The husband and wife who run this place are always hands-on. There's no second string. Where else can you get an affordable meal caringly cooked by an English former Olympic swimming medalist. The eggs with trout and salsa is a breakfast winner. Pancakes have been mentioned by others. He does a great job with pork chops too. Curry chicken salad's a winner. Meal Ticket, despite its quality, somehow avoids the pressured feeling of most weekend breakfast venues. The mood is laid-back, just right. It's open long hours most days. I worry that these folks work too hard, sometimes they look tired. But they do close up for a month each year to travel the world and renew themselves. All the better for us when they get back.
Pros: personal touch, near Berkeley REI, good recipes
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