Bisbee Breakfast Club

75A Erie St., Bisbee, AZ - (520) 432-5885

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Posted By Michael Stern on 5/18/2007 11:47:00 PM

Pat and Heather Grimm opened the Bisbee Breakfast Club on Good Friday in 2005 and it has since has become a magnet for people from Douglas and even Tucson. But most customers are regulars, from Bisbee; and the chatter among customers, cooks and waitresses is more like you'd hear in the kitchen of a big family gathering than in a formal restaurant. The everyday clientele reflect the curious population of a community that has gone from mining town to hippie enclave to artist colony and is now becoming coveted sunbelt real estate.

The price is right: You cannot spend more than $10 for a meal; and for $3.25 you can enjoy one of the heartiest breakfasts ever: two jumbo oven-warm biscuits split and topped with sausage cream gravy seasoned with crushed chiles, black pepper, Tabasco sauce and sage. Gooey sticky buns, made weekends only, have earned legendary status. The everyday menu includes broad, free-form wally cakes (pancakes with walnuts) and a juicy chicken-fried steak topped with the same crazy-spiced gravy used on biscuits. It is not uncommon to follow breakfast with a lofty wedge of pie. Of the several we sampled, the most amazing was lemon cheese, a citrus-perfumed cross between lemon meringue pie and cheesecake, stacked upon a soft-as-cookie crust.

Customers have grown loyal not just to the BBC but to specific dishes. Heather recalls, "One time Pat and I came back from vacation on a Thursday. He didn't have time to cut the fish and make the batter for our Friday fish and chips. People had fits. I thought we were going to be lynched." But she also admits that there have been weekends when they purposely did not offer potato pancakes, which are a Saturday and Sunday staple. "People shouldn't get complacent," she explains. "I like it when they bother me for the food they love."

Scorecard

Overall: Legendary - Worth driving from anyplace

Lemon Cheese Pie	Biscuit & Gravy
Coconut Pie	Blue Wally Cakes
Eggs Zorba

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"Lemon cheese pie is as rich as cheesecake, but with a bright citrus zest. It is not at all uncommon for customers to finish breakfast with a slice."
Michael Stern

"Wally Cakes are blueberry pancakes with walnuts. They are served with maple syrup."
Michael Stern

"Coffee-seasoned breast of chicken is served with a feta cheese salad. Not shown: the artichoke fritters that come alongside."
Michael Stern

"What every town needs: a friendly cafe where breakfast is served all day (until closing at 3pm)."
Michael Stern

"Tall enough? Coconut Pie is one of several great desserts at the Bisbee Breakfast Club."
Michael Stern

"Eggs Zorba is made with red onions, spinach, black olives, feta cheese, and tomatoes. Note the crisp hash browns in the background."
Michael Stern

"A quiet moment late during breakfast hour at the Bisbee Breakfast Club."
Michael Stern