Izzy’s

Thank god — they finally closed this s***hole down. Hope they got sued!

Well, the food was fine. I got the coconut shrimp and it was good.
(My mom always says to start with a compliment before you critique…)
Oh, dear managers at Izzy’s, is it too much to ask you to turn your heads from your girl-​watching on E street and attend to your customers? Maybe then we wouldn’t have to remind our server to grab our food that’s chilling on the countertop (food that he forgot to put the order in for because he was busy chatting up his friends about Comicon…) Or maybe if you could just turn off your hormones for 2 seconds and notice what’s going on you’d see my friend get up to refill her own Coke after a half-​hour?! (oh yes, she did). Or maybe you’d notice me getting up to get my own silverware from the bin because an hour into our «dining experience» no one had set the table. And then even you’d notice my look of distress when the bin indicates that you’re completely out of clean, well, anything.
Favorite snippet of conversation from our evening there:
«Oh! This isn’t the salad I ordered! This has nuts in it.»
«Hope you’re not allergic!»
The good news is that, in crowded downtown, I bet you Izzy’s will always have open tables for the reasons listed above. The bad news is that you’ll need to budget your entire evening (and blood pressure) to dine there.

Standard reasonably priced AM fare plus a full bar. What could go wrong? When we arrived they were terribly understaffed and the line grew past the door but the employees that were there made up for the long wait with efficiency and friendliness. I had a ham and cheese omelette which was a perfect portion and mom and boyfriend went with the huevos rancheros and california benedict respectively. All were great. An altogether satisfying breakfast experience.
Nice people watching spot near Horton Plaza and other businesses.

Grabbed a drink with my East Bay friend who is down here training for a triathalon.
Star Bar wasn’t his scene, so we met him & his friend next door at Izzy’s for a bit.
Booths are spacious and fun to chug jäger bombs around.
Not lively enough to spend all of your night, but the perfect spot to re-​charge and kill 30 minutes and 50 bucks.