Breakfast at Stubby's Sports Bar & Grill: Who Knew?

My daughter, Z, and I have a standing date for Saturday morning breakfast. In the last couple of years we've eaten at at least half of Northern California's breakfast establishments and are always on the look out for new ones. A few weeks back we noticed that one of Gilroy's sports bars, Stubby's, had recently put up a sign announcing they served breakfast on the weekends.

We're not sure if they're new to breakfast or if they just put up a new sign, but they sure seem to know what they're doing. We arrived about 8:15 (they open at 8) to find only one party dining. The old adage that "no one wants to eat in an empty restaurant" came to mind, but we pressed forward - and are glad we did.

While perusing their menu of standard breakfast fare (eggs, pancakes, omelettes, scrambles, etc) the prices seemed a bit high to me, but we weren't to be dissuaded from our traditional Saturday morning breakfast. We once again pushed forward.

Z ordered the banana pancakes (2) which come with walnuts & whip cream. She passed on the whip cream, but was pleasantly surprised to find the bananas were actually cooked in the pancakes and not just cut on top as they are at many places. I was surprised to see the size of these pancakes. They were 8-10 inches across and decently thick. Definitely some quality food and a hefty portion for their $5.95 price tag. Z also ordered a large glass of orange juice, though wasn't as pleased with it as it was either watered down or a citrus blend of some sort as opposed to 100% real orange juice.

I decided to explore the Alvaro's omelet - sausage, peppers, mushroom, monterey jack & swiss. It came with my choice of country potatoes or hash browns (I took the former) and toast. At $8.50 it seemed a bit pricey until it arrived and I saw this was a fully stuffed three egg omelet with a heaping portion of potatoes. Definitely looked worth the price tag at that point. The omelet was very good - nothing exceptional, but hearty and tasty.

The service was pleasant and the atmosphere low key, despite a dozen or so screens tuned to various sports channels even at the early hour. Overall, I'd compare breakfast at Stubby's to a truck stop dining experience - large hearty portions at decent prices. It's certainly not "fine dining", but it was an excellent breakfast experience all the same. Z and I won't be revisiting for lunch or dinner as we're not sports fans or bar fans and Stubby's can apparently get pretty rowdy during home team or contentious games, but it definetly made it on to our (slowly growing) list of breakfast options.