Trust Restaurant ★ 4.4
Trust Restaurant on Park Boulevard in Hillcrest, San Diego, Brad Wise's wood-fired brunch room with short rib hash, ricotta pancakes and a weekend-only menu.
Order: Wood-fired short rib, ricotta pancakes, brunch cocktail
Clayton's Coffee Shop on Orange Avenue in Coronado, San Diego, the 1939 diner with counter stools, jukebox tunes, donut window and breakfast under twenty dollars.
Must order: Chicken fried steak and eggs, jukebox-side counter pancake
Address: 979 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118, San Diego
Trust Restaurant on Park Boulevard in Hillcrest, San Diego, Brad Wise's wood-fired brunch room with short rib hash, ricotta pancakes and a weekend-only menu.
Order: Wood-fired short rib, ricotta pancakes, brunch cocktail
Hob Nob Hill on First Avenue in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the 1944 Bankers Hill all-day diner with corned beef hash, daily blue-plate specials and brunch for under twenty.
Order: Buttermilk pancakes, corned beef hash, biscuits and gravy
Morning Glory on Date Street in San Diego's Little Italy, the soft-pink brunch-only room running souffle pancakes and tableside Bloody Mary carts with hour-long weekend waits.
Order: Souffle pancakes, French toast, tableside Bloody Mary cart
Cesarina's weekend brunch on Voltaire Street in Point Loma, San Diego, the Bib Gourmand Italian room with hot donuts and handmade pasta on the bougainvillea patio.
Order: Custard-filled donuts, lemon ricotta pancakes, tableside tiramisu
Snooze on Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest, San Diego, the upside-down breakfast room with the pancake flight, breakfast pot pie and a waitlist app to bypass the queue.
Order: Pancake flight, breakfast pot pie, Bloody Mary
Hash House A Go Go on Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest, San Diego, Johnny Rivera's original 2000 farm-twisted brunch room with the tractor-tire pancake and Diners triple-take treatment.
Order: Sage fried chicken and waffles, tractor-tire pancake, sage fried chicken Benedict