Thanks for stopping by to read mmm-yoso!!!. This food blog tries to post daily about places where either Kirk or Cathy has had a meal. Sometimes we write about events leading to that meal, but that isn't the case today. Cathy is writing.
When I wrote the post about Marie Callender's in September, I realized the hours of operation began at 8 a.m….breakfast! Yet, The Mister and I never had stopped here for breakfast. The other day, we managed to drop in. 
The pie display wasn't yet filled.
The bar area had only a few people seated. There was a breakfast meeting on the other side of the restaurant. The menu (at the bottom of this post) was simple and interesting.
You know how a complimentary giant piece of Marie Callender's cornbread is brought out for your lunch or dinner meal? Well, at breakfast, it's a complimentary piece of banana blueberry bread…streusel topped…still warm. Wonderful.
The Big Country Smasher Skillet ($10.29)…a bed of tots topped with applewood bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, a blend of cheeses (Jack, Cheddar and Swiss) and country gravy. Good country gravy-pepper-y and with sausage and such flavor on its own. A hearty meal.
Let's not play games. We (I) come here for the pie. This is probably why we (I) never considered Marie's for breakfast. Oh, but there was a surprise on the menu: The Banana Cream Pie Pancake Platter ($9.59). Yes. Banana cream pie is indeed sometimes a choice. You know it's made with fresh sliced bananas. There's also a pudding-like filling, which was still warm on top of the pancakes. Then there was whipped cream; vanilla flavored. Topped with sliced toasted almonds. Heaven. The platter came with two eggs (any style, so I chose over easy) and a choice of bacon or sausage…or one of each. So I did. Then the surprise.
The warm pudding and sliced bananas was on top of each pancake (!) It pretty much was banana cream pie with a different crust- for breakfast. Oh, the eggs were great, so was the bacon and the sausage.
Marie Callender's has been doing breakfast for 40 years. I am so happy I finally discovered this fact. We will be back and maybe try other parts of the breakfast menu and take home a slice of pie…or I'll just get this again.
Marie Callender's 6950 Alvarado Road San Diego, CA 92120 (619)465-1910 Mon-Sat 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Website
pie for breakfast sounds good too:)
Their pies are my favorite, especially the banana. Good to know it’s offered for “breakfast” 🙂 I wasn’t aware that breakfast was served here until I saw a banner at their CV location.
That’s a great breakfast! I gotta visit and get some chicken pot pie. It’s been awhile.
Yes, yes it does, Kat…
A bunch of places have fancy pancake toppings, cc. This one makes the most sense-there’s fresh fruit! When I was typing in hours on the last post, it occurred to me to check out what is happening at 8 a.m. at Marie’s; frustrating that I never noticed it prior- I am a ‘breakfast person’.
I think we take Marie’s for granted, Soo…and we shouldn’t. The consistency of quality is rare. Plus, there’s breakfast!
Bert and I were never “breakfast” people until four/five years ago. We would drop off TC for either volunteer work or dance practice on Saturday mornings, which gave us some time to explore many new places.
Welcome to the ‘adult’ Breakfast Club, cc! The Mister and I seem to have always been ‘breakfast people’ since meeting…it would be interesting if we had had camera phones then..to see our progress over the years. Breakfast is an interesting way to have a meal out without all the ‘fanciness’ of a dinner (even though that banana creme pie pancake was kind of fancy…)