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Best Omelets In Sacramento

Making a great omelet involves high quality, fresh ingredients, as well as the creativity and gentle touch of a seasoned chef. These Sacramento restaurants are just the spots for the best omelets you will ever have.
Uptown Café
1121 Del Paso Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 649-2233
www.facebook.com/uptowncafesacramento

Uptown is one of the best restaurants in the area, under the heading of "excellent food served in a dive." Owner Harris Taylor and his creative team serve up large portions of comfort food and of inspired, epicurean dishes. The egg menu includes a chili and cheddar omelet and another omelet with tomatoes, jack cheese and grilled chicken. The Greek omelet has smoky sun-dried tomato, spinach, olives and both jack and feta cheeses. All of the vegetables are fresh, and the omelets are both fluffy and filling. Check the specials menu for other dishes like blackened rib-eye steak eggs Benedict with Sriracha hollandaise, delectable cinnamon roll French toast, strawberry Belgian waffles, crab cakes and eggs and a breakfast plate with ahi tuna and mango salsa. Tip of the hat to longtime server Tia, who treats customers with the enthusiasm and caring of an old friend.

Roxy
2381 Fair Oaks Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 489-2000
www.roxyrestaurantandbar.com

Roxy serves lunch and dinner every day, but breakfast items are only served during brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. The regular brunch menu features three omelets, each a reflection of the restaurant's focus on local and organic ingredients. The smoked bacon omelet is a flavorful combination of portabella mushrooms, mixed greens and Tillamook cheddar cheese. Roxy tops the smoked salmon, caper and spinach omelet with a light dill crème fraiche, and goes full-on Farm to Fork with a farmer's omelet with basil, Anaheim peppers, corn, cheese and cherry tomatoes. The brunch menu also includes housemade cheddar biscuits and doughnut holes, jalapeno cheddar grits, huevos rancheros and a rich breakfast burrito.

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Lido Café & Bakery
7907 Fair Oaks Blvd.
Carmichael, CA 95608
(916) 944-8243
www.lidobarandgrill.com

This popular Carmichael restaurant offers something for every morning palette, from Mickey Mouse pancakes and cinnamon rolls to an omelet stuffed with chicken apple sausage, mushrooms and cheese. Other options include a hollandaise-topped shrimp omelet, a spicy one with sautéed jalapenos and a health conscious omelet made with veggies and egg whites. Dogs are welcome to join their owners on the patio, and there is even a small menu of doggie treats.

Rivers Edge Cafe
8740 La Riviera Drive, Suite C
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 362-2221
www.riversedgecafeonline.com

Rivers Edge is a relaxed, casual eatery with above average food. The omelet selection features the traditional types, as well as one with bacon and cheese and a veggie version with spinach, mushrooms and tomato. In addition, the café offers a chicken fajita omelet with avocado, cilantro, salsa and vegetables, a Portobello mushroom omelet with artichoke hearts, spinach and feta and another, called San Francisco Joe's, with seasoned ground beef, spinach and cheese. Other tasty breakfast offerings include sweet potato hash and the Fat Elvis, eggs and bacon served with banana, cinnamon and peanut butter filled French toast.

Tower Café
1518 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 441-0222
towercafe.com

While Tower only offer two kinds of omelets, the extensive menu and gorgeous setting make the eclectic café a popular breakfast destination. A traditional Denver omelet is made more special with house-made hickory smoked ham, and the Omelet Lyonnaise includes truffled mushrooms, chive and Gruyere cream and an onion marmalade. Other breakfast and brunch favorites include blueberry cornmeal pancakes, Oaxacan eggs mole and custard-soaked French toast.

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Valerie Heimerich is a freelance writer out of Sacramento. She typically covers business, employment, animal rescue, volunteerism and nonprofits. Her work can also be found at Examiner.com.

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