Bites Nearby: The Red Apple Cafe

If you want a great country-style restaurants in the Pajaro Valley that serves breakfast and lunch, check out the It's been on Auto Center Drive for the last 15 years and in the area for a total of 21 years.

Check out the cafe's popular potato dishes or its Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict. The menus for both breakfast and lunch are huge, featuring homestyle scrambles, omelets, pancakes and waffles, cereals, and fruit.  

For lunch you can get hot and cold sandwiches, salads, burgers, and fish (the Cajun fish lunch looks tempting). For something a little more exotic, try the ostrich burger on a wheat bun—it’s low fat (only 2 percent). Best of all, none of the meals at the Red Apple Café are pre-cooked; everything is fresh and cooked to order.

589 Auto Center Dr. Hours: daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prices: $5.95 (eggs only) to $10.95 (crabcakes). 831-761-9551.