want to have the shakes all day. But hey, thanks for asking.

The menu selection couldn't be better. A favorite of G's, the 'G special' as we call it is when the menu has a varied selection of items all rolled into one dish. For example, 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, side of toast and bacon for $7.95. Or 2 eggs, 1 french toast, home fries, and a side of bacon or sausage for $6.95. Get it? Good. As you can tell, we take breakfast pretty seriously. God forbid, I order pancakes and that's all. JUST pancakes? I mean that could ruin my whole day. Maybe not everyone will admit this statement, but I'm sure you are all aware that the key to a good breakfast is a little bit of ........well........Everything! You know you want a little bit of pancake to have something sweet, some sort of eggs: scrambled/sunnyside/over-easy/omelet, a mutitude of drinks, coffee/juice/water(who only gets one drink at breakfast?), toast, fruit, home fries, etc. The list is endless. Christie's is the perfect place to accomplish my goal of having a little bit of everything to start your day, or afternoon. Excellent menu selection, good value, well-cooked food and extreme portions are what makes this restaurant a great breakfast find. 4 out of 5 stars.

Christie's 245 California Dr, Burlingame, CA 94010