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Stubby's Breakfast and BBQ is a small, family owned and operated restaurant in the Sierra Nevada foothill town of Cool, CA that specilizes in delicious barbecue, with a twist... as both barbecue and breakfast are served every day the restaurant is open. As with all of reviews that I publish, I have no affiliation with the restaurant reviewed, and there is no monetary gain on my part, as I am simply a person who likes to eat, and I love to write-up, and publish my dining experiences. Photo: It's a little past 08:00 in the morning, Tuesday, December 24, 2024, and we're ready to enjoy an amazing Christmas eve breakfast at Stubby's Breakfast and BBQ, located in Cool, CA. If you've never heard of the small hamlet of Cool - most people haven't - it's a small Placer County community located on CA State Hwy 49 about 10 miles south of Auburn. It's worth the drive from all over the greater Sacramento area to enjoy the friendly hospitality and the fine cuisine featured at this fine restaurant in the Sierra foothills. Photo: The main dining offers seating at high tables, regular tables along with a small counter that has four seats. There are a couple of video monitors that were tuned to one of Sacramento's popular weekday morning shows. Photo: Daily specials are posted on an "old school" chalkboard in the dining room. Photo: A small section of the breakfast menu, showing some of the many choices the menu has to offer. Dan, Steve and myself made our choices from this section of the menu. Click on the menu image to see the complete menu the restaurant has to offer. Photo: The plaque on the wall shows when Stubby's began serving great barbecue. I find it very interesting that I didn't hear of them until a couple months ago... Their barbecue and sauce tastes "an awful lot like Texas" ... is that a Lone Star I see on the wall? Photo: The restaurant has a simply inviting patio, but sitting outside wasn't an option on this rainy December morning. Note the large smoker at the rear of the patio, which is covered to protect the pitmaster from the elements. Photo: Meet Chris, our gracious host and pitmaster, who opened the pit with a friendly smile to show the ribs he'd just placed inside the smoker. The restaurant uses oak wood, which grows everywhere in the Sacramento valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills. Photo: Stubby's off two varieties of in-house made barbecue sauce, "Sweet" or "Spicy." I tried both and both were delicious, Texas-style barbecue sauce, but the spicy type won my heart. Photo: Our server Hannah brings our breakfasts to our table. She was friendly and efficient, but unfortunately she was camera shy. Photo: I toast the friendly staff and great food, as Dan and Steve smile... we're ready to enjoy an amazing breakfast at Stubby's. Photo: Dan and Steve are happy to show their breakfasts, as mine is in the foreground. Stubby's Breakfast and BBQ is truly a breakfast gem, which will put a smile on the face of anyone who enjoys an amazing breakfast. Photo: Steve ordered "Cool's Big Breakfast," which was a feature from the "Omelettes and Scrambles" section of the "Breakfast" menu. His choice of meat was bacon and ham, with onion, mushroom and country potatoes, all scrambled together. His choice of toast was an English muffin. Photo: Dan went with the "Chicken Fried Steak," country style potatoes, eggs fried over easy along with an English muffin. The ribeye steak was pounded so it was quite thin, battered, crispy fried to a perfect golden brown, and covered with creamy breakfast gravy, with lots of chunks of meat. It almost made my envious. Photo: From the "Breakfast" section of the menu, I went with "The Basic." The menu lists many choices, and I went with tri-tip, hashbrowns, eggs fried sunnyside up, and sourdough toast. Stubby's is a barbecue restaurant, so tri-tip, barbecued over oak wood in the smoker, was my choice of meat. The tri-tip was sliced against the grain of the meat, tender, juicy and simply delicious. The meat was perfectly barbecued to medium, maybe a little towards the rare side of the fence, with just a hint of smoke that you could taste, that enhanced the flavor of the beef, but didn't overpower it. Smoked tri-tip beef for breakfast certainly works for me! Pitmaster Chris has talent! I went with hashbrowns - other choices were country potatoes or fruit - and I enjoyed some outstanding hashbrowns. The large slab was cooked to an almost-crunchy golden brown on the outside - just the way I like them - and were white, tender and juicy on the inside. Come for the meat, but stay for the hashbrowns! As per my order, my two eggs arrived fried sunnyside up, and were fried perfectly. The sourdough toast arrived toasted and buttered. The Coors Light beer worked as an appetizer... or was it dessert? I must confess that after cutting up my tri-tip, I simply couldn't resist dipping it into a scoop in-house made barbecue sauce. I tried both varieties, both were flavorful and delicious, but the "Spicy BBQ" won out. My breakfast was simply delicious! The barbecued tri-tip beef was the "star" of breakfast, but the crispy hashbrowns were a runner up, and the sides rounded out the delicious breakfast. My friends Dan and Steve agreed their breakfasts were delicious. Simply said, Stubby's Breakfast and BBQ serves a delicious gold country breakfast in Cool! Photo: One bite of tri-tip beef, dipped in spicy barbecue sauce, ready to enjoy, and to make an amazing Christmas eve breakfast. You'll simply love the great barbecue, breakfast, the rural atmosphere and the friendly hospitality that Chris and his staff offer. The fine cuisine offered at this restaurant will put a smile on the face of anyone who appreciates a fine breakfast, served by friendly staff. Oh yes... the barbecue is outstanding! During your travels to the gold country, you can enjoy your breakfast... along with fine barbecue at Stubby's Breakfast and BBQ, located in Cool, CA. Stubby's Breakfast and BBQ Copyright(c) 2024 eRench Productions. All rights reserved. We've been on the web since December 22, 2002.
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