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May 25, 2012 By cheryl

Mama's (San Francisco): Eggs Worth The Odyssey

I have been called “the world’s most easily bored person.” By someone who knows me well, too. (And yes, despite such insensitive name-calling, we remain married.)

And so there are very few meals for which I would happily line up more than an hour — if I’m going to subject myself to all that boredom, the food had better be nothing short of earth-shattering.

In San Francisco, the one place that commands a wait of at least 90 minutes on most days and still has my devotion is a little corner restaurant on Washington Square Park called Mama’s …

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, California, Restaurants, Tales From the Road Tagged With: Bacon, Breakfast, Brunch, California, Californian, Eggs, French toast, Mama's, North Beach, Omelette, Restaurant, San Francisco, Washington Square Park

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