{Bernal St*r}

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Place: {Bernal St*r}

Location: 410 Cortland Avenue
(between Andover and Bennington Streets);
phonicular contact: (415) 695-8777

Hours: open for "Brunch" Monday - Friday at 10:00am, Saturday & Sunday at 9:00am

Meal: Chilaquiles ~ two eggs, fried tortillas, guacamole, ranchero sauce, queso fresco, crema; 
to drink with the meal, a large glassa fresh squeezed orange juice; and, beforehand, for a pre-breakfast snack, a Blueberry-Pecan Tart and a small (12 oz) cuppa four barrel (a Medium Roast; I did not really catch which specific roast/blend it was, though) at Little Bee Baking

http://www.littlebeebakingsf.com/

https://www.fourbarrelcoffee.com/


I do not know why the old the Liberty Café (see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, October 19th, 2013) changed their name to {Bernal St*r}, but it seems that they did so way back in June 2014 for some reason. Apparently it is still under the same ownership from what I can discern with a few Intro-Net searches.

Once again, I sat outside in their backyard-patio seating area (which is located between the main restaurant and their "Cottage" seating area). This is really the way to go for breakfast (or "Brunch" even). The weather was comfortable enough and I had a coat on, but barely needed it, anyway.

It looks like they have changed their "Brunch" menu somewhat since the last time I ate there. I noticed a few other good ideas if I ever get back that way again (let's see if I can do so before the year 2025):

Eggs California ~ poached eggs, tomato, guacamole, Hollandaise, roasted potatoes (I can only figure that this is some version of Eggs Benedict; this dish was going to be my back-up plan if needed);

Veggie Scramble ~ spinach, portobello mushrooms, caramelized onion, Mozzarella, roasted potatoes;

Eggs & Plantains ~ guacamole, black beans, crema;

or possibly

Beignets ~ house-made French style doughnuts served w/ fresh fruit, housemade (not hyphenated here for some reason) jam (if I ordered this, I would probably have to have supplemented it with a side order of roasted potatoes, or maybe some of their fried Artichoke Hearts ~ which are Anchor Beer- battered).

Additionally, for any of you meatetarians, they offer {Bernal St*r} Omelet ~ wild boar sausage, mushrooms, caramelized onions, spinach, Mozzarella, roasted potatoes. 

They give you the option of how you would like your two eggs prepared. Most chilaquiles dishes that I have had (and I have had it many, many times over the years) usually just have the eggs scrambled in with the tortilla chips and sauce. So, for a change, I went with my eggs over-medium this morning. I liked their ranchero sauce; it was not very spicy, but had a nice flavour. They do not list it on the menu, but this also comes with black beans and some pico de gallo. About half-way through the meal, I just ended up mixing all the side junk in with everything else, anyway.

For condimentary supplementation, {Bernal St*r} 
had both Tabasco® Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce) and Tapatío® Salsa Picante Hot Sauce. It really did not matter. I did not see the need to use any extra hot sauce with the meal.


{Glen Bacon Scale Rating}:
Blueberry-Pecan Tart ~ 7.0;
four barrel - (whichever) Medium Roast ~ 6.9;
Chilaquiles ~ 6.5