The Coulter Cafe

After staying up all night in room 22 of the neighboring Jeffery Hotel, a nice big, warm breakfast here was perfect. Generous portions for the price and friendly service. It is decorated very cute inside and was very clean. A great place to stop if you're in town or on the way to or from Yosemite.

I've eaten at the Coulter Cafe an average of 1 time a year since they opened a quarter of a century ago.   The interior has changed.  The menu and prices have changed. Improvements and additions have been made.

What stays the same is the friendly service, a varied choice of menu items, and the reasonable prices.  

I've enjoyed hearty breakfasts of pancakes or omelets, filling lunches of chicken breast sandwiches or chicken taco salads, and pleasant dinners of hot turkey or baked chicken entrees.

I love eating outside when the weather is good.   Dining inside the experience is more old time diner, it's charming and welcoming.

This gem of a cafe is in one of the most historic and unique towns in the west!  Spotlessly clean, with shiny inlaid wood tables, floors, chairs and with wall decorated with 49'er "stuff", it has a ladies room as nice or nicer than most guest bathrooms in private homes!  Also has a lovely, quiet garden where you can dine when the weather is nice...all sorts of flowers and a genuine 3 stamp mill to boot!  The menu is not as varied as it might be, but everything is delicious and servings generous!  My favorite lunch item is the Tostada Chicken Salad.  When having dinner there, I usually order the giant burrito, but most folks go for the yummy looking hamburgers 'n fries.  For breakfast, its always a too up between pancakes or hash borwns with eggs 'n bacon.