FatApple’s
7525 Fairmount Ave., El Cerrito
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| spacious dining room at FatApple's in El Cerrito, California |
Good food made from scratch using basic ingredients is this popular old-timer’s forte. Place your order at the counter, then select your seat. Plenty of well-spaced seating is available in the large, high-ceilinged dining room, and a few more sheltered spots are available outside.
Breakfast is served at FatApple’s until 2 p.m. and features fresh-squeezed orange juice, crisp buttermilk waffles served with pure maple syrup, pumpkin pancakes, and freshly baked pastries (don’t miss their famous cheese puff).
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| cheese puffs at FatApple's in El Cerrito, California |
The lean ground chuck used for hamburgers at FatApple’s is ground on the premises; soup is made fresh; blue cheese salad dressing is made with the real stuff; robust coffee is freshly ground and served with heavy whipping cream and frou frou espresso drinks are also available. I always order the same thing--the famous messy hamburger served on a housemade wheat bun with a side of fries, plus a super-delicious olallieberry milkshake served in the metal mixing canister and big enough for two.
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| burger and fries at FatApple's in El Cerrito, California |
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| olallieberry milkshake at FatApple's in El Cerrito, California |
For dessert, it’s impossible to go wrong with a slice of the puffy apple pie the restaurant is re-named for (how many of you remember when it was originally located in Berkeley and called Fat Albert’s?), but the chocolate velvet and lemon meringue pies are also delicious. Though the name changed, fortunately not many other things have changed here through the years. A bakery operates in-house, and you can purchase pastries and pies and more to go.
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| pastry case at FatApple's in El Cerrito, California |
Want to make a great apple pie at home? Try this SuperSimple Mom’s Apple Pie recipe.
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images ©2024 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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images ©2024 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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