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[tag]Georgina?s Coffee House and Meeting Place[/tag]
1515 Tennessee St. Vallejo
707-552-5070
Mon ? Fri 6 a.m. ? 3 p.m.
Sat. 7 a.m. ? 1 a.m. and 6 p.m. ? 11 p.m.

There are more than just fresh home-made scones at Georgina?s. Why there are giant cookies, and cakes, and quiche, and an espresso machine?

Behind this opulent show a large menu hangs on the wall. Breakfast items include bagels, croissants, and burritos with suggested fillings, and scrambled eggs. If this were not enough, there is a list of ingredients for the creative person to build their own combination. Lunch items are similarly listed. There are suggested sandwich and wrap combinations alongside an ingredient list. Pizza, soup, quesadillas, and salads are also available.

Everything I?ve tried at Georgina?s has been fresh and tasty. A few items are downright addictive. The ?California Veggie? sandwich, house bread with melted cheddar and mozzarella cheese, sun dried tomato pesto, lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, bell pepper and sprouts falls into this addictive category. This is not just a sandwich. It is a meal to remember, and come back for.

One day Georgina?s had run out of the sun dried tomato pesto so I tried the chicken sandwich with basil walnut pesto, lettuce, tomato, red onion and sprouts. I ordered this as a wrap instead of choosing a bread. Georgina?s is happy to make this kind of substitution. The combination was good, but a little dry and missing the sprouts.

Portions are large here, but the cookies fall into the addictive category. It?s a good idea to buy one of these to eat later.

Breakfast foods are prepared with the same generous hand. The burrito with bacon, Swiss cheese and avocado came hot with lots of crispy bacon and melted cheese. Other suggested combinations sound equally flavorful.

The only problem here is that the ambience of Georgina?s is a little cold. A large open linoleum floor partly creates this coldness. Sometimes the source is the staff. One time the women working at the order desk were almost too busy talking to young men to take my order. It was as if I?d become invisible.

More recently I went to Georgina?s straight from a yoga class. We were told at the counter that breakfast items could be ordered for five more minutes. One man offered to take our order at a table. By the time he made a latte and returned to take our order, it was too late to order breakfast. No apologies or compromises were offered. It should be noted that our almost waiter did make suggestions for where we could go to get breakfast.

This is the kind of thing that makes many people angry. The person I was with on this occasion now refuses to return to Georgina?s. Fortunately I did go back. I spoke with the same man who was very friendly and helpful. This time I took my food where I could sit in the sun.

Restaurants offer more than just food. There is a human interaction that can make the food taste better than any herb or spice. In this Georgina?s reminds me of the nursery rhyme, ?and when she was good, she was very good, but??

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