Photo-a-Day - June 2013 - Day 21: Train

The Montclair Egg Shop in Oakland, California opened in 1974 and has only changed hands once.  Ed, the original owner, is still around, but sold it in 2000 to then-manager Miguel Barron, a business student at SF State who started washing dishes at the egg shop as a teenager.  It is, by far, my favorite breakfast spot with my favorite being their Sweet Cheese Crepe--a crepe filled with cheese, topped with bananas, strawberries and sauce.  However, their omelets are also wicked good.

In addition to staff that has been there forever, a gas fireplace that's perfect for chilly mornings and excellent food, it's eclectic decor is a delight.

Vehicles are a particularly theme with trains taking a predominant role.  This Amtrak train, which runs along the back wall behind the kitchen, is only one of them.  And run it does, back and forth, along with the ski lift gondola.

The quote below the train is from Henry David Thoreau:

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

There are many more wonderful things to be seen, and tasted, at the Montclair Egg Shop.  Join me there.