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March 8, 2015

The Naked Pig Café, Santa Rosa, CA

I’ve never been one to stand patiently in line, no matter what delights await, which means that I’ve never been much of a bruncher. It’s not that  I don’t like brunch – it’s hard to deny bacony, eggy, potatoey goodness – it’s just that weekends seem to get so jam-packed with basketball or baseball, or trying to exercise, that taking 3 hours out of the day to spend on brunch hasn’t happened much. But today was an exception. Monkey and I got to check out the petite, farm-to-table joint, The Naked Pig Café, in Santa Rosa. Post-basketball, natch.

Housed in a former ticket-booth for Grey Hound Bus, in a building resembling a shipping container from the outside, the Naked Pig Café is cozy,  shabby chic on the inside with additional seating available outside when the weather is good. Thankfully, there’s a lot of good weather up in Santa Rosa. The focus of the menu, which changes weekly, is breakfast and lunch, with all ingredients sourced uber-locally. The list of purveyors is posted proudly on the door.

cracklins and drinks

From waffles topped with preserves and whipped cream, to the Americana ($11) – pimped diner fare with local baked eggs, fried potatoes and a few greens, and Eggs “Benni” ($15), there’s a slew of yummy breakfast dishes to choose from. If you’re lucky, biscuits with melted butter and honey will still be on the menu ($4.50). With no liquor license, you can’t have a bucks fizz, but there’s a very sparkly kombucha and juices to choose from.

biscuit and clover

Today’s lunch menu included a roast pork sandwich, a special pizza and a “hand pie” – or pasty to me – with sausage and mushroom filling. The latter is what Monkey chose.  With a hand-rolled shortcrust pastry (which was great on top but a little soggy underneath) and a delicious gravy inside, I liked the flavors of this pie. My Americana was solid. The potatoes were lovely and crispy, the tomato sauce homemade and the eggs had bright golden, runny yolks.

I couldn’t resist a half-order of the pork “cracklins” ($8)- deeply fatty, rich, and 100% moreish – I had to ask for a takeout bag early on so I wouldn’t inhale the lot. All in, this is a great find and we will most certainly be back, although at $60 for two, including tip, it’s going to be more of a treat than an every-weekend occurence.

Open from Wed-Sun for breakfast and lunch, you can find The Naked Pig Café at 435 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95401, United States‎

Tel: (707) 978-3231

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: local food, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., The Naked Pig

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