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It's a Menlo Park Landmark That Serves up a Slice of Nostalgia Along With & New restaurants, recipe ideas, and profiles of local chefs. ■ March 7, 2007 A LSO INSIDE C OMMUNITY 32 |C ALENDAR 34 |C LASSIFIEDS 45 SECTION 2 Ann’s Coffee Shop It’s a Menlo Park landmark that serves up a slice of nostalgia along with your pie By Jane Knoerle Almanac Lifestyles Editor day, meatloaf on Wednesday, leg of lamb on Thursday and Saturday, spaghetti on Thursday, baked hash and downtown Menlo Park you can dine on creamed tuna on toast on Friday, and roast turkey with In oysters and escargot, sushi and sashimi, dressing on Saturday. The menu has remained the pastries and profiteroles, but there’s only one place that same since Mr. Pappas took over the restaurant. features creamed tuna on toast. Ann’s is open for breakfast and lunch Monday That would be Ann’s Coffee Shop, which has through Saturday. Breakfast is served all day. Saturday been serving Menlo Park since 1946. Ann’s has gone is the busiest day of the week. “It’s crazy in here,” says through several ownership changes since Ann Gilbert Nick. started the business. Pete Pappas, who has been in the Despite the craziness, the longtime servers are restaurant business for 50 years, bought the place in friendly and efficient. A recent lunch order arrived in 1992. His son, Nick, is general manager and cousin five minutes and Rosalie Sanchez, our waitress, came Danny Kevetos runs the kitchen in back. by to refill my coffee cup frequently. Eddie Mejia, who worked at the original Ann’s and A coffee shop isn’t really about coffee. For that, walk is still there after 40 years, shows up at 6:30 a.m. to down a couple of blocks to Peet’s. The coffee at Ann’s start soups of the day, fix the pot roast and bake pies. is served in classic thick white china cups. No lattes or He makes five varieties from scratch, including a lus- espresso here. It’s good coffee like your mom used to cious coconut cream, peach, and apple — made with Photos by Veronica Weber make when Maxwell House Coffee sold for 69 cents a fresh apples. During the holidays, he makes mince Anne Biller, above, serves a hamburger to a counter customer at Ann’s pound. At Ann’s, a cup sells for $1.75. Coffee Shop. A slice of coconut cream pie and a cup of coffee are a pies. Come spring, it’s time for rhubarb pie. Folks rave popular afternoon treat at the downtown eatery. On a recent visit I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich about the rhubarb pie, even those who say they don’t with tomato ($5.85). It came with a choice of potato like rhubarb. salad, cole slaw, green salad, Jello or potato chips. The To walk into Ann’s is a step back in time. It’s 1950, when cards are not accepted. He schmoozes with the customers, sandwich was tasty — plain old American cheese with lots coffee shops were on every corner. Diners sit at the Formica many of whom are regulars. “We have some who come in of tomato slices on rye bread. counter or in high-backed orange vinyl booths that over- every day, even twice a day,” says Mr. Pappas. “One lady On a later visit, I had the hot turkey sandwich with mashed look busy Santa Cruz Avenue. The walls are adorned with comes in at 11:20 a.m. every day. On Thursday, she always potatoes and gravy ($8.50). It was real turkey and there was huge paintings of animals, among other things, that echo orders spaghetti to take home.” lots of it. The pale gravy was good, but a dash of Kitchen the yellow, orange and brown color theme. Nobody knows Nick’s godfather, George Pappas, also presides at the cash Bouquet would have given it a more appealing color. their origin. They’ve been there since Mr. Pappas bought the register. My companion ordered the cheese omelet, which was fine, place. The bright orange menu holds no surprises. 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