So if you’re craving some good ol’ breakfast foods, you’re covered. Winner! Oh, they have other pies, too, but banana cream is my very favorite.Īnother cool thing they have is 24 hour breakfast. Good thing Black Bear Diner has banana cream pies in the dessert display fridge. If you know me, my biggest criteria in deciding whether I’m going to enjoy my visit to a restaurant is the dessert menu. Steak dinners for under $20 – pretty good. A burger, fries, and a shake with extra tin cup for the extra for under $15 bucks is welcome. For a family like mine with 5 kids – 4 with restaurantable appetites – affordable is important. Prices at Black Bear are right where a restaurant in a bedroom town like Vallejo should be – affordable. And the service is decent enough that it doesn’t turn away customers. As more people eat, the more food has to be brought in. The food is somewhat fresh because of turnover. It means that people like the food enough to pay for it. A busy restaurant (no matter the Yelp ratings) is a good thing to me. I’ve been to Black Bear Diner four times in the last year and each time it was busy enough that I’ve had to wait. Where Lyons felt a little drab and depressing, Black Bear Diner is bright and cozy. The decor does make the restaurant feel livelier compared to Lyon’s during its last months. It’s like you’re out in the country where black bears may join you for dinner. Adding to the ambiance, the menu looks like a old time newspaper from small town. The one in Vallejo even has a log toy train with little bears on them and my kids didn’t hesitate climbing atop and pretending to ride it and acted like they were friends with these cub statues. Of course a Black Bear statue or several of them stand guard inside and out of the restaurant. The first time I ever ate at a Black Bear Diner was in Suisun and to me it seemed like a super suburban type of place – almost country – that served good food and had good service. Lyons died a slow death and unfortunately (or fortunately) saw its demise in early 2011 but out of its remains rose the Black Bear Diner which opened its doors in the summer that same year. A few years ago a long time eating establishment by the name of Lyons closed their doors. But search a bit wider & you could find better food nearby.In the northern part of Vallejo close to Discovery Kingdom is shopping area where a lot Vallejoans get their wears and grub on. If you're interested on the road, looking for recognizable diner food, then here's your spot. I haven't heard 'These Eyes' in decades, now, I can't say that again for a long time. My 2 pieces of toasted whole-wheat bread were just fine. But the grits had no seasoning so for those bites where I couldn't include rubbery cheese, they tasted bland & under-salted. I had to push it into the grits & tried to stir it in, but that cheese was more like bacony rubber. Concept sounds like a good plan, but that cheese layer isn't right on the grits. They slap a decently thick piece of cheese that has bacon pieces added, on the little bowl with spooned grits in it & then I'm guessing they broil or salamander it. Finally, this breakfast comes with cheesy bacon grits. The steak was barely browned & tasted/felt like it had been steamed. I asked for medium rare, but what arrived was medium to medium well. Breakfast potatoes were average, and barely warm. Easy-over eggs were watery & almost tasteless but they did have a nice, runny yolk.
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