Babs Delta Diner, Suisun City
Babs Delta Diner in Suisun City
We’ve come a long way to try out Babs Delta Diner. It’s been on my list since I saw it mentioned in Via, the AAA car insurance magazine, last year on the Readers’ Favorite Breakfast Places. Now Suisun City is a bit out of the way but a perfect stop on our drive to the Sacramento River Delta.
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Our first impressions were favorable. Easy to find with our GPS, good location on the waterfront and with plenty of parking. Inside it is not huge but it’s modern, clean and bright. There are no booths, just wooden tables and chairs with 9 stools up at the counter,
Tom liked the menu. Just what a menu should look like. There were also specials listed on a white board. On the back of the menu was ‘Bab’s Story’ telling how Babs started a diner here in Suisun City when she was 60.
We ordered. Tom asked for the corn beef hash with two eggs and English Muffin $9.10. I went for the oatmeal with the works and wheat toast $5.75.
Now was my chance to look around at the walls to see what was displayed. For a start there were a lot of old placard adverts around the counter. On the walls were little shelves high up, on which were arrayed a variety of objects, glassware and knick knacks. Below each shelf was a decorated plate. The overall decoration was adequate and non intrusive.
We were lucky to be able to talk to Babs herself. She came round filling coffee cups and we had a nice talk. Not only her daughter and granddaughter work in the diner but recently her 16 year old great grandson joined them. Four generations all working for the family business – isn’t that amazing? Babs is very particular about the oatmeal she uses and she buys it from Oregon. She explained how it was prepared and I can’t wait to try it.
Before we knew it, our food had arrived and it looked wonderful. Tom’s corn beef hash was loaded with meat and the eggs looked perfect. As for my oatmeal – Wow! Nice generous portion stuffed with raisins, walnuts, cranberries and stewed apple and piping hot. When I tasted it I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. This is by far the best oatmeal I have ever tasted away from home. I asked Tom how was the hash and he didn’t hear me the first time as he was enjoying it so much. When I did get a reply he said it was one of the best he had ever had. He isn’t a great corn beef hash fan but he would eat it here anytime. The potatoes were crispy and the eggs just how he likes them. If only the coffee had been Peet’s he would have joined me in heaven.
I wasn’t disappointed in the restroom either. Clean, bright and it smelt good. On the walls were three decorated Coca-Cola trays. My favorite though was a large poster print of a gingerbread man. The caption read – ‘The perfect man. He’s quiet, he’s sweet and if he gives you any crap you can bite his head off.’
If we gave out gold stars Bab’s Delta Diner would get the maximum. It has everything – great surroundings, wonderful service, fantastic food and it’s not too pricey. Certainly worth going out of your way for to experience it.
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March 14 2009 01:04 pm | Breakfast Log
