![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the following enduring diners proudly offer today’s budget-minded breakfast customers a win-win. Along with Nikko’s, a moment of silence please for departed favorites Au Coquelet, Emery Bay Cafe, Tribu, Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe and Albany’s still-dark Royal Cafe, among others. Thankfully, we do have some local establishments with diner-style appeal - homestyle breakfasts, relaxed service and nostalgic comforts - though after the last two years, there aren’t many left. If you can’t picture Thelma and Louise at a nearby table contemplating next steps, or at the very least a quiet regular in work boots downing biscuits and gravy before their shift, the atmosphere is incorrect. And no, national franchises and faux-retro novelty chains - usually overpriced and overchromed, with no real heart - don’t really count. An independent, 24-hour joint such as Nikko’s Family Restaurant (RIP) was a local anomaly in a land of fancier cafes. They are simple, homey, chromey refuges for everyone and anyone, and, before the pandemic, usually offered lengthy menus (including a focus on all-day breakfast) morning, noon and into the wee hours of the night.īut even before COVID, the East Bay was a place where a good diner was mysteriously hard to find. ![]() With come-as-you-are booths, counter service, and satisfyingly cheap, hot coffee, classic diners provide the backdrop almost everywhere else in this country for high school, college, hangovers, family treats, famous movie scenes and every road trip ever. ![]()
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