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Hash House A Go Go,

Hash House A Go Go,

Where Cooking for Hungry Folks is the Order of the Day

What’s On the Menu

by Jack White

Several of my friends have huge appetites and they consume a great deal of food at each meal. So, when it is my turn to take them to lunch, I head to Hash House A Go Go on Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest.

This restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the meals are served on a platter, not a plate. The best part is the prices are moderate, especially considering the amount of food served.

The aptly anmed “Tractor Driver Combo” features two eggs with bacon, sausage or potatoes and one of their large flapjacks. Let me warn you about the flapjacks, or pancakes, each is about the size of a spare tire in the trunk of your car. I’m not kidding.

The problem is it’s so good you will try to eat everything on your plate. The combo is priced at $7.95.

If you just order the flapjacks by themselves, it costs $4.50 and it’s the same giant size as the combo special. Flavors include blueberry pecan, brown sugar banana, blackberry granola, apple cinnamon, Captain Crunch and mango coconut. If you really want a breakfast treat, order their bacon waffle at $6.95.

Of course several different kinds of hash are offered on the breakfast menu, these include: roasted chicken with garlic and rosemary, smoked salmon with cream cheese, and scallions hash for $8.95. Or try the ground turkey, bacon and onion hash with smoked mozzarella cheese for $7.95. All of the above hash dishes are served with two eggs, fruit and homemade biscuits.

Hash House A Go Go was created by Andy Beardslee and Johnny Rivera, a very hard-working team. Andy runs the kitchen and comes up with the recipes and unique menu items, while Johnny keeps the front of the house running smoothly.

The restaurant is small and can fill up quickly, especially for lunch. To handle the rush they have created a very nice patio in the back that helps during peak periods of the day.

On one occasion I stopped by for lunch. I ordered their famous Kokomo-griddled meatloaf sandwich, with roasted tomato and smoked mozzarella, on thick old-fashioned milk bread.

It’s the kind of sandwich you eat with a knife and fork. Instead of potatoes, I asked if I could have a side of fresh fruit.

When my lunch arrived, there was a giant plate with the meatloaf sandwich and the biggest fruit salad I have ever seen. There were wedges of watermelon, honeydew melon, sliced apple, orange and fresh blueberries, strawberries and grapes.

No one said, “We can’t substitute fresh fruit for potatoes.” They just did it and the fruit salad could have been a meal by itself.

The meatloaf sandwich is $5.75. I had so much food that I could not eat it all, and took part of it home for dinner.

On the dinner menu I recommend the stuffed meatloaf, spinach, red peppers, smoked mozzarella, cream sauce and mashed potatoes for $15.95. The roasted pork ribs, spicy barbecue sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, goat cheese and fresh tomato are $18.95.

If you like mutton, Hash House does a great rack of lamb with maple goat cheese reduction, bacon mashed potatoes and veggies for $26.95.

You will not go away hungry from Hash House A Go Go, but you will probably take home a doggie bag with the leftovers.

Hash House A Go Go

3628 Fifth Ave.

Hillcrest

(619) 298-4646

Hours: Open daily. Breakfast begins at 7 a.m.; lunch at 11 a.m.; dinner at 5 p.m., except Sundays (dinner is not served on Sunday evening).

Price range: Breakfast and lunch ranges from $4.50 to $9.95. Dinners range between $15.95 and $26.95.

Service: Very professional

Parking: Street parking in the area is about all that is available; can be difficult.

Credit cards: All major credit cards

Wheelchair access: Easy access. There is a ramp at the front of the building; for the patio, you may have to enter via the alley.

Jack’s Restaurant Tidbits

Loews Coronado Bay Resort will host a special dinner benefiting the American Institute of Wine and Food on Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. Azzura Point Chef Ron Tolle salutes Sardinia with a special feast of family-style Sardinian favorites, accompanied by wines of the region. For information and reservations call (619) 515-5169.

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The 1,840-unit Jack in the Box fast food chain has tentatively settled the lawsuit filed last year by the managers, who claimed they were not always properly paid for overtime. The settlement, pending court approval, would cost the San Diego-based company about $9.5 million including legal fees. The pending settlement, and soft sales at Jack in the Box Restaurants, has caused the company to lower its earnings estimate for the fourth quarter which ended Sept. 29.

Jack in the Box officials are hoping their recently launched taquitos, a snack-sized deep fried corn tortillas filled with seasoned beef, will jump-start their sagging sales this fall.

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