Overtime Tavern

LOVE THIS PLACE! If you want the best breakfast burrito in town-go here...it's covered in chile verde sauce and so dang good!!! If you order the whole burrito make sure you a VERY hunger or have someone to share it with.  We go on saturday's for breakfast and have mimosa's..which are a delight. Alison the gal that works there is so friendly and always has a smile-LOVE HER! So if you and your friends want a good place for breakfast and want the best food then come here!!

Dont blame me. We are not dive bar kinda people. This was Mr. B's pick. Not sure what he was thinking.  But he figured this is the kind of place to find good greasy spoon kinda food. He is getting out of hand now that I taught him how Yelp works.

So, we came for breakfast.  After spending the night at the exclusive Hilton downtown, we had to shake off some of that snobbery.

Smelled like smoke when we walked in. There were at least 10 TV screens in this dive bar.  Big and roomy, a local gathering place for watching those all important football games. I would describe this as a "period place". By that I mean it was probably new in the 50s. And not a whip of change since. You know, "If it aint broke dont fix it."  Stucco exterior, dirt parking lot with large holes disguised as puddles of mud. Even the ladies bathroom had that old fashioned towel dispenser with the continuous roll of blue cotton. Not paper.  A real Pinball machine and several other video games, a crane game for winning a stuffed animal. 6 lottery machines and a carnival popcorn machine.  A lot of forgotten caps and jackets all hanging on 4 hooks by the door. Two pool tables. Set up area for live country (?) music or (shudder) karaoke.

And don't forget we are in U of O Duck country. The sign said GO DUCKS!  So, "Go Ducks"  (I just said that so I wouldnt get jumped. God help me if I said something about cute little beavers).

So, for starters their coffee is good. Not thin and nasty like many a mom and pop cafe tries to pass off.

Mr. B ordered a hamburger, me a veggie omelet.  Both were real good. Generous amounts of delicious vegetables and cheese in the omelet. The hash browns were crispy good.  You know, heart attack crispy.  Even the toast was real good, already buttered. The hamburger, overdone (he requested medium rare, but delicious regardless.  And he opted for a plateful of healthy alternative salad instead of the obligatory fries.  Good job, honey.

So, other than the strange looks of "hey, yew ain't bin here before"  from the guys at the bar, this was a good spot to kick back and get real food.

Even though the outside looks like a cry for a health inspection the interior décor is really pretty horrible.   Just close your eyes and try to get past this.

Lots of wood paneling and occasionally sticky tables.  Also every time someone opens the door and walks in from the smoking section, you get a couple of drags of nicotine.  Plus the added bonus of watching and being watched by the crowd of video lottery patrons, that is an extra treat.  But as real estate agents will tell you "It has that open concept".  Which basically means no privacy at all.

But their breakfast burrito is awesome.  And for $7.00, that is a deal.  You can make it the way you want within reason, which makes it good, but their green chili "Verde" sauce is what makes this dish killer.  This is the only place I know of in Eugene with this sauce.  Turns a regular breakfast burrito into an extraordinary burrito, just a fair warning, you may want to order a side of it.  

I don't know that I would ever go to this place for anything else.  But the burrito ensures that we go here for at least one breakfast per month.