Saturday, May 11, 2013

What Do You Want for Breakfast?

I love to go somewhere to eat breakfast. Not everyday but sometimes. Today was a day to eat breakfast out. Texas does BIG breakfasts. Isn't this fun....you can look at a menu but how about looking at the actual breakfast plate as well.


It is the Empire Café on Westheimer. I love it for lunch too. I think the building started life as a gas station. Now there is a big canopy and tables out where you would fill your gas tanks. On the side they either added a long room on or it was the service bay. I guess the Empire Café has been around more than 20 years. After they became popular you couldn't find a place to park but eventually they bought the house behind them and made a parking lot. Still sometimes I have to park down the street because the parking lot is full.


They make great coffee and for breakfast they have about four people grinding the beans and steaming the milk. I love the funky laid back atmosphere and I love the people watching.

After breakfast I headed for Baseball USA to watch Will's baseball game. His team, the Wranglers, won. It is really amazing how much these 13 and 14 year old boys know about the game and that they are aware of how many outs and where people are on base and where to throw the ball. It wasn't that long ago that their heads weren't always tuned into the technical aspects of the game.

After the game, I stopped at the grocery store. I think the family is headed off to several places tonight so I'm going to take advantage of being alone to make me a salad of crab meat, romaine lettuce, black olives and celery and I'll dress it with a light vinaigrette.

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  1. i THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY. i ATE LUNCH AT GOODE CO. SEAFOOD. MARTHA HAD THE CEVICHE. IT'S HER 84TH BIRTHDAY.......THEN WE WENT TO TRADER JOE'S. THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR TODAY........THEN A SIESTA! AAAH

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    1. I was at Goode Company Seafood last week too. It is a must do when I'm in Houston....usually more than once.

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  2. Jim and I are big 'breakfast out' fans and go out every Saturday and Sunday...If we ever get to Houston, the Empire cafe looks like our kind of place! Your dinner choice sounds yummy too. Happy Mother's Day to you!! I've got my California daughter here...(in town for a friend's wedding) but the younger one, who WAS going to be here too, broke her wrist and needed surgery...so is home recovering now.

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    1. I hope you had a great Mother's Day. And if you get to Houston you will definitely have to make a stop at the Empire Café for breakfast.

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  3. Thanks for the photo of the Empire Café. You made me homesick, and not for the first time.

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    1. Your old stomping grounds had to be in the Montrose/Westheimer/I-59 area. Still lots of funky, original good places in that area.

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