GAFFEY STREET DINER

The Gaffey Street Diner is a local favorite mom and pop joint in San Pedro. Mellemel8 and I ate brunch here with our moms and Mel's best friend Lees. For Sunday brunch the diner was packed...we were lucky that we carpooled in one car down there because the parking lot too was packed.

With so many yummy choices on the menu, it took us...well mainly me and my mom...a good while to figure what to order. Mel's mom got the french toast supreme with fresh berries, Mel ordered chorizo scrambled eggs, Lees got the Gaffey Street Special which was a chorizo and cheese omelete topped with guacamole and tomato, my mom ordered the country fried steak and eggs with biscuits and country gravy on the side, and I got the Eggs Florentine which was grilled english muffin with spinach, tomato and bacon, two poached eggs, covered with hollandaise sauce and a short stack of blueberry pancakes.

Wow...so much food...the portion were gigantic...our eyes were definitely hungrier than our bellies were. Practically every inch of our table was occupied by a plate...what a feast. The food was classic and simple diner food prepared well...very delicious.

I really like the bacon in my Eggs Florentine it gave the eggs a yummy smokiness while the hollandaise gave a hint of lemony tartness. The blueberry pancakes were the best...heck the pancakes were the size of the plate and they were purple with all the luscious blueberries in them.

I would definitely return to Gaffey Street Diner...but I gotta be EXTREMELY famished!