When we got there, the place was packed and there were people waiting in line.  I was surprised since it seemed like such a quiet street… so we waited for a few minutes before sitting down.  Their menu has both breakfast items as well as some brunch and lunch/sandwiches.

Since it was my “St. Patty’s Day” weekend, I decided to go for the corned beef hash and I also ordered a piece of cornbread too.  The corned beef hash came with home fries, 2 slices of toast (I ordered wheat but they gave me sourdough), and 2 poached eggs on top.

Here is the dish as it came out to me.  It smelled really good and I noticed there were ALOT of potatoes…

A closeup of all of the elements of my meal… if you look closely, you’ll notice the corned beef hash is tossed with peppers, onions, and potatoes.

Broke the egg yolks and dug in.  It was very good.  The dish needed a little salt, but overall, it was very good, and I was able to finish all of the corned beef hash section of my plate.  The corned beef in the hash was nice and salty with that little bit of tanginess… it was great!  I have to say there were just too many potatoes.  This is a pretty heavy dish and I really was hungry but even so, I couldn’t finish the home fries.

The cornbread was COLD and VERY DRY.  I will not be ordering it again.  I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt by telling myself that it was warm when it came out and I waited too long to eat it – but NO, this was in the fridge.

All in all, my meal was good.  It wasn’t like, to die for, but it wasn’t crappy either.  It was good and I will eat at this place again.  I would rate this place 3.5 fries, but I can’t so I’ll give it 3.

Doyle St. Cafe
5515 Doyle St
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510) 547-3552
doylestreetcafe.com

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I’m definitely a corn-ie and will rarely refuse anything with corn in it.  The Cream of Corn soup is pureed very finely (there are no whole pieces of corn in it).  They use alot of butter also so it is buttery and corn-y with a smooth n silky texture, yum!  (I actually went to Zebulon two days in a row to get this soup).

The sandwich on the other hand was just good.  Nothing spectacular about it.  My general complaint with most hot sandwiches is that they could be hotter (don’t just toast the bread and broil the cheese down, heat up the meat too, geez!), and this sandwich was no exception.  The sweet potato fries were excellent as usual – sweet, crispy and chock full of yam.  The sweet potato fries are magnet that keeps pulling me back to Zebulon, I could eat them everyday and every night for the rest of my life.

Overall, a good lunch.

Zebulon
83 Natoma Street
(between 2nd St & James Lick Fwy)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 975-5705
www.zebulonsf.com (this place is now closed)

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